Building constructed around lamp post in Belgium

Passers-by in the Belgian town of Keerbergen have been asking "Is this modern art?" after seeing a building slowly envelop a street lamp. But the architect, who wants to remain unnamed, says it is his "creative solution" to authorities taking over two years to move the post, the VRT TV network reports. "Of course I saw that there was a lighting pole on the lot, I am not blind," he said. Amid quips that "the occupants of the top floor won't have to buy a night light", he insists he hasn't made a mistake with his plans. "We could not wait, the administrative sluggishness of the municipality in this case has been shocking," he said.