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Barrault Pressacco critiques “copy and paste” housing with home in southern France

April 18, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Barrault Pressacco has completed the 102LET house outside Montpellier, mimicking the area’s suburban architecture to conceal an interior defined by bright, open spaces. Positioned on a sloping site in the village of Pradez-le-Lez, the single-family home aims to challenge the typical standards of suburban housing, proposing a “new model” for the area. “Urban

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Exposed materials and colourful accents define Maison Nana in Paris

April 15, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A green-steel structure and walls of exposed blockwork and plywood feature inside this house and artist’s studio in Paris by local practice Jean Benoît Vétillard Architecture. Named Maison Nana, the home is located on a dense urban plot in Bagnolet and provides a series of flexible spaces organised around a central skylit atrium. Maison Nana is

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Chatillon Architectes releases first photos of Grand Palais restoration in Paris

April 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

French studio Chatillon Architectes has unveiled its progress on the Grand Palais renovation in Paris, which is set to host fencing and taekwondo events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Located on the Champs-Élysées, the landmark glass and steel structure is being revamped to improve public access after becoming “a monument that was often only

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Timber Aquatics Centre completes in Paris for 2024 Olympic Games

April 4, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Wood has been used to construct the swooping form of this indoor swimming pool, created by Dutch studio VenhoevenCS and French studio Ateliers 2/3/4 for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Located in the Saint-Denis district, the Aquatics Centre is the only permanent building constructed for the major sports event, which begins on 26 July 2024.

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Uchronia founder designs own home as “love letter to French craft”

April 3, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Glossy walls, ruched curtains and oversized flower-shaped cushions characterise this eclectic 1970s-style Paris apartment, designed and owned by Uchronia founder Julien Sebban. Called Univers Uchronia, the apartment is in the city’s 18th arrondissement, close to the Uchronia office – a Parisian architecture and interiors studio known for its bold application of shape, colour and reflective

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SOA Architectes completes “eclectic” social housing in Parisian park

March 31, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

The 19th-century villas in the suburbs of Paris informed the arched windows and sloping roofs of this social housing block in France, completed by local studio SOA Architectes. SOA Architectes was tasked with creating 24 social housing units and two affordable units at Parc Princesse – the site of a former hospital in Vésinet that

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Studio Gang begins construction on Parisian university built with 50 per cent natural materials

March 26, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Construction is progressing on a mass-timber academic building with a stone facade designed by architecture firm Studio Gang for the University of Chicago campus in Paris. The University of Chicago John W Boyer Center was designed by Studio Gang in accordance with the French sustainability law requiring new public buildings to be built from at least

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BIG and A+ Architecture set to design mass-timber transport hub in Toulouse

March 25, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studios BIG and A+ Architecture have revealed the design for the mass-timber Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub in Toulouse, France, which will be topped with a rose-coloured “foraine” brick roof. Set to be built alongside the existing main station to the west of Toulouse’s city centre, the 2,800-square-metre building was designed as an interchange for

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Bernard Dubois designs Canal Saint-Martin hotel to feel “far from Paris”

March 25, 2024 Fardous Khalafalla 0

Belgian architect Bernard Dubois designed bespoke 1970s-style wooden furniture and interiors for the revamped Bouchardon hotel in Paris, which references mountain hotels. Located in the Canal Saint-Martin district of the French capital, the Bouchardon is an aparthotel containing 11 suites. Every apartment has its own kitchen and dining area. The entire building has been rebuilt

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Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy combines glass bricks and walnut for first store

March 19, 2024 Rupert Bickersteth 0

Bottega Veneta’s creative director Matthieu Blazy has designed the brand’s Avenue Montaigne flagship store in Paris, which is dominated by walnut wood fittings and glass bricks, The 800-metre-square shop features industrial, square glass blocks integrated into the floors, ceilings and walls, creating a geometric grid which diffuses light throughout the store. Walnut wood panels frame the

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