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Nem Architectes flushes French hillside villa in pink for Lancôme perfumery

January 24, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Paris-based Nem Architectes has renovated a villa in Grasse, France, transforming it into a bright pink tourist destination named Domaine de la Rose for beauty company Lancôme. The villa contains lounge and meeting spaces that can host perfume-making workshops, events and exhibitions, designed as a place where visitors can learn about the Lancôme brand and

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Ignacio Prego Architectures designs “standardised and welcoming” student housing

January 9, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Prefabricated units of concrete and wood were given varied facades to “mitigate the feeling of repetition” at this student housing project in Agen, France, by Parisian studio Ignacio Prego Architectures. Designed for the National School of the Penitentiary Administration (ENAP), the scheme provides 461 rooms set within a 15-hectare park, which the studio wanted the

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TVK designs limestone buildings for “first zero-carbon district” in Paris

January 5, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. Located on a triangular site in Paris’s 19th arrondissement, the project is “the capital’s first zero-carbon district”, according to TVK. Named Îlot Fertile, which translates to

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Concrete “wells” illuminate French home renovated by Atelier Delalande Tabourin

December 22, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A series of red-concrete cylinders were used to update the layout, circulation and lighting of this house in Versaille, renovated by French studio Atelier Delalande Tabourin. Dating back to the 1950s, the existing brick and concrete home previously had a compartmentalised interior that felt separated from its large garden, as well as an unused basement. Atelier

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REV Architecture decorates Carita Maison de Beauté with “translucent clouds”

November 26, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Local studio REV Architecture has completed an interior renovation of the Maison de Beauté in Paris, France, for L’Oréal Luxe skincare brand Carita. Surrounded by other luxury brands along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, the studio aimed for the space, which houses a hair salon and skincare treatment rooms as well as a restaurant and

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Colour-drenched coffee shop by Uchronia references “sunsets in the Tunisian desert”

November 21, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Gradated lava stone flooring and suspended planet-like orbs feature at the Cafe Nuances coffee shop in Paris, which was created by Dezeen Awards-nominated studio Uchronia. Located on the city’s Rue de la Tremoille, the coffee shop is the third Uchronia-designed branch for Parisian coffee roaster Cafe Nuances. The one-room shop is fronted by a bright

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Atelier 9.81 models Calais port tower on stack of pebbles

November 19, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

French architecture studio Atelier 9.81 has designed a tower of staggered concrete blocks for a harbour master’s office and lookout building on the Calais coastline. Forming part of the Calais Port 2015 expansion plan, the 38-metre-tall tower comprises four stacked white-concrete boxes with decorative surfaces. The blocks are designed by Atelier 9.81 to resemble balancing

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Traditional design techniques are “alive and well” in Le Salon de Septembre exhibition

November 19, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Old and new blurred together in this exhibition at Paris’ GSL Gallery, which celebrated contemporary creatives who observe design traditions of the past. Le Salon de Septembre was the inaugural exhibition to be held at GSL Gallery, a factory-turned-arts space in Paris’ Patin neighbourhood run by creative collective The Guild of Saint Luke. Guided by

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NORD Architects adopts recognisable architectural forms for Alzheimer’s Village

November 14, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Copenhagen studio NORD Architects drew on research into the built environment’s impact on people with dementia for the Alzheimer’s Village in Dax, the first project of its kind in France. Awarded via a competition in 2016, the studio’s design references the urban layout of Dax’s old town to create a sense of familiarity for its

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Tolila+Gilliland uses raw, tactile materials for therapeutic workshops in France

October 13, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Tolila+Gilliland used a palette of tactile materials to “engage the senses” at the Gilbert Raby Therapeutic Workshops in France. Located on the Gilbert Raby hospital campus in Meulan-en-Yvelines, the building was created to provide day care and creative workshop spaces for patients recovering from addiction. Basing the building’s design on the central notion

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