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Pleated facade fronts Parisian housing by Kengo Kuma & Associates

November 1, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed Yama-Tani, a wooden residential building in Paris with a sculptural facade designed to “liven up the street”. Yama-Tani, which means Mountain Valley in Japanese, features pleats of chestnut wood cascading down its street-facing facade at jaunty angles to make patterns of light and shadow. “Playing with its

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Snøhetta designs hikers’ refuge in Pyrenees mountains with swooping grass roof

October 9, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed its design for Refuge de Barroude, a hiker stop with a curving form that will be nestled in the Pyrenees National Park in France. Located along the Haute Route des Pyrénées hiking trail that follows the French and Spanish border, Snøhetta designed Refuge de Barroude to blend into the surrounding

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Stone pavilion by Sou Fujimoto “blends harmoniously” into historic champagne house

October 1, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has added a visitors centre to champagne house Maison Ruinart’s historic site in Reims, France. Completed as part of a three-year renovation of the site, the Nicolas Ruinart Pavilion by Fujimoto serves as a cultural space for visitors and sits in direct contrast to the site’s existing 19th-century buildings. Fronted by

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Paris apartment merges “minimalism with the grandeur of Napoleon-era”

October 1, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

French architect Joris Poggioli has renovated his Paris apartment, aiming to preserve its historic features while integrating modern design elements. Poggioli sought to renovate the apartment located in a mansion that was once Napoleon Bonaparte’s office, while preserving its “historic soul”. “It was an opportunity to merge my passion for minimalism with the grandeur of

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Claves evokes classic Parisian bistro interiors at cafe Le Cornichon

September 12, 2024 Douglas Jardim 0

French design studio Claves has transformed the interior of a Paris cafe, introducing bespoke retro-style decor that mirrors the architecture of local bars and tobacconists from the 1930s to the present day. Claves founders Laure Gravier and Soizic Fougeront were assigned to craft a space fuelled by nostalgia and French tradition for the reopening of

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Atelier du Pont creates “woodland atmosphere” for timber office at Parc de la Villette in Paris

September 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Atelier du Pont has completed an office building for the operating teams of Parc de la Villette in Paris, with an exposed, gridded timber frame designed to lend its interiors a woodland feel. The 3,000-square-metre building, named Pavilion Jardins, was designed to replace a cluster of nine prefabricated buildings that previously housed the

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Atelier O-S perches “Roman circus” car park in France on concrete columns

September 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Sculptural concrete columns support the Cesson-Viasilva Park and Ride and Bus Station in Rennes, which was designed by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes to “update the image of a car park in the outer suburbs.” The facility was designed to be an “urban catalyst” for the new Atalante ViaSilva district in the suburb of Cesson-Sévigné,

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Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes restore 1950s French stadium

August 23, 2024 Katie Last 0

Architecture studios Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes have refreshed a dilapidated 20th-century stadium in La Ciotat, France, repairing the stand and adding a modernised entrance. Named Jean Bouissou Stadium Stand, the newly updated grandstand adds a modern touch to the existing structure, which was built in 1958 and is home to the ES La

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Slim concrete colonnade fronts D-Day Museum in Normandy

August 21, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Atelier Projectiles has created a fully-glazed, concrete-framed building as the D-Day Museum in Normandy, France. Originally founded in 1954 as the first museum to commemorate the D-Day landings, the new museum overlooks one of the five beaches on which soldiers landed during the second world war. Atelier Projectiles looked to create a building that

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Chatillon Architectes restores 1970s sports complex in Paris

August 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

French studio Chatillon Architectes has renovated the Grande Nef of the Île-des-Vannes sports complex in Paris, preserving its parabolic roof and updating its polycarbonate facades. Vacant since 2018 due to poor accessibility and energy efficiency, the sports complex has now reopened as a training facility for athletes participating in the 2024 Paralympic Games. It was

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