France

Frank Gehry’s aluminium-clad Luma Arles tower takes shape in France

November 21, 2018 India Block 0

A twisting tower clad in reflective aluminium tiles, designed by architect Frank Gehry, is taking form in the south of France. Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, who was awarded the Prizker Prize in 1989, designed the tower for the Luma Arles complex, an arts centre established by Swiss collector Maja Hoffmann. The tower’s opening date has been

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This New Home Is Nestled Into The Hillside Overlooking The City Of Cannes

November 16, 2018 Erin 0

  Caprini & Pellerin Architects have completed a new contemporary villa that sits on a hillside overlooking the bay of Cannes in France.   Water features line the path to the front door, while stone accents and plants contrast the white exterior of the house. Inside, the living room is bright and airy due to […]

A Garden Runs Between The Two Wings Of This House In France

November 15, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Philippe Biolatto   PietriArchitectes have designed a new single floor house that’s located in the village of Puy-Sainte-Réparade in France.   Photography by Philippe Biolatto The house has been divided into three buildings, with two of them connected. The first building is the garage, which can be seen from the carport that overhangs the driveway. Photography […]

Guillaume Terver uses natural materials for Brittany ceramics store and adjoining Otonali eatery

November 14, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Clay, granite and timber appear throughout the B-Raku ceramics store in Brittany, France, which connects to a Japan-inspired restaurant next door, named Otonali.  The space is situated in the port city of Saint-Malo and is the first dining-cum-retail venture of restauranteur Betrand Larcher, who has already opened a series of cafes under the name Breizh

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Le Corbusier’s Paris home reopens its doors to the public

November 7, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

The Paris apartment within the Immeuble Molitor, where Le Corbusier lived for over three decades, has reopened its doors to the public, following two years of restoration works led by the Fondation Le Corbusier. Back in 2016 Fondation Le Corbusier began the restoration of the apartment, which was designed by the French-Swiss architect and his long-term collaborator

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Massive stone blocks form walls of Provence winery

November 4, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architect has completed a winery in Provence with facades made of one-tonne stone blocks, which are staggered in places to let the light in. Paris-based Carl Fredrik Svenstedt Architect designed the facility for winemaker Les Domaine Ott’s Château de Selle estate, which is located in the iconic Côtes de Provence region near the

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Jean Nouvel completes red and blue La Marseillaise skyscraper

October 31, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

French architect Jean Nouvel has completed an office skyscraper in Marseille, with a concrete facade painted in 27 shades of red, white and blue in celebration of the port city’s landscape. The 135 metre-high tower, which is named La Marseillaise, is situated in Euroméditerranée, an emerging business district on Marseille’s waterfront. It stands close to

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Kengo Kuma divides Archives Antoni Clavé with mesh screens dappled with paper pulp

September 24, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates threw paper pulp at expanded-metal panels to produce light-filtering screens evoking artist Antoni Clavé’s paintings, at this archive in Paris dedicated to his work. Kuma’s firm designed the interiors of the compact Archives Antoni Clavé on Rue Boissonade in the French capital’s 14th Arrondissement, which was Clavé’s first studio. The Catalan

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Franklin Azzi Architecture converts Nantes warehouses into art school

September 23, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A pair of former warehouses topped with saw-toothed roofs have been transformed into a school for fine arts by Franklin Azzi Architecture, in the French city of Nantes. The Nantes Saint-Nazaire Higher School of Fine Arts, which is shortlisted in the Civic and Cultural Building category of the 2018 Dezeen Awards, provides facilities for 500

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Titan reinstates visitor centre at George Clemenceau’s coastal home

September 13, 2018 Ali Morris 0

French architecture firm Titan has built a sand-coloured concrete pavilion to welcome visitors to the former home of French prime minister Georges Clemenceau, in  western France. Nantes-based firm Titan created the entrance pavilion to replace the house’s original vistor centre, which was destroyed by Cyclone Xynthia in 2010. “Our proposal for the new entrance pavilion is a discrete

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