The redesign of Paris’ Bourse de Commerce in Paris by architect Tadao Ando is a “complete disaster” of sterile concrete that turns the building into a monument to French colonial violence, says Aaron Betsky. A billionaire and an architect walked into a bar. “What will you have?” the bartender asked. “Something to forget the evil
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The mid-century architecture and roadside diners of the American west informed the interior of this nostalgic hamburger restaurant in Paris designed by CUT Architectures. Located in Paris’s Citadium – a multi-brand department store on Boulevard Hausmann that is focused on lifestyle, streetwear, and sneaker culture – PNY Citadium is the hamburger chain’s seventh opening in
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The historic Bourse de Commerce building in Paris is reopening after a restoration and redesign by Japanese architect Tadao Ando that includes a nine-metre-tall cylindrical concrete wall placed within its rotunda. Located in the centre of Paris, France, the 18th-century stock exchange building reopens on 22 May following a major three-year transformation project commissioned by François
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French studio Mars Architectes has built a Japanese-informed wooden apartment building within the courtyard of a 1970s housing complex in Paris. The studio designed the stepped building to reference Japanese temples, with slender wooden pillars holding up each floor. Located off the Avenue de Saint-Mandé in Paris’ twelfth district, the building was created for the French
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A chandelier of Nike sneakers now hangs inside 19th-century mansion Pershing Hall, where design studio Snarkitecture has created a new flagship for American streetwear brand Kith. New York-based Snarkitecture has designed more than 10 different stores for Kith, but this is the largest so far, and the brand’s first standalone store in Europe. The fit out
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French architecture studio Pierre-Louis Gerlier Architecte has renovated a studio apartment in Paris, adding a curved wall with scalloped wood panelling. Located in Saint Germain des Pres district of Paris, the previously dark and dated 30-square-metre apartment was updated to create a simple hotel-like aesthetic. “Our customers who live mainly in the countryside wanted a cocoon
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Architecture studio Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has announced it is setting up a European office in Paris to win work in the EU following Brexit. Stephen Barrett, the partner responsible for France at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP), describes establishing a Paris office as “essential” for continuing to work in France and the European
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Local architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard has converted a 19th-century house in Paris’s La Défense into a contemporary home featuring a double-height dining room that looks onto a central courtyard. Clément Lesnoff-Rocard named this project The Island as it involved creating an isolated, inward-looking private residence in the midst of the bustling city. “The project is about
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France’s culture minister has revealed that the high-tech Centre Pompidou in Paris by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers will be closed from 2023 to undergo major renovations. Speaking to French newspaper Le Figaro on Monday, culture minister Roselyne Bachelot said that the closure of the centre, which is one of Paris’ top cultural buildings, was
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Plans to convert the iconic Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris into a pedestrian-friendly public space have been announced by the capital’s mayor Anne Hidalgo. Revealed in an interview on Sunday with Le Journal du Dimanche, Hidalgo said that the makeover will transform the entire thoroughfare into “an extraordinary garden” by 2030. Using a proposal drawn up
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