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Snøhetta covers arched Le Monde Group Headquarters with shimmering glass tiles

December 18, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Le Monde Headquarters in Paris by Snøhetta

A pixelated skin made from thousands of glass tiles wraps around the sweeping headquarters for French daily newspaper Le Monde designed by Snøhetta in Paris. Set within the capital’s 13th arrondissement, the office provides newsrooms for each of the French media company Le Monde Group’s publications, under the same roof, for the first time. Its semi-transparent shell

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Franklin Azzi Architecture completes The Bureau co-working space in Paris

November 23, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of The Bureau co-working space in Paris

French practice Franklin Azzi Architecture took tips from the work of Frank Lloyd Wright to design this Parisian co-working space, which features open areas for working, dining and lounging. The co-working space can be found along Rue du Quatre-Septembre in Paris’ second arrondissement, joining two other branches of The Bureau in the capital’s eighth arrondissement.

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Neri&Hu keeps time-worn details in Parisian restaurant Papi

October 30, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
White tiles cover dining area of Papi restaurant in Paris

A huge cylindrical volume clad in white tiles sits amongst aged stone walls inside Papi, a restaurant in Paris designed by Neri&Hu. Papi can be found in the French capital’s ninth arrondissement, taking over the ground floor of a 19th-century Haussmann building. Rather than modernising the 52-square-metre site of the restaurant, Neri&Hu has instead tried to

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Luke Edward Hall stirs print and colour inside Hotel Les Deux Gares in Paris

October 14, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Hotel Les Deux Gares in Paris

A clashing mix of pea-green walls, leopard-print furnishings and candy-striped beds feature in this hotel that British designer Luke Edward Hall has completed in Paris. Hotel Les Deux Gares is tucked down a narrow street in Paris’ 10th arrondissement, set between two of the city’s major train stations – Gare du Nord and Gare de

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VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/ reveal timber aquatic centre for Paris 2024 Olympics

September 21, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Paris 2024 Olympics Aquatic Centre by VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4/

Dutch studio VenhoevenCS and French practice Ateliers 2/3/4/ have unveiled the designs for a timber swimming pool complex in Paris, which will be the only permanent venue built for the 2024 Olympic Games. Set to be built alongside the Stade de France stadium, which will host the Games’ opening and closing ceremonies as well as athletics events, the timber aquatic

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Notre-Dame spire will be reconstructed “identically”

July 13, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Notre-Dame restoration bill

French President Emmanuel Macron has ended speculation over the future of Notre-Dame by stating that the cathedral’s spire will be rebuilt exactly as it was before last year’s devastating fire. Macron has announced that a replica of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc 93-metre-high spire, which was added to the 13th-century cathedral in 1859, will be built as part of

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Tadao Ando’s Meditation Space captured in new photographs by Simone Bossi

April 27, 2020 Amy Frearson 0
Tadao Ando Meditation Space photographed by Simone Bossi

Architectural photographer Simone Bossi has created a new image series exploring the curved concrete of a tiny building by Japanese architect Tadao Ando. Bossi’s photographs feature the Meditation Space, a cylindrical concrete structure outside the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Completed in 1995, the building was commissioned to celebrate 50 years since the UNESCO constitution was

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John Whelan adorns Paris’ Nolinski restaurant with art-deco details

April 11, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Nolinski restaurant in Paris, designed by John Whelan

Gold-leaf “sunbursts” and mirrored panelling feature in this art deco-style Parisian restaurant, which British designer John Whelan has stirred with 1970s-inspired details. The restaurant is set within the five-star Nolinski hotel in Paris’ first arrondissement, just a short stroll from the Musée du Louvre, and Jardin des Tuileries. It had previously featured a mixture of

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Photos reveal work underway at Tadao Ando’s Bourse de Commerce

March 24, 2020 India Block 0
Bourse de Commerce by Tadao Ando

Japanese architect Tadao Ando is restoring a 16th-century stock exchange building in Paris and turning it into a contemporary art gallery. Exhibition spaces are being built in a circular concrete structure that sits under the historic painted dome of the Bourse de Commerce. The project is a collaboration between Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Niney

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Hoy hotel is designed to be a calming refuge at the heart of Paris

March 17, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Hoy hotel in Paris

TV-free guest suites and an in-house yoga studio are some of the ways that hotelier Charlotte Gomez de Orozco has tried to channel a sense of serenity inside this Parisian hotel, which is decked out in natural hues. Situated in Paris’ ninth arrondissement, Hoy has been designed to be a “true hideaway” from the hustle

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