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Carlo Ratti imagines how Boulevard Périphérique in Paris will look in 2050

June 14, 2019 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
New Deal for Paris roads by Carlo Ratti

Paris’ famous Périphérique ring road could have its car lanes slashed by half and replaced by a playground in the switch to driverless cars, says Carlo Ratti. The Italian architect, who is one of the world’s leading voices on technology in urban environments, has explored how Paris could adapt its roads to an autonomous, electric

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Apple Store architect wants to use only glass to rebuild Notre-Dame’s roof and spire

June 6, 2019 Amy Frearson 0
Eight Inc proposal for Notre-Dame roof in structural glass

Eight Inc, the studio that developed the Apple Store concept, wants to accurately reconstruct Notre-Dame’s roof and spire using structural glass. After the French senate passed a bill stating Notre-Dame Cathedral must be returned to its “last known visual state”, Eight Inc has suggested that this could be achieved using a modern material. The studio

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BIG converts 1930s bank to create major new store for Galeries Lafayette in Paris

June 5, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Galeries Lafayette by BIG

Bjarke Ingels’ firm has created a “retail laboratory” for French department store Galeries Lafayette inside an art-deco bank on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. BIG sought to celebrate the history of the 1930s building, matching its original art-deco details with opulent displays. But the space is designed to function as more than just a store –

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Notre-Dame must be restored to “last known visual state” says French Senate

May 29, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Notre-Dame restoration bill

The French Senate has passed a bill saying Notre-Dame Cathedral must be rebuilt as it was before the fire, which destroyed its roof and spire last month. The restoration bill states that the reconstruction must create a cathedral that is faithful to the “last known visual state” of the building, reports French newspaper Le Monde. It also

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Gustafson Porter + Bowman reveals Eiffel Tower parks redesign

May 22, 2019 India Block 0
OnE Line by Gustafson Porter + Bowman

British landscape architecture studio Gustafson Porter + Bowman are redesigning the approaches to the Eiffel Tower in Paris ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The London studio won the competition for the Site Tour Eiffel project, beating entries from Amanda Levete, Carlo Ratti and Junya Ishigami. Gustafson Porter + Bowman’s redesign aims to address crowding

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Herzog & de Meuron’s Tour Triangle set to be built in Paris after passing final legal hurdle

May 22, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Herzog & de Meuron's Tour Triangle skyscraper

The Tour Triangle, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, is poised to become the first skyscraper built in central Paris since 1973, after winning a lengthy court battle. Paris’s administrative court has upheld a building permit that was issued in April 2015, rejecting two appeals that had been filled against the building. The court found that the building

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Sebastian Errazuriz ridicules Notre-Dame proposals by turning cathedral into rocket launchpad

May 21, 2019 India Block 0
Designer Sebastian Errazuriz has designed a space rocket launch pad for Notre-Dame in an "act of creative one-upmanship" to demand an end to architects' proposals

Designer Sebastian Errazuriz has suggested turning Notre-Dame Cathedral into a space-rocket launchpad in an “act of creative one-upmanship” designed to stop architects producing more proposals. Chilean born, New York-based Errazuriz posted the dramatic set of images on Instagram, alongside an open letter asking architects to stop coming up with concepts for the cathedral, which lost its

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Watch a fly-through animation showing Notre-Dame rebuilt with a replica spire and a glass roof

May 16, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Notre-Dame animation

Miysis Studio has created an animation showing its vision of a rebuilt Notre-Dame that combines a reconstruction of Viollet-le-Duc’s spire with a modern glass roof. The Belgium visualisation studio created the movie to show how the cathedral, which was devastated by fire last month, could be rebuilt using modern and traditional materials. “We also wanted to mix traditional wood

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Seven of the most outrageous proposals for Notre-Dame

May 15, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Notre-Dame outrageous proposals

Since Notre-Dame Cathedral was devastated by fire last month, design proposals for rebuilding the roof and spire have got more and more ridiculous. Here are seven of the most far-fetched, including a car park, a swimming pool and a McDonald’s. The Pool by Ulf Mejergren Architects Rather than topping Notre-Dame with a park, as several designers have

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Vincent Callebaut proposes a roof that generates energy and food for Notre-Dame Cathedral

May 9, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Notre-Dame roof and spire proposal by Vincent Callebaut

Paris-based architect Vincent Callebaut wants to give Notre-Dame Cathedral a new roof that generates energy and contains an aquaponic farm. The proposal by Vincent Callebaut Architectures sees the historic cathedral transformed into an eco-friendly building, generating more energy than it consumes, while producing 21 tons of fruits and vegetables a year. It would also give the gothic structure a “new face” for

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