Paris

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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Freaks Architecture divides tiny Parisian pied-à-terre with mobile storage unit

August 22, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

French studio Freaks Architecture has placed an arched storage unit at the centre of this home in Paris, which can be moved around to suit the lifestyle of its retired inhabitants. Situated in Paris’ 13th arrondissement, the La Tournette apartment belongs to a pair of retired architects. Now spending the majority of their time in

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Undulating balconies wrap housing development on Parisian island

August 15, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Local studio Peripheriques Marin+Trottin Architectes has completed an apartment complex on L’Ile-Saint-Denis in Paris, which features wavy balconies enclosed by a ribbon of perforated metal. The development is situated on a plot overlooking the Seine river on L’Ile-Saint-Denis, which is undergoing significant redevelopment ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Around one third of the island’s developed area

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Leopold Banchini sinks rooms and objects beneath office floors in Centre Pompidou installation

August 12, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Desks, a kitchen and a garden are hidden under raised office floors in this installation created by Swiss architect Leopold Banchini at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Named 3-8, Banchini’s permanent installation is located on the fourth floor of the Centre Pompidou. It will be used by the museum as an educational space to host workshops and talks. Created in collaboration with

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Atelier Sagitta incorporates emerald green kitchen into Parisian apartment

July 30, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

French practice Atelier Sagitta has added a dose of colour to this previously characterless apartment in the Paris suburbs by creating an almost entirely green kitchen. The apartment is set inside a recently-built residential development in the Clichy neighbourhood, in the north-west of the city. Its owner – a young art director who works in the music industry

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Amanda Levete and Junya Ishigami among shortlist for Eiffel Tower overhaul

May 8, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

Four teams including architects Amanda Levete, Carlo Ratti and Junya Ishigami are vying to improve facilities at the Eiffel Tower, in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The teams including architects, landscape designers and urban planners have been selected to draw up ideas that would improve facilities for the six million tourists that

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Paris stadium to be covered with greenery in bid to become Olympic venue

May 2, 2018 India Block 0

SCAU is set to cover the Clamart stadium in Paris with verdant foliage, as part of a renovation that will be completed in time for the Olympic Games in 2024. The French architecture practice has won the competition to overhaul the stadium in Clamart, which backs onto the Meudon Forest in the Parisian suburbs, in a bid to

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Copper pipes create storage solutions for Paris studio flat by Ariel Claudet

May 1, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Architect Ariel Claudet has introduced a network of copper pipes to an otherwise simple studio apartment in Paris, to help it stand out on Airbnb. Shakers Studio is located in Saint-Germain-de-Prés, near the Seine, in a 17th-century building that was once home to Eiffel Tower architect Gustave Eiffel and geographer Elisée Reclus. After struggling to meet the

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“Vertical village” by Sou Fujimoto, Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel to be built in Paris

April 17, 2018 India Block 0

Sou Fujimoto, Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel have won the competition to build a new mixed-use development in Paris with their design called Vertical Village. Japanese architect, Fujimoto collaborated with the two French architects to design the complex that will be built almost entirely from wood and will stand as a “new gateway” to the suburb of Rosny-sous-Bois.

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