Eight buildings proposed for BIG’s EuropaCity development near Paris

March 21, 2018 India Block 0

Here’s a look at eight of the buildings that will make up the BIG-masterplanned EuropaCity district, set to be built on the outskirts of Paris. UNStudio, Atelier COS and Hérault Arnod Architectes are among the European firms that have been selected to design buildings for the sprawling new leisure district, which is planned for an 80-hectare site near Charles de

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Calvin Klein opens Paris HQ with interiors created by Ruby Sterling

March 19, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Artist Sterling Ruby has designed the paint-splashed interiors of Calvin Klein’s new Paris headquarters. Located in the city’s seventh arrondissement, the Paris HQ will largely be used to display Calvin Klein’s seasonal runway collections. Chief creative officer Raf Simons tasked artist and longtime collaborator Ruby with the space’s design, asking that he create an “immersive floor-to-ceiling

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Paris garden skyscraper by SOM will be “one of the most sustainable buildings in Europe”

March 14, 2018 India Block 0

Skidmore Owings and Merrill has proposed a 180-metre skyscraper in Paris that is designed to be zero-energy, and accessible via a garden bridge leading from the River Seine. The international architecture firm is part of the team that launched a masterplan for the Charenton-Bercy project at property event MIPIM in Cannes this week. Led by urban

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Parasitic extensions to Paris apartment building could reduce energy consumption

March 14, 2018 Calum Lindsay 0

Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal by Malka Architecture to improve the energy efficiency of a Parisian apartment building, by attaching boxy, parasitic extensions to its exterior. Titled Plug-in City 75, the proposal would see parasitic cubes mounted onto the facade of a building in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, extending the floor plates

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