Tag Dominique Perrault

21-10-2021

Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021

The third edition of the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 entitled "CROSSROADS Building the Resilient City" and directed by architect Dominique Perrault was inaugurated on September 16. At the centre of the various events and exhibitions that will animate the biennial until October 31, the emphasis is on reflections and visions of the city of the future and of the contemporary city, to identify new sustainable paths. The intent is also to explore the pivotal role of architecture and urban planning in charting new perspectives towards a more sustainable world.

09-06-2021

Dominique Perrault: Restoration and transformation of the Poste du Louvre

Dominique Perrault has transformed the Poste du Louvre, in the so-called golden triangle of des Halles, in the heart of Paris, into a new urban pole. Open to the neighbourhood and the city, Poste du Louvre is now a multi-level shopping arcade which preserves its industrial style.

06-04-2021

Dominique Perrault Architecture Shenzhen Institute of Design and Innovation

The new campus of the Shenzhen Institute of Design and Innovation, one of the future locations of the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), will be designed by Dominique Perrault Architecture + Zhubo Design Co. The project is part of the ambitious “Ten Cultural Facilities of New Era” programme that will give the Chinese metropolis ten new cultural buildings.

08-10-2020

Dominique Perrault’s roof over Suzanne Lenglen Tennis Court at Stade Roland Garros in Paris

The new roof over Suzanne Lenglen Tennis Court at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, designed by architect Dominique Perrault and his studio, was unveiled during the French Open, the world’s most important tennis tournament held on a clay court. The “plissé”, as the roof was nicknamed right away, will allow tennis matches to go ahead even in rainy weather and at night, as well as making the court suitable for the boxing matches to be held during the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics.

23-11-2018

Map Studio named Italian Architect with Orizzontale as Young Talent of Italian Architecture in 2018

Francesco Magnani and Traudy Pelzel’s Map Studio has been named Italian Architect of 2018 for the Tramway Terminal project in Venice, while the Orizzontale collective has been awarded the Prize for Young Talent in Italian Architecture for its 8 ½ Project in Rome.

07-09-2018

Vienna: The contemporary allure of an imperial capital

The image of Vienna, characterised in the past by the grandeur of Imperial palaces, classic museums, the coffee shops that have been given intangible cultural heritage status and the waltzes and New Year’s Day concert of Viennese music, has changed since the ’80s with the addition of prominent new architectural emblems, while at the same time the city has become an important centre for contemporary art.

20-08-2018

Dominique Perrault Architecture and MAD at the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale

On the occasion of the 2018 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, which will end on 17 September, MAD architectural studio restored with artistic spaces the Kiyotsu Gorge tunnel of Tokamachi, an area of outstanding natural beauty, while the Dominique Perrault Architecture studio designed the Drape House pavilion.

08-05-2018

Dominique Perrault Architecte new Paris Longchamp hippodrome

We first presented Dominique Perrault’s project in Floornature in 2011, when it won the international design competition; the new Paris Longchamp Hippodrome is now complete and ready to play a leading role on the international scene.

17-04-2018

Dominique Perrault - La Bibliothèque nationale de France portrait d’un projet 1988 -1998

20 years after the inauguration of the research room, Bibliothèque nationale de France presents an exhibition telling the complete story of the genesis of an emblematic contemporary architecture project designed by Dominique Perrault.