Tag Lyon

03-07-2020

Dominique Coulon & associés René Beauverie school campus in Vaulx-en-Velin

Dominique Coulon & associés designed the new René Beauverie school campus in Vaulx-en-Velin, a small town in the Est Lyonnais. The new school is the key element in a wider-ranging plan for urban renewal including facilities such as a gym and a multipurpose hall that will benefit the community as a whole.

06-03-2020

Dietrich Untertrifaller + Tekhnê: Alice Milliat Gym in Lyon

As part of the ZAC du Bon Lait which transformed the 20th-century working-class neighbourhood in the south of Lyon, Dietrich Untertrifaller and Tekhnê have designed the Alice Milliat Gym. The frustum-shaped roof and straw insulation are the strengths of the glulam structure.

10-01-2020

Musée des Confluences in steel, glass and concrete by Coop Himmelb(l)au

In Lyon, the Musée des Confluences is a complex deconstructivist building with interesting innovative structural and bio-climatic features.

06-11-2006

Renzo Piano. Lyons. Cité internationale Conference Centre. 2006

A wide-ranging project that has kept Genoese architect Renzo Piano busy for more than 20 years: planning on the expansion of the Conference Centre in Lyons¿ Cité Internationale began in the '80s, but the new facility was not inaugurated until June 1 2006.

02-08-2006

Vénissieux mediateque. Dominique Perrault. 2001

A "box" structure with clean lines and regular geometries: Dominique Perrault's Vénissieux Mediateque is based on the criterion of simplicity, clarity and comprehension. This "container for knowledge" seems to want to offer us an example of a universally understandable language.