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01-05-2023

Territoires et paysages exhibition: the works of Atelier Pierre Thibault in Paris

The exhibition currently on at La Galerie d'Architecture in Paris offers its public, until May 27, a fascinating immersive journey through various residential, institutional and cultural projects, created by Atelier Pierre Thibault, that live in perfect symbiosis with the territories and landscapes for which they were designed, as demonstrated by the splendid photographic images that accompany the exhibition.

27-03-2023

Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes designs a nursery in wood and raw earth in Paris

The Atelier Régis Roudil Architectes studio has created a nursery in wood and raw earth inside the Palais de l'Alma, Napoleon Bonaparte's former stables in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. The project faced an important challenge: integrating the new building into an exceptional urban context, respecting the existing architectural heritage and enhancing the surrounding green spaces.

10-03-2023

Architecture serving the common good: David Chipperfield

Architect David Chipperfield has been awarded the fifty-second Pritzker Architecture Prize. The jury of the most important and highly prestigious international award emphasised his commitment to a form of architecture that steers clear of trends and fashions, but transforms the public realm with austerity, even through private commissions.

29-12-2022

Ceramics: Souraya Haddad’s enchanted table

An October evening in Paris: a special banquet is being held in a beautiful high-class apartment, featuring enamelled ceramic dishes and cups in the shapes and colours of clouds, containing foods put together like sculptures, little flowers, candles and crystals. Ceramic Banquet Act I was an event held by House of Today to honour Lebanese ceramist Souraya Haddad.

06-12-2022

"Roger Boltshauser response" exhibition at the Galerie d’Architecture in Paris

From innovative rammed earth buildings to contributions to urban planning and reflections on historical heritage, sustainability has long been the central theme of architect Roger Boltshauser's works. The exhibition that will be inaugurated on December 8, 2022 at the Galerie d’Architecture in Paris is dedicated precisely to a selection of the architect's works.

14-11-2022

MVRDV Gaîté Montparnasse urban regeneration in Paris

In the French capital, the architectural studio MVRDV is working on an urban block, reusing significant parts of a previous building, constructed in the 1970s, to create a new mixed-use complex. The new project creates a more welcoming building by streamlining the existing uses and expanding the offer with new social housing and a kindergarten.

08-07-2022

Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, a hotel for Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport.

Architect Manuelle Gautrand and her firm have designed two new hotels for the Marriott brand on the site of Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport, in an area called "Pôle Hôtelier", that will house several hotels and office buildings under the airport's development and renovation plan.

31-05-2022

David Chipperfield Architects completed Morland Mixité Capitale in Paris

The former Préfecture de Paris, the building that housed the city administration for years, has undergone a major renovation completed by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin. Originally completed around 1960 by architect Albert Laprade, the large scale of the building made it appear closed off and inaccessible. The project conceived by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin, instead, revitalised and transformed the complex into the new "Morland Mixité Capitale" as part of the "Réinventer Paris" programme.

27-04-2022

2022 Art Biennale and representations of urban space

The 59th International Art Exhibition at Biennale di Venezia has opened. Curated by Cecilia Alemani, the exibition entitled “The milk of dreams” was conceived and organised at a time of great instability and uncertainty due to the pandemic and even reacts to the latest geopolitical developments with Piazza Ucraina.