Tag Paris

24-03-2022

In a network, or in a trap? Creative artists answer the question at Centre Pompidou

‘Réseaux-Mondes’ is an exhibition in the arts and culture centre in Paris inviting multidisciplinary debate about the issue that characterises our time more than any other: networks. Sixty artists, designers and architects explore and interpret the theme.

21-02-2022

Jean-Christophe Quinton 8 Housing Units in Paris

Architect Jean-Christophe Quinton recently completed a residential project in the heart of the 6th arrondissement of Paris: an apartment complex of eight housing units on seven floors which fits discretely into its surroundings, blending into the built landscape on an urban scale.

17-02-2022

Kengo Kuma’s musée départemental Albert-Kahn in Boulogne-Billancourt

Musée départemental Albert-Kahn in Boulogne-Billancourt, just outside Paris, will reopen to the public in March following the conclusion of restoration work and completion of a new building designed by architect Kengo Kuma. The entire 4-hectare park containing not only the gardens and various structures but the home of Albert Kahn and Les Archives de la Planète has been registered in France’s list of Monuments Historiques since 2015.

25-01-2022

Atelier YokYok designs Bois Debout, a sustainable installation

Bois Debout, meaning “wood standing up”, is the name of an installation made of recycled solid wood by Atelier YokYok. The Paris architects designed the work for the new RATP Habitat offices in Paris, a building designed by Atelier du Pont Architectes.

05-11-2021

Concrete and glass social housing apartments by Atelier Kempe Thill

In Porte Montmartre, Paris, the architects of Atelier Kempe Thill created two social housing apartment buildings of concrete and glass.

05-08-2021

Moussafir Architectes & Nicolas Hugoo Architecture Mixed-use buildings in Paris

Block G, a recently completed mixed-use building designed by the Paris studios of Moussafir Architectes & Nicolas Hugoo Architecture, is part of a major urban regeneration plan known as Chapelle International, currently underway in the 18th arrondissement in northeast Paris. The new building contains a number of lodgings built on the basis of the innovative SOHO, or Small Office Home Office, concept.

08-06-2021

Snøhetta and Chatillon Architectes at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris

On May 29, 2021, after a long and extensive four-year restoration, the Musée Carnavalet in Paris reopened to the public. The renovation project was carried out by the Snøhetta and Chatillon Architectes firms. The renovated museum offers an enhanced visitors’ experience, providing a unique opportunity to travel through time to discover Paris’ rich history – a story told through the museum’s large collection of artefacts.

24-05-2021

Tadao Ando La Bourse de Commerce Collection Pinault Paris

On May 22 a new contemporary art museum opened in Paris, the new permanent home of the Pinault Collection in the eighteenth-century Bourse de Commerce building. As in the restoration of Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana in Venice, the collection’s other permanent location, the transformation and restoration of the old building was entrusted to Japanese architect Tadao Ando.