Tag Paris

26-06-2012

Award for architect Ieoh Ming Pei

Architect Ieoh Ming Pei has been honoured with the Leonore and Walter Annenberg Award for Diplomacy through the Arts from the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE).

29-05-2012

Jakob+MacFarlane, Docks en Seine - cite de la mode et du design

The cite de la mode et du design, a new venue for fashion and design events which opened recently in Paris, was designed by architects Jakob+MacFarlane, winners of an architecture competition held by the city of Paris.

27-04-2012

Manuelle Gautrand, ORIGAMI, Paris

The façade is the key to the building designed by Manuelle Gautrand, with a roof garden offering splendid views of the classic monuments of Paris.

24-04-2012

Earth Hour: the next is coming up on March 30, 2013

The world-wide success of EarthHour, held on March 31, is partly due to the social media that brought people together for a common cause: to protect the planet.

17-04-2012

Hands-On Urbanism 1850 – 2012 - The Right to Green

The urban issues revealed by "Hands-On Urbanism" come from below, and as such make pressing new demands on urban development and the use of resources, to which architects must respond.

09-04-2012

Perrault, Tours du pont de Sèvres - Citylights

French architect Dominique Perrault won the international competition held in July 2007 for revitalisation of the Tours du pont de Sèvres district.

28-03-2012

A “salon in the forest”: Eco-Tourism centre in Fontainebleau

INCA (Innovation, Création & Architecture) of France came up with this plan for a visitor centre in Fontainebleau forest in the Seine et Marne department just outside Paris.