Tag Paris

14-11-2011

Perrault, new Longchamp hippodrome

Dominique Perrault’s project has won an international competition for construction of the new Longchamp hippodrome in Paris.

12-09-2011

BP: duplex homes in Paris

In 2011 an eight-level apartment building was constructed in Place de la Bastille in Paris, designed by BP Architecture. The project is characterised by the façades: the wall over the square is a glass sunshade, while the side walls are made of modular panels with variable inclinations and coloured inserts.

12-08-2011

Leo - 2011 Summer Horoscope

“Cities are not afraid of their forms or the disorder which could arise in them” Bruno Fortier (architect and urban planner)

05-08-2011

LAN: student residences in Paris

LAN architecture of Frances uses materials to characterise a student housing complex in the La Chapelle district of Paris, next to the redeveloped ZAC Pajol area. The themes of integration and privacy are addressed along with reduction of energy resources, earning the work Habitat et Environnement THPE certification in France.

21-07-2011

Odile Decq, Opéra Garnier Restaurant

The 27th June saw the inauguration of the new Opéra Garnier Restaurant in Paris, designed by Odile Decq.

11-07-2011

Dominique Coulon: Josephine Baker school

In La Courneuve, a Paris suburb undergoing social renewal under a new urban planning scheme, Dominique Coulon has designed a nursery school and elementary school over the ruins of a decaying apartment block which was demolished in 2004. The new project does not deny the history of the place but carries it forward in a design which draws on the memories of the site to give it is present orangey hue.

07-07-2011

Jean Prouvé exhibition, Fire Station by Zaha Hadid

Until July 31 visitors to the Fire Station designed by Zaha Hadid at Vitra Campus may view the collection inspired by Jean Prouvé’s designs

22-06-2011

"Zaha Hadid, une architecture" Exhibition in Paris

An exhibition at the Mobile Art Pavilion, a mobile pavilion designed by Zaha Hadid, presenting the Iraqi architect’s work.