Tag Paris

09-06-2021

Dominique Perrault: Restoration and transformation of the Poste du Louvre

Dominique Perrault has transformed the Poste du Louvre, in the so-called golden triangle of des Halles, in the heart of Paris, into a new urban pole. Open to the neighbourhood and the city, Poste du Louvre is now a multi-level shopping arcade which preserves its industrial style.

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.

23-04-2021

Ferrier Marchetti Studio Paris Region Headquarters in Saint-Ouen, France

Ferrier Marchetti Studio recently completed work on the new headquarters of Région Ile-de-France, the French region in which the city of Paris is located: a project the architects themselves define as emblematic of both the studio’s approach to contemporary architecture and the urban ambition of the complex, bringing an intriguing sensory experience in the Greater Paris metropolitan area.

14-04-2021

Cro&Co Architecture Tour Trinity Paris La Défense

Tour Trinity is a major civil engineering project on an urban scale in the La Défense district in western Paris. For the first time in France, a 32-storey tower has been built over a void. But the tower is only apparently built over nothing; it actually rests on a concrete slab over a seven-lane highway. In addition to an undeniable urban landmark, the project takes on an important urban dimension due to the presence of this big slab adding 3500 square metres of public space, establishing links between neighbourhoods that had been divided. The project by Cro&Co Architecture offers a solution that truly improves users’ quality of life.

24-03-2021

The Paris campus of the École Ducasse is designed by Arte Charpentier

French chef and entrepreneur Alain Ducasse, proud owner of 20 restaurants and 21 Michelin stars, recently inaugurated the Paris campus of his cooking school, École Ducasse, in the area of Meudon-la-Forêt. The design for the campus, which includes a restaurant, was cooked up by Parisian firm Arte Charpentier. It takes the form of a mix of four geometrically-shaped volumes, all covered by an irregular composite aluminium shell and joined together by a shared reinforced concrete base. At the heart of the four volumes - which are thematically split into earth, fire, air and water - lies a vast atrium which connects them together.

02-02-2021

Sarah Sze’s Night into Day at Fondation Cartier

American artist Sara Sze’s immersive exhibition Night into Day at Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris is still closed, but it has been integrated with a smartphone application. Night Vision 20/20 is an app that immerses users in the artist’s world and invites them to join in a playful, intimate form of exploration.

22-01-2021

Gitai Architects signs off on a sustainable refurbishment in Paris

Gitai Architects explored sustainable housing possibilities with a complete makeover of one of the classic Haussmann apartment buildings in Paris. Their project aims at functional interior design with elegant wooden cabinetry built into the walls.

06-01-2021

VenhoevenCS + Ateliers 2/3/4/ Aquatic Centre for the Paris 2024 Olympics

Paris will host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2024. The new aquatic centre designed by VenhoevenCS + Ateliers 2/3/4/ is the biggest facility to be built specifically for the Olympics, as 95% of the locations and equipment that will be used are already ready or will be completed using temporary structures.