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13-01-2021

ONSTAGE: INTERVIEW WITH CLÉMENT BLANCHET

“Mithridatism is the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually self-administering various toxic products. This immunity is acquired by the repetitive and progressively increasing intake of these harmful substances. The process of creating requires possibly a certain type of Architectural Mithridatism” —Clément Blanchet

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.

29-12-2020

CLÉMENT BLANCHET

“The design is kept to the simplest expression, the least technical, the least lyrical, in fact an almost primitive structural solution. The bridge is conceived not to be an event in the city but actually a place to promote the events in the city. From an overdose of formal gesticulation, I wanted to propose a robust ‘plateau' that would last and contribute to unify the right and left river banks ”, —Clément Blanchet, CBA

29-12-2020

MVRDV designs the new Etam flagship store in Paris

MVRDV designed a new flagship store for French lingerie brand Etam in a nineteenth-century Haussmann building, in a project that demonstrates respect for the existing historic building while responding to the client’s need to create a unique and unexpected shopping experience.

22-12-2020

Snøhetta Headquarters of Le Monde Group, Paris

Snøhetta designed the new central headquarters of the Le Monde group in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The recently completed complex brings together the French publishing group’s 1,600 employees under a single roof, which is semi-transparent to evoke newspaper typesetting with moveable type.

03-12-2020

Bruther wins the 2020 Swiss Architectural Award

The studio Bruther, founded by architects Stéphanie Bru and Alexandre Thériot, has won the 2020 Swiss Architectural Award. The candidates for the seventh edition of the award are nominated by a committee of internationally prominent architects and critics. The jury, chaired by architect Mario Botta, selected Bruther on the basis of three projects: the Saint-Blaise Cultural and Sports Centre in Paris (2010-2014), the New Generation Research Centre in Caen (2013-2015), and “Maison Julie-Victoire Daubié” Residence for Researchers in Paris (2014-2018).

30-11-2020

Silvio d'Ascia Architecture Hotel Wallace Paris

The Hotel Wallace, an Orso Hotels facility in the 15th Arrondissement of Paris, was recently renovated by Silvio d'Ascia Architecture, adapting the building to meet today’s most recent standards for the hospitality industry while adding two new floors on the side facing the street and an attic level containing ten new guestrooms.

13-11-2020

Manuelle Gautrand’s Edison Lite, a co-housing project that reinvents Paris

Edison Lite, a co-housing project by architect Manuelle Gautrand constructed in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, is one of the winners of the “Réinventer Paris 1” competition: a call for innovative urban projects with which the City of Paris has selected 22 architectural projects out of more than 350 entries submitted. Manuelle Gautrand proposes a new way of living in the city in which residents enjoy use of unique shared spaces such as a rooftop terrace, a vegetable plot and a workshop, while sharing ownership of a retail space that allows them to cut building management costs.