Tag Paris

29-07-2020
Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés and MOA Architecture two residential towers in Paris
Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés and MOA Architecture each designed a residential tower containing apartments with little offices in the heart of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, as part of La Chapelle International urban development project.

25-03-2020
Touring the museums of the world... from home
From Triennale di Milano to the London Design Museum, from the Prado in Madrid to the Uffizi in Florence, from the Louvre in Paris to the Vatican Museums and the Guggenheim Museum on the other side of the ocean: these are only a few of the museums that have closed their doors physically but can now be toured via the new media.

20-03-2020
Housing in Ivry by Tectône Architectes
After a period of five years between the initial plans and the end of construction, Tectône Architectes has finally completed the Housing in Ivry residential complex. The architecture, comprising six buildings of different heights connected in an architectural unicum, takes its name from the homonymous area on the outskirts of Paris and is characterised by an outer shell of cream-coloured exposed brick, with an assortment of different textures as a way of enhancing the aesthetics of the entire complex. The 61 living units proposed by Tectône won the tender advertised by the client, OPH Ivry, thanks to their use of brick, in a combination of durability, stability and aesthetics.

06-03-2020
Goodbye to Yona Friedman, with his Mobile Architecture and feasible utopias
Architect Yona Friedman died on 20 February 2020 at the age of 96. The news was announced in an Instagram post on the account of Fonds de Dotation Denise and Yona Friedman. The architect’s most recent works included the landscape installation No Man's land, created in Abruzzo with artist Jean-Baptiste Decavèle in 2016, and the Summer House for the 2016 Architecture Programme at the Serpentine Galleries.

04-03-2020
Toledano + architects Wood Ribbon interior design in Paris
Toledano + architects, founded in 2013 by Gabrielle Toledano, has completed an interesting contemporary reinterpretation of a typical Parisian apartment constructed in the Hausmann era. The project demonstrates respect for the history of the place and skilful use of materials, such as the ribbon of wood forming an inhabitable sculptural wall and the porcelain slabs of the sculptural, monolithic kitchen counter and worktop.

15-11-2019
Curial, density housing in Paris, project by Petitdidierprioux
With its 13,000 square metres and more than 300 apartments, the Curial project in the 19th arrondissement of Paris by architects Cédric Petitdidier and Vincent Prioux (Petitdidierprioux) address the issue of urban density and wellbeing for inhabitants.

10-04-2019
Le Parking Bois Le Pretre exhibition by Anonyme
A site-specific exhibition at the Galerie ArchiLib in Paris tells the story of the genesis and details of the project for an underground car park by architecture firm Anonyme.

26-12-2018
Studio Razavi Architecture exhibition at La Galerie d'Architecture in Paris
Throughout the Christmas holidays and until January 12, La Galerie d'Architecture in Paris presents an exhibition about architect Alireza Razavi of French studio Razavi Architecture, his work and his idea of architecture.