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Prison clad in perforated weathering steel has pastel-coloured sports court

December 6, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Minimum security prison in Nanterre by Local Architecture Network LAN

Local Architecture Network has built a minimum security prison with a perforated metal facade of weathering steel in Nanterre that has a sports court in pastel hues. The minimum security prison is also the headquarters of the Penitentiary Services for Integration and Probation (SPIP) – which monitors those under arrest. Local Architecture Network (LAN) built

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FREAKS wraps French warehouse conversion in corrugated steel

November 30, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio FREAKS has clad an old printing warehouse in France shiny corrugated metal cladding and converted it into a research centre for lighting company Sammode. Located in Lamotte-Beuvron close to Orléans, the converted offices combine highly controlled testing areas and well lit work spaces. To achieve this, four wooden boxes clad with spruce house

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Moustache opens Paris store that looks as if it is carved out of stone

November 27, 2019 Ali Morris 0

Moustache store designed by En Bande Organisée

En Bande Organisée and Julien Dufresne Architecte used pale polished concrete to create the cave-like interiors of French brand Moustache’s Parisian store. White polished-concrete walls dotted with curved alcoves and ceilings with organically-shaped skylights feature in Moustache’s recently-opened Paris store. Located in the city’s Canal Saint Martin district, the 120-square-metre space is the brand’s first

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Round windows of Archery House echo shooting range targets

November 11, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

A wooden shutter slides to uncover the target-shaped window of a brick building in France by architects Boman that provides facilities for an archery range. Called Archery House, the building is located in the greenbelt area of Fontenay-aux-roses on the outskirts of Paris. Measuring just 49-square-metres in size, the building provides space for storage, a

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Oursin restaurant by Jacquemus is designed to “perpetuate summer”

November 8, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Whitewashed walls, colourful ceramics and rattan furnishings help channel sunny climes inside this Parisian restaurant, designed by the eponymous owner of cult French fashion label Jacquemus. Simon Porte Jacquemus – with the help of hospitality-focused Caviar Kaspia Group – has designed Oursin to recall “the eternal summery beauty of the optical white house shimmering along

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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners creates “fortress-like” archive for the Louvre

November 7, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Centre de Conservation du Louvre by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has built the Centre de Conservation du Louvre in Liévin, northern France, to securely store 250,000 works of art from the museum’s collection. Located on a former car park for the nearby SANAA-designed Louvre-Lens, the building houses the Musée du Louvre’s archive and conservation centres. Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

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Jean Nouvel sues over “totally disproportionate” Philharmonie de Paris late fee

October 25, 2019 India Block 0

Architect Jean Nouvel is counter-suing the Philharmonie de Paris over the €170.6 million fine he was slapped with for delivering the concert hall late and over budget. Nouvel’s lawyers William Bourdon and Vincent Brengarth said the fee was “totally disproportionate” and “unprecedented in the world of architecture”, reported the Guardian. They argued that the €170.6

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Universal Design Studio and Giles Miller Studio design reusable pavilion for BBC

October 22, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0

BBC Studios pavilion by Universal Design Studio and Giles Miller Studio at MIPCOM trade show in Cannes

Universal Design Studio and Giles Miller Studio have designed a two-storey pavilion for BBC Studios that can be dismantled and reused, and then recycled at the end of its life. The pavilion was commissioned by BBC Studios, one of the world’s biggest producers of TV content, for the MIPCOM trade show in Cannes to entertain

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Sophie Dries renovates Haussmann-era apartment in Paris for clients who are “really into colour”

October 21, 2019 Amy Frearson 0

French architect Sophie Dries has combined a pair of mid-19th-century Parisian flats in a design that brings together street art and colour blocking. The apartment was previously two separate homes, built during Haussmann’s major reconstruction of Paris. The renovation sees them brought together into a 100-square-metre residence for a family of four. Dries designed a

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Maison is a fictional French home dressed with design-focused furnishings

October 17, 2019 Natasha Levy 0

Multidisciplinary design studio Services Généraux has created a series of renderings that reimagine the interiors of a dilapidated home in the French countryside. The project – which is aptly named Maison, after the French term for “house” – is the first time that Services Généraux has created a purely conceptual project. Until now the Paris-based

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