France

Normal Studio refurbish Appartement N°50 in Le Corbusier’s iconic Cité Radieuse

July 15, 2018 Katie de Klee 0

French duo Normal Studio have become the latest designers to overhaul an apartment inside Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse building in Marseille. Jean-Marc Drut is the owner of Appartement N°5, one of 337 homes inside the housing block that is one of Le Corbusier’s most famous designs. Every year he hands over his home to a new

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Lattice framework supports undulating roof at swimming pool by Brochet Lajus Pueyo

June 19, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

Brochet Lajus Pueyo has completed a swimming pool in Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France, with a roof informed by waves and the movements of manta rays. Bordeaux-based studio Brochet Lajus Pueyo won a public competition to design the aquatic centre for the local municipality in the Vendée region of western France. Positioned on the outskirts of

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Attic apartment in Paris overhauled with industrial materials by Florent Chagny Architecture

June 17, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Heavy-duty materials, including oriented strand board and steel, lend an industrial aesthetic to this renovated loft apartment in Paris, called Under the Roof. Florent Chagny Architecture was behind the renovation of the small duplex home, which is located in Paris’ 5th arrondissement, at the top of a small residential building built around 1830. Containing 50 square metres of floor

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Amelia Tavella Architectes completes stone and timber school in Corsica

June 16, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

A combination of traditional stone walls and surfaces wrapped in pine battens help the Groupe Scolaire à Strega school in Corsica blend in with the surrounding wooded landscape. Amelia Tavella Architectes designed the school for a site in the Corsican village of Santa-Maria-Siché. Located on the edge of the village in the island’s Corse-du-Sud region, the

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Amanda Levete and Junya Ishigami among shortlist for Eiffel Tower overhaul

May 8, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

Four teams including architects Amanda Levete, Carlo Ratti and Junya Ishigami are vying to improve facilities at the Eiffel Tower, in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The teams including architects, landscape designers and urban planners have been selected to draw up ideas that would improve facilities for the six million tourists that

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Copper pipes create storage solutions for Paris studio flat by Ariel Claudet

May 1, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Architect Ariel Claudet has introduced a network of copper pipes to an otherwise simple studio apartment in Paris, to help it stand out on Airbnb. Shakers Studio is located in Saint-Germain-de-Prés, near the Seine, in a 17th-century building that was once home to Eiffel Tower architect Gustave Eiffel and geographer Elisée Reclus. After struggling to meet the

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Masquespacio Have Designed The Bright And Colorful Piada Lyon Restaurant

April 30, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Luis Beltran   Spanish creative consultancy firm Masquespacio, have recently completed the design of Piada, a modern Italian restaurant that’s located in Lyon, France. The owners of the restaurant, Arthur and Mathilde, wanted to create a modern brand, and as it’s located within a residential neighborhood, they wanted it to be bright and welcoming, but at […]