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Foreign secretary proposes 22-mile “Boris bridge” to link England and France

January 19, 2018 Ali Morris 0

UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson has proposed building a bridge across the English Channel to link Britain and France after Brexit. The idea for the 22-mile-long crossing was reportedly put forward during an Anglo-French summit that took place on 18 January 2018, according to publications including the Guardian. During the meeting, which was called to discuss

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Italian architects convert Ettore Sottsass sketch into pavilion for French architecture festival

January 18, 2018 India Block 0

Italian architecture office 2A+P/A has bought an Ettore Sottsass painting to life to create a black barrel-roofed pavilion for an architecture festival in Orléans, France. The Rome-based architects took the axonometric watercolour painting of an arched building with irregular windows made by Sottsass and used it as a basis for their structure. Sottsass, the renowned Italian

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The ORIGIN Tree House Sits Within A Forest In France

January 17, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Marco Lavit Nicora   Atelier LAVIT have designed the ORIGIN Tree House for their clients in France who wanted to have a unique cabin. A hundred year-old oak was the starting point for the whole design, with the goal of being as functional and comfortable as a hotel room, and inspired by the shape […]

The ORIGIN Tree House Sits Within A Forest In France

January 17, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Marco Lavit Nicora   Atelier LAVIT have designed the ORIGIN Tree House for their clients in France who wanted to have a unique cabin. A hundred year-old oak was the starting point for the whole design, with the goal of being as functional and comfortable as a hotel room, and inspired by the shape […]

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners begins work on Louvre art store in northern France

December 15, 2017 India Block 0

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has started building a new concrete-framed art storage facility for the Louvre museum in Lievin, France, which will be covered by a large green roof. The centre designed by the British architectural firm will be equipped to store 250,000 art works as well as conservation and study areas. Set entirely on one level, the Louvre collections facility

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Post Office Architectes adds vaulted roof extension to Paris apartment for a photographer

December 4, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Post Office Architectes has added a timber-lined barrel vaulted roof extension to an apartment in Paris, giving its owner an unobstructed view of the Eiffel Tower. The apartment building is located at the intersection of four Paris districts and was originally built in the 19th century as a two-storey department store. A third floor was added in

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Foster + Partners to add “missing piece” to Rogers’ Marseille airport extension

November 30, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to add a glazed terminal building to Marseille Provence Airport, which will link the 1990s extension designed by Richard Rogers with the original 1960s building. London-based Foster + Partners beat Rogers’ firm, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, to win the contract for the extension. Set to be completed in two phases, the works

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First photos emerge of tiered tower built by Renzo Piano to house Paris law courts

November 23, 2017 India Block 0

Work has completed on Tribunal de Paris – a tiered skyscraper, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano to become the largest law complex in Europe. Comprising a series of stacked glass volumes, the building will bring together the various activities of the French capital’s judiciary system, which had previously been scattered about the city. It is not set to open

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Combas uses natural stone to build “warm and robust” juvenile detention facility in Marseilles

November 20, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

This detention centre for minors in Marseilles offers an alternative to oppressive prison architecture through its muted material palette of natural stone and board-marked concrete. Nice-based architecture office Combas was responsible for designing the facility in the Chutes Lavie neighbourhood of Marseille’s 13th arrondissement. The studio was selected for the project following a competition organised

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MoreySmith create co-working offices in former industrial building in Paris

November 19, 2017 Ali Morris 0

Interior design studio MoreySmith has created co-working spaces with a “contemporary industrial” aesthetic in an old factory building in Paris. Created for a new serviced office brand called Deskopolitan, the co-working space comprises 4,430 square feet (or 1,350 square metres) spread over four floors at 48 Rue du Château d’Eau, Paris. MoreySmith was asked to conceive and develop the company’s

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