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Brazilian-informed murals bring character to Parisian restaurant duo Oka Fogo

January 30, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Architect Arnaud Behzadi and artist Florence Bamberger have combined French and Brazilian influences to create interiors for a pair of adjoining restaurants. Located in Paris’ 17th arrondissement, Oka Fogo is the latest eatery from Raphael Rego, a Michelin-starred chef who is originally from Rio de Janeiro. Behzadi designed interiors that aim to capture the spirit

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Vallet de Martinis Architectes designs assisted housing complex as “extension” of forest

January 17, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Vallet de Martinis Architectes has created an assisted living complex for the Joffre-Dupuytren Hospital beside a forest in the suburbs of Paris. Located at the edge of the hospital’s campus, the site sits between the Rue de l’Erminage, a main entrance to the town of Draveil and the Sénart Forest, of which Vallet

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TVK designs limestone buildings for “first zero-carbon district” in Paris

January 5, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. Located on a triangular site in Paris’s 19th arrondissement, the project is “the capital’s first zero-carbon district”, according to TVK. Named Îlot Fertile, which translates to

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RSHP unveils proposal for “post-carbon” neighbourhood in Paris

December 20, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

British studio RSHP has revealed its plans to introduce a mixed-use neighbourhood with a series of public spaces within La Défense business district in Paris. Designed for the district’s Jean Moulin site, the project will aim to bring the “urban business neighbourhood currently eclipsed by road infrastructure back to life”, RSHP said. The design will

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REV Architecture decorates Carita Maison de Beauté with “translucent clouds”

November 26, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Local studio REV Architecture has completed an interior renovation of the Maison de Beauté in Paris, France, for L’Oréal Luxe skincare brand Carita. Surrounded by other luxury brands along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, the studio aimed for the space, which houses a hair salon and skincare treatment rooms as well as a restaurant and

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Colour-drenched coffee shop by Uchronia references “sunsets in the Tunisian desert”

November 21, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Gradated lava stone flooring and suspended planet-like orbs feature at the Cafe Nuances coffee shop in Paris, which was created by Dezeen Awards-nominated studio Uchronia. Located on the city’s Rue de la Tremoille, the coffee shop is the third Uchronia-designed branch for Parisian coffee roaster Cafe Nuances. The one-room shop is fronted by a bright

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Traditional design techniques are “alive and well” in Le Salon de Septembre exhibition

November 19, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Old and new blurred together in this exhibition at Paris’ GSL Gallery, which celebrated contemporary creatives who observe design traditions of the past. Le Salon de Septembre was the inaugural exhibition to be held at GSL Gallery, a factory-turned-arts space in Paris’ Patin neighbourhood run by creative collective The Guild of Saint Luke. Guided by

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Beata Heuman designs colour-drenched Hôtel de la Boétie in Paris

October 13, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Saturated greens and blues contrast pale pink sheets and playful flower details at Hôtel de la Boétie in Paris, which Swedish designer Beata Heuman created to be “a bit like a stage set”. Set in a 19th-century building, the 40-room hotel in Paris’ 8th arrondissement was designed with Heuman’s signature colourful interior style. While it

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Christ & Gantenbein wraps Paris social housing in “rather unexpected” steel facade

September 28, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Christ & Gantenbein has created a 124-metre-long block of social housing in Paris that is clad in steel. Designed in collaboration with Margot-Duclot Architectes Associes, the linear building is in the city’s 15th arrondissement and contains 104 apartments split across five floors. It sits above a subway maintenance workshop and is constructed from a concrete frame

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Frederik Molenschot presents debut solo sculpture show at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

September 10, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Sculptures crafted from recycled BMW airbags and oak railway sleepers feature in artist Frederik Molenschot’s Atlas 2000 exhibition, which is on display at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris. Marking the Dutch artist’s first solo exhibition, Atlas 2000 features hand-sculpted works that are directly influenced by natural landscapes, Molenschot said. The show’s title refers to the

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