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A major work you should check out is Project Europa, Levallois-Perret, Paris design by Baumschlager Eberle Architekten. A 1980s property set at the boundary of a historic town centre and the River Seine was to be brought up to date whilst retaining the particular cachet of its location.
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Design: MVRDV. The curved façades of these buildings take inspiration from rock formations. The project will add to the renewal of Greater Rennes, with the view of creating a socially united and welcoming riverside community.
Design: Fluor Architecture
The complete renovation of a former private mansion in Arles exactly responded to the Foundation’s desire to bring a contemporary perspective on the work of Vincent van Gogh to life.
Design: Sane Architecture
Cities, configurations and architectural structures have been considered fixed systems, in equilibrium in which the different parts were meant to be coordinated in linking macrostructures – or frameworks according to the rational classical model.
Design: TOMA! This pavilion is an experimental architecture, designed for the tenth edition of the FAV at La Grande-Motte. The habitable sculpture becomes a flat sign, a virtual porthole on the seafront.
Design: KCAP Architects&Planners. Architectural competition for the design of a train station, a 14.000 m² office building and four bridges, one of which is a pedestrian bridge. Completion of the buildings is estimated for 2020
Design: Foster + Partners architects. New photos of the first new visible building on the estate since the Château and the existing cellars were completed 200 years ago: a large new winery building, a new Vinothèque, and the refurbishment of existing buildings and the historic Orangery.
Design: A + A R C H I T E C T U R E – new images of this building at the angle of two narrow streets. It shares its site with a nursing home: a rich intergenerational relationship in the middle of a beautiful garden and of chestnuts
Design: Hellin-Sebbag, architects
New photos of reception building for a high school specialising in building trades. Its elevated curved facade marks the crossroads between the “Paillade” neighbourhood and the new Eco-District of “Pierre Vives”.
Design: Baumschlager Eberle
The original design from the office of Christian Hauvette& associés was revised by Baumschlager Eberle Architectes together with the Atelier Pierre Champenois a former partner of Christian Hauvette.
French UEFA Euro 2016 Stadiums: Buildings Guide. The European Championship finals is underway – we profile the buildings, including new stadiums in Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon and Nice.
Design: Wilmotte & Associés
This is a multipurpose ‘eco-stadium’: The architectural parti was transparency, and special attention was paid to the stadium’s skin, eliminating the distinction between inside and outside and animating both the interior and exterior of the building.
Design: Agence Search Architects
The Châteaulin swimming pool will be located on the edge of town, along a curve in the banks of the Aulne river. The project is part of a larger ensemble of public works, which together will constitute a sports and recreation center at the scale of the provincial city and the extended region.
Design: Tectoniques Architectes
Individual grouped accommodation units, intermediate housing and small collective housing blocks, are all built using dry construction methods employing 2D macro-components along with 3D modules for the sanitary and technical facilities.
The school center is located 200 km southwest of Paris nearby the town Coulaines. The building design by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes projects include a primary school with 8 classrooms, a nursery with day care, a kindergarten, a gymnastic and community hall as well as a library and a school restaurant.
Design: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Creating a new access to one of the most remarkable cultural monuments and landscapes in Europe is a rare challenge for the design of a causeway.
Design: Manuelle Gautrand Architecture. Located in Saint-Louis, Alsace, in the “Three Borders” region and in the inner suburb of Basel, the “Forum” dedicated to replace the old “Palais des fêtes” of the town, is a cultural facility designed to host associative, sporting and cultural events.
Design: Jean Nouvel architecture. The renovation project of the City of Montpelier, designed by architect Jean Nouvel internationally in collaboration with François Fontès, has already become something of a badge of the French city.