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PREVI Lima and the Politics of Resident Authorship in Social Housing

Ananya Nayak — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:30:00 +0000

Architects are accustomed to being credited for buildings long after construction ends. Names remain attached to projects through photographs, publications, and histories, often decades after the original drawings were produced. Buildings, on the other hand, rarely remain faithful to that narrative for long. Families grow, technologies change, businesses emerge, and daily life introduces demands that no plan can fully anticipate. Over time, architecture accumulates modifications, repairs, additions, and improvisations that gradually distance it from its original form.

La Vallée Verte / MVRDV

Miwa Negoro — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:00:00 +0000

MVRDV has completed construction of La Vallée Verte, a residential project within the Bastide Niel district of Bordeaux. Situated between the shaded streets and former railway tracks of MVRDV's own Bastide Niel masterplan, the project combines the angled forms of the masterplan's "suncuts" with a verdant "crater": a circular internal courtyard with an intense abundance of plants adorning generous terraces. Providing 70 new homes of varying sizes to attract residents in all stages of life, the project's sleek white exterior blends in as part of this brand new, innovative urban district, while the inner courtyard offers a distinctive and secluded park-like space in which residents and visitors can relax.

63 Housing Units for the Bastide-Niel Urban Development / Olgga Architects + Atelier CAMBIUM

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:00:00 +0000

The Garonne River divides Bordeaux's urban fabric in two, and its right bank has lagged somewhat in terms of its development. With the Bastide-Niel urban development, the city of Bordeaux is aiming to bring the two banks closer together by creating new centers and increasing the density of these spaces.

Bouscat Villa / Patrick Arotcharen Architecte

Hadir Al Koshta — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 09:55:00 +0000

Designed on a landlocked plot interwoven within an urban fabric composed of small houses, distinguished residences, and a few collective buildings, this single-family home proposes an approach to site occupation that departs from the usual concepts of either a mineral monolith set at the centre of the parcel or a frontage aligned directly with the street.

The Architecture of Restraint: When Choosing Not to Build Becomes Design

Diogo Borges Ferreira — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:30:00 +0000

In a world facing ecological exhaustion and spatial saturation, the act of building has come to represent both creation and consumption. For decades, architectural progress was measured by the new: new materials, new technologies, new monuments of ambition. Yet today, the discipline is increasingly shaped by another form of intelligence, one that values what already exists. Architects are learning that doing less can mean designing more, and this shift marks the emergence of what might be called an architecture of restraint: a practice defined by care, maintenance, and the deliberate choice not to build.

Les Échoppes Bastide Housing / eliet&lehmann architectes

Valeria Silva — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The project was entrusted to E&L Promotion by the public development agency Etablissement public d'Aménagement Euratlantique. It is located in Bordeaux, on the right bank, to the north of the Garonne-Eiffel development zone (ZAC), in contact with the historic Bastide neighborhood, known as the "stone city." It is largely made up of terraced townhouses that reinterpret the tradition of Bordeaux échoppes. It is built entirely in solid stone, 28 cm thick, for both buildings and fences.

Volumes Capables Collective Housing / A6A

Andreas Luco — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000

"Giving freedom in ways of living means giving perspective and openness to residents. It enables optimistic relationships with society and the world. » Youssef Tohmé. In the new Brazza district, we are building two scalable housing complexes. To prevent families from fleeing to the distant outskirts, this operation initiated by the City of Bordeaux leads us to construct on large areas, at very controlled costs.

B09 Building Island / urbanmakers + Selva & Maugin Architectes

Hadir Al Koshta — Sun, 05 Jan 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Context - Facing Bordeaux's iconic 18th-century "stone city," the Bastide-Niel district introduces an unconventional urban form. Designed with heliotropic principles and narrow grids by urban planner MVRDV, the area extends Bordeaux's vibrant urban life to the Garonne River's right bank. Roofs define the district's identity, creating a striking silhouette of varied scales and sloping planes that shape its innovative fabric.

Training Center Residence and Workshops for Apprentices / Atelier Tequi Architects

Pilar Caballero — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000

The new Maison des Compagnons du Devoir et du Tour de France is located in the changing Jallère district to the north of the city of Bordeaux, in a context of clearings and wooded areas. The site was occupied by administrative offices for the Assedic du Sud-Ouest funds, built in 1978 by the architect Raymond Mothe, designer of the Jacques Thibaud Conservatory and the Bordeaux airport terminal.

L’Ark Belvédère Office Building / Cino Zucchi Architetti

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000

The new L'Ark office building in the Bordeaux Belvédère district, designed by Cino Zucchi Architetti, stands as a testament to the city's ongoing architectural renaissance, integrating contemporary design with a deep respect for the city's urban fabric.

Facette Bordeaux Workspace / Studioninedots

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:00:00 +0000

In the new urban district of Belvédère in Bordeaux, we're thrilled to unveil the finalized Facette. The design is Studioninedots' response to the request for a place that fosters new ways of working and offers the flexibility, collaboration and diversity essential for today's entrepreneurs. For at a time when work is increasingly untethered from specific times and places, the building's true value lies in its innovative spaces for interaction. Facette boasts a sequence of distinctive collective spaces, leading users from the ground floor, along the facade to the roof terrace. These spaces drive the social community within the building. The building's communal ambition and enticing, multi-purpose spaces set Facette apart as a building that fits today's working needs.

BPM Architecture Agency / BPM Architectes

Anna Dumitru — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 06:00:00 +0000

In Bordeaux, the project by BPM Architects is a rehabilitation and elevation initiative. For its new premises, BPM Architects envisioned a workspace, a research, and a reflection area. The agency designed the building's architecture, planned the interior layout, and oversaw the construction of this project, which embodies its expertise. The decision was made to densify and renovate on an urban scale by elevating the existing building.

The New Amédée Saint-Germain District / LAN

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0000

By 2030, the city of Bordeaux aims for European influence with Euratlantique. With the arrival of the high-speed rail link (LGV) in 2017, this Operation of National Interest (OIN) focuses on the construction of a business center around the Saint-Jean station. Thus, the urban renewal initiated nearly twenty years ago continues between the Sacré-Cœur district and the railway tracks. It includes the development of the former industrial site of the ZAC Amédée-Saint-Germain, one of the five areas of the Saint-Jean Belcier project. The Sacré-Cœur district was spontaneously built in a very homogeneous urban form composed of large residential blocks, occasionally interrupted by 20th-century buildings. The fabric consists of Bordeaux “échoppes”, small single-story townhouses spread over long and narrow plots, a kind of pastiche of classical palaces. The neighborhood has a very small number of facilities and thus lacks attractiveness on a metropolitan scale. The ZAC plot is located to the south, on the edge of the so-called “stone city”, in a topographical enclave: it is separated from street level by 4.20 meters due to railway activities. Situated between Rue de Bègles and Rue Furtado, it borders Rue Amédée-Saint-Germain and the network of tracks. It is full of some remarkable remnants of industrial activity, structures such as the forge workshop, the tanks, and the Amédée workshop, characterized by arches along their facades.

Designed by OMA, Simone-Veil Bridge Opens to the Public in Bordeaux, France

Nour Fakharany — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 05:30:00 +0000

The Simone Veil Bridge, designed by OMA / Rem Koolhaas and Chris van Duijn, has officially opened in Bordeaux, France. Serving as the sixth crossing over the River Garonne, the platform stretches 548 meters from either side, with a width of 44 meters. Connecting the municipalities of Floirac and Bègles and offering Bordeaux a new public space, it has been in the making for nearly a decade, and is the first bridge project in OMA’s portfolio.

136 Quai des Chartrons / ZW/A zweyacker & associés

Anna Dumitru — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

In Bordeaux, the transformation and rehabilitation of the Hôtel des Ventes des Chartrons breathe new life into this historic building. Designed with architectural recycling principles, and minimizing demolition, the project reimagines this structure for dual purposes: a higher education institution and an auction hall.

L’Atelier / A6A

Andreas Luco — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 06:00:00 +0000

L'Atelier refers to manual work, the artisanal approach and the notion of pleasure that the agency tries to instill in each of its projects. The premises we have invested in is a former modeler's workshop. We found many resonances with our approach to the profession in this space, an ideal place to realize our vision of architecture. Due to its three-part composition: a garage on the street, a garden between four walls and a shed in the heart of the block, the whole thing lent itself perfectly to our agency project. We wanted to design a place for experimentation and meetings, which leaves room for manual work and research. A place where there is no distinction between nature and architecture, a timeless intervention in an existing building that we will never tire of over time.

Bacalan Block / COSA Colboc Sachet architectures

Paula Pintos — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 06:00:00 +0000

The industrial buildings occupying this site are the result of former production processes. Their vestiges now appear as a coalescence of objects of varying geometries whose meaning escapes us. Thus, within the Bacalan block, the Maison des Ecluses contains eight silos 36 meters tall. No longer in use, ivy has crept across them, eating into the concrete and discoloring it over time.

Queyries / ZW/A zweyacker & associés

Hadir Al Koshta — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000

The project involves transforming a 19th-century heritage building - historically a manor house and its rum cellar - to accommodate a higher education program.