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The Kiosque House / arba

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:00:00 +0000

This house stands at the bottom of a garden like a gazebo in a park. The shape and overhangs of its roof strictly comply (apart from the curves) with the local urban planning regulations for this neighborhood of Caen.

OMA's Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville in Caen Slated to Open in 2017

AD Editorial Team — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 10:15:00 +0000

The official opening date for Caen's new public library, designed by Rotterdam-based practice OMA, has been slated for January 13, 2017. The Bibliothèque Alexis de Tocqueville will serve as the main library for the metropolitan region of Caen la Mer (in Normandy, France), with 12,000sqm of freely accessible multimedia space. Positioned on the tip of a peninsula that extends from the city to the English Channel, the site is part of a larger area of redevelopment. The ambition is for the library to become "a new civic center" for the city.

New Law Courts / Baumschlager Eberle Architectes + Atelier Pierre Champenois

Daniela Cardenas — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 03:00:00 +0000

The law courts of Caen redefines a new domain of urban planning in the centre of the City. 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.

MVRDV Releases New Images of 600 Hectare "La Grande Mosaïque" Masterplan in Caen

Rory Stott — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 10:45:00 +0000

After two years of further development, MVRDV has released new images of their masterplan for Caen in Normandy, "La Grande Mosaïque." The masterplan, which was first revealed in May 2013, re-envisions a 600 hectare area of the center of Caen and the Caen Peninsula, connecting the city to the neighboring towns of Hérouville Saint-Clair and Mondeville.

Reconstruction Of Exhibition Center Hall 2 / Jean-François Schmit

Daniel Sánchez — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 01:00:00 +0000

Following the collapse of Hall 2 of Caen’s exhibition centre, caused by the snow event in March 2013, we had to offer quick architectural solutions for its reconstruction to be durable, rapid and as inexpensive as possible. It was primarily the retention of the building foundations that guided us in our initial choices:

OMA Breaks Ground on BMVR Library in Caen

Karissa Rosenfield — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Construction has begun on OMA’s competition-winning proposal for the BMVR (Bibliothèque Multimédia à Vocation Régionale) Library in northern France. Located at the tip of a peninsula in an old industrial port area of Caen, the 13,000 square meter public library is shaped by four protruding wings that point towards four of the city’s landmarks: l'Abbaye aux Hommes, l'Abbaye aux Dames, the train station to the south and a new urban development to the west.

MVRDV Wins Competition to Redesign 600ha of Caen

Karissa Rosenfield — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Stretching beyond the natural constraints of Presqu’ile de Caen and into the neighboring towns of Mondeville and Hérouville Saint Clair, MVRDV’s competition-winning vision will transform 600ha of industrial brown fields into a collection of gardens punctuated by a mosaic of urban settlements. This ambition, titled ‘La Grande Mosaique’, is strongly based on respect for the existing structures and defined by small scale interventions that will result in a large scale structure vision for Greater Caen.

New Law Courts of Caen Competition Entry / be baumschlager eberle

Alison Furuto — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 22:00:06 +0000

Caen Services Building / RemingtonStyle

Andrew Rosenberg — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:00:00 +0000

The building is located in a park, in Caen (France). It is designed for gardeners of the city. It includes areas of workshops, offices and cloakrooms. The particularity of the building is the fact that it produces more energy than it consumes. This is due to the fact that insulation is very important and that the plan is lead by bioclimatic and heliotropic principles. Then the building is covered with solar panels that produces electricity.

MVRDV will design Caen's port refurbishment

Sebastian Jordana — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:30:37 +0000

Caen was destroyed during the Second World War and has been restored since, the Presqu’ile project is considered its second restoration. The 300ha Presqu’ile de Caen is located between the city centre and the sea and occupied by industrial structures among which some industrial monuments. MVRDV joined forces with French architect Diagram experienced in the site, landscape architect Territoires and engineering firm IOSIS. The project is a vision of the future based on research and for this the team also comprises of Swiss sociologist Philippe Cabane and Pro-Developpement, a company specialist in development strategy.