Photographer: Cécile Septet | ArchDaily

Les Perrières Residential Block / COSA

Valeria Silva — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 12:00:00 +0000

The industrial city, the child of railways and automobiles, has itself given rise to a new urban form: the dense suburb. Predominantly residential, it contains detached, semi-detached, and row houses, sometimes even small, collective clusters of housing along its main roadways and intersections. For the sake of comfort, major roadways avoid cutting through such dense suburbs. Its proximity to a large city allows for other forms of mobility, whether individual (soft) or collective (public). Its density entails a maximal use of public facilities and the presence of neighborhood shops.

Cultural Centers: 50 Examples in Plan and Section

Fabian Dejtiar — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 07:30:00 +0000

How many times have you been faced with the challenge of designing a cultural center? While this may seem like quite a feat, many architects have had to design a program that blends a community center with culture.

Wooden Architecture for a Carbon-neutral Future: Winning Projects of the ICONIC AWARDS

Rene Submissions — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 05:45:00 +0000

The European Union intends to be climate neutral by 2050. This will require decarbonization at all levels of the economy, and the construction sector will have a particularly key role to play. The sector accounts for around 40% of CO2 emissions globally, and steel and concrete, in particular, require enormous amounts of energy to produce. There needs to be a paradigm shift to replace these building materials and their associated environmental impact. Natural and renewable building materials play a crucial role in this.

Bergeyre House / AJILE architects

Andreas Luco — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000

Perched high up the Butte Bergeyre in the 19th arrondissement, this vertical house dominates Paris. Being able to build a new private home in Paris is a rare opportunity, all the more unique on this very butte, fully integrated within the Parisian cityscape. The challenge was to settle in a family with four children over seven levels, on a minimal adjoining plot only 4.80 m large. Erected on ten 18-meter-deep micropiles, this 204 square-meter house is a manifesto for vertical living in dense spaces.

Brasserie Gallia / Maxime Jansens Architecture + Erwan Bonduelle Architecture

Andreas Luco — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 01:00:00 +0000

The Gallia beer factory is located in former industrial premises, built around a paved courtyard. The project consists of the transformation of 2 buildings into a Tap Room and an entertainment place for the client Gallia Paris. The bar is supplied directly by the production of the brewery, located in the adjacent building. Several objectives guided us during the design of the project: First, the search for contextual architectural simplicity, and the expression of a humble place evoking the idea of a "factory bar".

50 Impressive Details Using Wood

Fabian Dejtiar — Mon, 03 Jun 2019 06:30:00 +0000

Over the course of history the unique characteristics of wood, which are dependent upon the species of the tree and the location in which it has grown, have enabled humanity to flourish in all parts of the globe. The architectural details of wooden construction therefore show a great diversity of meetings and joints, showing not only a project's constructive and structural logic, but also embodying the value and complexity of each project.

L’ATALANTE / KOZ architectes

Cristobal Rojas — Sat, 24 Feb 2018 09:00:00 +0000

We wanted Paris’ biggest wooden amenity to be a real public place. Playing with its volumes allows to limit its emergence and to keep it quite narrow, making it almost an inhabited hedge. Only the vertical gesture creating the hall’s « cathedral » hosting the climbing wall reveals its intense activity to the passers-by. This set-up allows a vast internal space, opened towards the Bois de Boulogne and continuous between two public gardens. It asserts itself on the boulevard and takes into account the existing pedestrian paths, welcoming everyone as a public place would.

House of Ile-de-France / ANMA

Cristobal Rojas — Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:00:00 +0000

First home built at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris for 48 years, it is also the first concrete realization of the major campus development project. While continuing its humanist project, the Cité internationale is increasing its capacity by creating 10 new homes (1,800 new homes) and is adapting to the expectations of international students in the 21st century by modernizing its infrastructures and services by 2025 .

New Ministry of Defense in Paris / ANMA

Rayen Sagredo — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 03:00:00 +0000

The new Ministry of Defence building is a complex operation due to its dual urban and architectural nature. It is located on a 16.5-hectare site divided into three plots: the Victor plot to the east (8.5 hectares) is home to the Cité de l’Air, whose buildings have been either demolished or rehabilitated; the central Valin plot (8 hectares) is occupied by the ministry’s main building, and the western Corne Ouest plot is given over to a commercial real estate programme.

Winners of Day 1 World Architecture Festival Awards 2016 Announced

AAA — Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:39:00 +0000

Fourteen projects have been announced as category winners of the The World Architecture Festival’s (WAF) 2016 awards on Day 1 of the festival. Winners in 32 categories will be named over the first two days of the conference, and will then go on to compete for the title of the World Building of the Year 2016, to be announced on Friday.

Halle Aux Farines / KOZ architectes

Cristobal Rojas — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Replacing the iconic « Cafeteria » of Nicolas Michelin, facing the Seine and close to the towers of the BNF is not trivial!

L’ODE / Babin+Renaud

Cristobal Rojas — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 05:00:00 +0000

Founded in 1921, the Concervatoire de Vanves today has 40 teachers for over 700 students. The new building, named Ode, replaces the cramped, dilapidated offices scattered around various places in the town, representing both a qualitative and quantitative leap. Acting as a music school and a performance theater, the facility is as much a teaching center as a disseminator of the musical and dramatic arts. The project is both a building and a public space with a piazza able to host open-air shows, located on a small square that provides a centrality that is mostly lacking in the area.

TOTORO / KOZ Architectes

Valentina Villa — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 05:00:00 +0000

The Paul Bourget neighborhood has long been a « terra incognita » of the ParisianThe Paul Bourget neighborhood has long been a « terra incognita » of the Parisian cityscape. To the outside it is a citadel hanging above the tumultuous traffic on the « périphérique » ring expressway and the swirling canopy of the Kellerman Park. Inwards it’s a modest piece os post-war urban planning boom, introverted and peacefully forgotten. With a striking sense of community, so close and yet so distant from the hustle of the nearby Porte d’Italie. Do we know of other places in Paris where residents seem to come « out of the woods » to enter the city ?

Aluminium Tip / Babin+Renaud

Karen Valenzuela — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 03:00:00 +0000

Standing at the tip of a triangle-shaped plot of land in Paris' 11th arrondissement, this new building creates visual transparency in the space between street and inner courtyard by means of a rational design that liberates it from the site's cramped nature.

Macrolot E10 / aasb_agence d’architecture suzelbrout + MAAST + toa | architectes associés + David Besson-Girard

Cristian Aguilar — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:00:00 +0000

The Zac Clichy-Batignolles development area has been carved out of the vast expanse of the rail lines leading to and from Saint-Lazare train station. It will transform this enclave into a new neighbourhood centred around Martin-Luther-King park and the new Paris Regional Court (by Renzo Piano).

The Versatility of Corian, from Countertops to Railings

Vladimir Gintoff — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 10:30:00 +0000

If there was a most radical decade of the last century, few would come close to topping the 1960s. From the Bay of Pigs to the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe to the moon landing, there was rarely a dull moment. The world of materials was also involved, seeing the invention of a polymer surface of acrylic resin and natural minerals that was easy to clean, scratch resistant, seamless, and hygienic. Better known as Corian, the surface developed by DuPont chemist Donald Slocum in 1967 was a material that met the tough challenges of modern living.

Montmatre Mixed Use / Babin+Renaud

Karen Valenzuela — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Profoundly mixed, this vast operation combines briefs for proximity, public housing and private apartments but also several demolitions and reconstructions. The latter had an impact on the agency's project brief, for the inhabitants of one demolished high-rise by the périphérique were rehoused here, whereas the community center and the library are reconstructions.

Canopia Park Housing / Babin+Renaud

Karen Valenzuela — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Winner 2014 of the Palmarès Grand Public Architecture Contemporaine in France, the residential development designed by Babin+Renaud is located in Nantes' nearly completed eco-district, La Bottière-Chênaie. Surrounded by an open, arborescent landscape open to the public, it is akin to a welcoming island and is a good place to live.