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Solum Installation / Atelier Faber

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:00:00 +0000

Solum is a spatial and landscaped installation that draws attention to the importance of soil permeability in managing the water cycle.

Winery Tenute Maestrale / Spaziozero + X Architekten

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The new winery is located on the northern edge of the Donori area, in southern Sardinia, characterized by orderly rows of vineyards and olive groves, evidence of intense human activity that has profoundly shaped the land.

Student Residence Cergy / graal architecture

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Originally built for the Crous in 1965, the Linandes Mauves residence consists of ten buildings arranged around a planted courtyard and connected to a lobby with spacious communal areas. The renovation of the previous phase was particularly complex due to the condition of the existing structure and the presence of asbestos throughout the plasterwork. Thus, the program for this operation focused on the demolition of the remaining four buildings to create new ones that are more suited to contemporary requirements. Our proposal, in contrast to the original brief, was based on a strategy of a fundamental transformation of the four existing buildings with architectural qualities and the addition of a new building to complete the program.

Olympic Social Housing for Greater Paris / SOA Architectes

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000

The project sits on the banks of the Seine, in Saint-Ouen, at the heart of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Village. It is built on a former 19th-century industrial site. The urban project, designed by Dominique Perrault, features large "ships" perpendicular to the Seine, with a common skyline for each of the bases: "the waterline." The Belvedere block is one of these ships, set on the Mail Finot, the major landscaped area in the Village. At the center of the block, SOA has created a tall building (R+10) and two smaller buildings (R+5 and R+6) on the rear street.

Racine Office Building / Maud Caubet Architectes

Hadir Al Koshta — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000

In the heart of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, next to the Sorbonne Nouvelle, the Racine project is transforming the former headquarters of the ONF (National Forestry Office) and will offer a new breath of fresh air in the city by the end of 2023.

5 Rooms / Hyper

Paula Pintos — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 09:00:00 +0000

Located in an industrial estate in Paris, the transformation of a former furniture workshop into a graphic design studio is based on a rational post-and-beam structure.

Hotel A Cheda / Orma Architettura

Paula Pintos — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 03:00:00 +0000

The Hotel A Cheda finds its inspiration in the typical vernacular constructions called "Baracun" in the Bonifacio region. Thus, the project reveals like a long curved stone wall that houses the hotel suites. The materials used also go in this direction by displaying a mineral dominance, intrinsically linked to the landscapes of the region.

Gaïette Installation / Atelier Faber + Anna Saint-Pierre

Valeria Silva — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 15:00:00 +0000

The Gaïette installation is a work created and realized by Atelier Faber and Anna Saint-Pierre, commissioned by the city of Raismes and the association Art et Jardins Hauts-de-France. The association’s mission is to reveal and question the heritage and memorial sites of the Hauts-de-France region.

Festival Hall / Figures Architectes + Depeyre Morand Architectures

Andreas Luco — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The project, a collaboration between Figures Architectes and Depeyre Morand Architectures, consists of the construction of multifunctional hall for the town of La Norville (Essone, 91, France). The hall will be used both as a village hall and as a private space available for rentals.

Nana House / Jean Benoît Vétillard Architecture

Paula Pintos — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000

Following the volumes of the adjacent residences, the plot is divided into two parts: the constructed volume will be located in the southern part, where the volumes of the neighboring buildings are higher. The northern part of the plot will be converted into a ground-level garden.

Biot Municipal Building Extension / Atelier EGR

Andreas Luco — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 06:00:00 +0000

The extension develops below the level of the public square. The roof constitutes a new floor in the continuity of the public square. It highlights, in perspective, the Saint-Roch chapel as a link and historical heritage.

Super 18 Apartment / Hyper + Simon Henry

Hadir Al Koshta — Sat, 27 May 2023 06:00:00 +0000

The project concerns the transformation of a 45m2 apartment on the 12th floor of the Boucry Tower (named Super 18 at its delivery), a discreet icon of north-eastern Paris. Built by Jean-Robert Delb in 1974 on the edge of the Plaine Saint-Denis, it is almost invisible in the Parisian skyline and can only be seen from the main infrastructural axes. A true reduction of the metropolis by the diversity of the households it contains and its programmatic diversity is an example of the successful integration of high-rise buildings into the city.

Paris International Exhibition / Christ & Gantenbein

Paula Pintos — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Paris Internationale, an art fair driven by a mindset of independence, collaboration, and partnerships, displays contemporary art at different locations each year. The 2022 edition takes place in one of Paris’ first glazed-facade buildings, which housed the former studio of the French photographer Nadar and was home of the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.

Roques Installation / Atelier Faber

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000

Every year, up to 80,000 hectares of agricultural land are artificialized in France, this represents 20 m2 of land per second. The 300 hectares of the Hortillonnages do not escape the pressure of urbanization and it has been whittled away despite the protection of the associations. The exhibit of the Faber workshop is entitled Roques which means a clod of earth in the Picard language. The exhibit alerts visitors to this phenomenon, which concerns all French countryside.

Rausa Pavilion / Atelier Faber

Andreas Luco — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 03:00:00 +0000

Rausa, an exhibition of poetry and ecological positioning, compels visitors to think about the development of the city of Reims in its relationship with its natural environment and about whether the destruction of wetlands is contributing to flooding.

Domaine Pierre Cheval Cultural Center / Pierre Arnaud Descôtes Architecte + Jean Benoît Vétillard Architecture

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Mon, 23 May 2022 11:00:00 +0000

The site proposes a collection of vernacular architectures: an old chapel, a cellar, steps forming a natural amphitheater, old orchards, and terraced gardens. Besides its central position in the village, the place also offers many views on the wine-growing landscape.

Gambetta Apartment / Jean Benoît Vétillard Architecture

Bianca Valentina Roșescu — Sun, 22 May 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Combining added forms and existing geometries, sculpting sequences, amplifies the pre-existing theatrical character. The composition of this 100 square meters Haussmannian flat, whose rooms are mostly devoid of corners, the walls curved, covered with moldings, and some doors hidden, was the fundamental inspiration for this architectural renovation project. The original plan is enlarged, and the lines of force are extended.

How to Divide Spaces Without Traditional Solid Partitions

Hana Abdel — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Functionality, good ventilation, comfortable lighting, and access to views are some of the important required characteristics that make for human comfort in inhabited or occupied spaces. Nonetheless, those elements are becoming harder to achieve within smaller city dwellings. Architects and individuals, therefore, turn towards design solutions to create more agreeable and personalized settings.