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Sports Campus in Ben Guerir / OUALALOU+CHOI

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Conceived as a sports campus on a regional scale, this project integrates a great diversity of programs (covered pool, multisport courts, gymnasiums, administration, and lodging).

Casablanca Finance City Cube Tower / OUALALOU+CHOI

Hadir Al Koshta — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 03:00:00 +0000

The new business district in downtown Casablanca consists of a compressed urban density, where public space is reduced to its most elementary dimension. Facing the street, this office building is elevated in order to extend the public space of the street all the way into the heart of the property.

Royal Thai Embassy / OUALALOU+CHOI

Pilar Caballero — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:00:00 +0000

Located in the prestigious diplomatic district of Rabat, the new Royal Thai Embassy sits on a strategic site in the country's capital. Though the initial brief was to rehabilitate an existing dilapidated villa, we realized that with a similar investment in time and budget, it would be preferable to demolish the existing building and construct a new one that would be better adapted to its role as an embassy.

Refurbishing Theater Spaces: Adapting Cultural Landmarks for Modern Audiences

Nour Fakharany — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Theaters serve as cultural and social institutions, shaping society by providing spaces where stories of identity, race, and justice are brought to life. These venues foster community through shared, live experiences, sparking conversations that resonate beyond the stage. Architecturally, theaters are more than performance spaces—they are landmarks that embody both the history and future of the arts. Their design often reflects the cultural importance of storytelling, while their refurbishments ensure they remain relevant in a modern context.

Paris Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art / Ateliers Jean Nouvel

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 07:00:00 +0000

To mark the launch of its new site in the heart of Paris, the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain invites the public to discover its exhibition spaces free of charge, as well as the inaugural exhibition Exposition Générale, showcasing major works from its collection, during the first two days of opening.

12 Cultural Spaces That Owe Their Power to Adaptive Reuse

Claire Brodka — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When approaching the design of cultural spaces such as museums, performance venues, or places of research and study, architecture and design professionals often have to assemble pieces of a uniquely challenging puzzle in order to make the structure resonate with a variety of visitors and occupants. Hitting the right chord can be difficult, especially when trying to combine forms into a whole that pays respect to a building's intended use while being timeless in its universality.

Deauville Terminal Saint-Gatien-des-Bois / Ferrier Marchetti Studio

Hadir Al Koshta — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000

At a time when, despite growing environmental awareness, air traffic is once again on the rise, we believe it is essential to rethink how airport mobility programs are designed.

Maintenance and Storage Center T9 Tramway / Ferrier Marchetti Studio

Andreas Luco — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Our projects focus on the place of the body in the city and materialize the aesthetics inherent to movement. It has always been important to us to seek a mobility that renews the gaze and allows a dynamic perception of the spaces that surround us. This engages singular sensory sequences, the pleasure of moving together in the public space, and a rediscovered legibility of the urban landscape.

Fondation Cartier Announces Paris Relocation Plans Led by Jean Nouvel during Collateral Event at Venice Biennale 2025

Reyyan Dogan — Wed, 14 May 2025 04:30:00 +0000

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain announced plans to move into a historic building in Place du Palais-Royal in Paris. Originally built in 1855, the Haussmannian building is reimagined by architect Jean Nouvel and scheduled to open on October 25, 2025. The collaboration between Fondation Cartier and Jean Nouvel dates back to 1994 when the architect designed the "Parisian Monument," a glass and steel building on Boulevard Raspail that serves as the institution's current headquarters.

Nursery School and Elsa Triolet Center / richter architectes et associés

Andreas Luco — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000

Richter architectes et associés have completed a school complex in the most recent area of Mitry-Mory. It's located on an orthogonal and regular urban grid that stretches from Tremblay all the way to the plain that separates Mitry-le-Neuf from Mitry-Bourg.

IPHE Host Innovation Incubator & Hotel / Ignacio Prego Architectures

Valeria Silva — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000

The world of work is constantly in motion, this situation questions the future of the workspace itself. How to design a building that embodies innovation and the transformation of the world of work by housing what we do not yet know?

Olympe : Short-Lived Athletes' Village then Urban Arts Centre / Farid Azib Architect

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 06:00:00 +0000

The Urban Arts Centre project is located in the southern part of the river eco-district of L’Île-Saint-Denis (just north of Paris). The main square, Place de la Batellerie, is at the center of five buildings with different functions: offices, student accommodations, a hotel, a water sports center, and our Urban Arts Centre. Planned long before Paris 2024 decided to install part of its Olympic athletes’ village here for a two-month period, this site, originally intended for a joint development zone and initiated by Plaine Commune (local housing project), has undergone a new evolution in this context. Thus, the private sector was invited to take over the cultural facility initially planned without any precise programming, and we had to articulate an architectural response to it by creating free floors suited for maximum modularity and versatility.

Château Cantenac Brown / ( apm ) & associés

Hadir Al Koshta — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000

A spectacular testimony to the Scottish roots of its founder John Lewis Brown, Cantenac Brown’s emblematic Tudor-style château makes it one of the most remarkable properties of the 1855 classified grands crus. Scottish sheep reign supreme in its expansive parkland. The 75 hectares of vines that surround the Château are spread over the prestigious Margaux and Cantenac plateaux, offering a wine balanced between flesh and tension: full-bodied and velvety with a long finish. Upon his family’s acquisition of Château Cantenac Brown in 2019, Tristan Le Lous became the custodian of this heritage, vowing to safeguard the property’s high standards and quality. A future project was thus unveiled: the building of a cellar from raw earth and untreated wood.

La Porte Bleue / PietriArchitectes

Andreas Luco — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 02:00:00 +0000

Located in the Euroméditerranée district, the Porte Bleue housing 4-star tourist residences and residential units. La Porte Bleue has been under design since 2016-2017 by PietriArchitectes, the project represents a true place of connection between the port, the roads, and the city, it embodies one of the gateways to Marseille. Within a 53-meter-high building, two entities make up the program. - The first is a 4-star tourist residence on the 11 lower levels comprising 250 units with refined decor, but also a space dedicated to well-being with the presence of an indoor swimming pool, a restaurant, and reception areas complete the whole. - The second, built on the last 7 levels, is made up of 68 housing units for a total floor area of 4,891 m².

Ban de Vagney School / Tectoniques Architects + SQUAD architectes

Valeria Silva — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000

It is well known that every architectural project must necessarily begin with a careful reading of what is already in place. It is trying to understand how places have evolved over the long or medium term, that can be a daunting task. Fortunately, the city has this admirable quality: it writes its history right on its streets, and by walking them, they invite us to discern their major events. Located right there: a 1970s school that now needs rebuilding, originally placed in the center of farmland without considering the surrounding urban area’s context. Furthermore, an assembly of a kindergarten and a primary school, a dining hall, and a gymnasium were constructed near the site as well.

ENAP Garden City / Ignacio Prego Architectures

Andreas Luco — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 02:00:00 +0000

The Garden City. This project was a challenge: building quality accommodation for one thousand residents at the heart of a limited site - in under a year. This meant solving a tricky puzzle: designing architecture that is both standardized and welcoming.

Les Nouvelles Galleries / Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

Paula Pintos — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000

The Galeries Lafayette department store building in Annecy is one of those unexpected, almost insolent pieces of architectural heritage within an otherwise relatively homogenous town, notable for its unique history. Designed in the 1970s, the building was erected on the site with no awareness of its surroundings, heedless to context, form, alignment, or density.

School Architecture: 70 Examples in Plan and Section

María Francisca González — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 07:30:00 +0000

For architects, schools are often complex structures to design. They must provide a variety of spaces for education, and also consider sports and recreational activities. But beyond its size or surface, the greatest challenge is to design an area that fosters a positive pedagogical environment for children. Below, a selection of +70 school projects with their drawings to inspire your proposals for learning campuses.