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10 Things You Didn't Know About Modern Icon Pierre Chareau

Sabrina Santos — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 04:00:00 +0000

Known for his collaboration on the legendary Maison de Verre, French architect, and interior designer Pierre Chareau is a celebrated artist cited by Richard Rogers, Jean Nouvel, and more as a major influence on their work.

Drawing on the Road: The Story of a Young Le Corbusier's Travels Through Europe

Jacob Brillhart — Sat, 06 Oct 2018 07:00:00 +0000

Voyage Le Corbusier, by Jacob Brillhart, collects for the first time a compendium of sketchbook drawings and watercolors of Charles-Edouard Jeanneret—a young student who would go onto become the singularly influential modernist architect, Le Corbusier. Between 1907 and 1911, he traveled throughout Europe and the Mediterranean carrying an array of drawing supplies and documenting all that he saw: classical ruins, details of interiors, vibrant landscapes, and the people and objects that populated them.

Collector's Nook / mf+arquitetos

Daniel Tapia — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:00:00 +0000

The refuge is characterized by simple features, purity of forms, integration with nature and use of natural materials with a color palette of earthy tones, the touch of fabrics, the heat of the wood, the nobility of the marble, the rusticity of the stone and the concrete are mixed with the essential: living, living, coming and going, exploring, knowing, traveling, receiving and appreciating.

House of the Stones / mf+arquitetos

Cristobal Rojas — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 08:17:00 +0000

The house was Implanted so as to use a natural terrain topography.

Populous and Egis to Develop Plans for 38 Olympic Venues at 2024 Paris Games

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:15:00 +0000

Clarification Update 10/4/17: Populous and Egis were selected in 2016 to collaborate on the Paris 2024 bid; this news piece reflects the bid’s approval by the International Olympic Committee. However, the team to lead the next planning phase for Paris 2024 has yet to be decided. Stay tuned for further information.

MVRDV Breaks Ground on Riverfront Housing Complex in Bordeaux

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 09:45:00 +0000

MVRDV and local architects Flint have revealed designs for a new riverfront mixed-use housing complex in Bordeaux, Ilot Queyries, as the project breaks ground. Located on the east bank of Garonne River, the site will house over 300 apartments, retail spaces, a rooftop restaurant, and a communal park in a densely mixed environment. The complex will integrate into the neighboring ZAC Bastide-Niel masterplan by MVRDV to create a lively urban neighborhood aimed at “combining the virtues of the historic city–intimacy, surprise and liveliness– with the density, ecology, light and comfort of the modern city.”

This Project Explores the Ottoman Miniature as a Form of Architectural Representation

James Taylor-Foster — Wed, 24 May 2017 04:00:00 +0000

Over the following weeks we will be sharing a selection of unrealized student projects, alongside realized schemes by practices who explore representational techniques, in collaboration with KooZA/rch. The aim is "to explore the role of the architectural drawing as a tool for communication" and, in the process, provoke a conversation about the contemporary use, format, and role of drawing.

Look Inside a Collection of Parisian Architecture Offices, Photographed by Marc Goodwin and Mathieu Fiol

AD Editorial Team — Mon, 22 May 2017 03:00:00 +0000

Architectural photographer Marc Goodwin, alongside Mathieu Fiol, has recently completed the fifth collection of his "ultra-marathon of photoshoots" – this time in la Ville Lumière, Paris. Following Goodwin's insight into the spaces occupied by Nordic architectural offices, his look at studios both large and small lived in by London-based practices, his lens on a collection of Beijing-based studios and, most recently, his and Felix Nybergh's study of studios in Seoul, the project has now focused on the French capital.

Pont De Bondy Metro Station / BIG + Silvio d’Ascia Architecture

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000

BIG and Silvio D'ascia Architecture have released new images of their competition-winning design for the new Pont de Bondy metro station in Paris. One of a total of 68 new stations commissioned as part of Société du Grand París’ Grand Paris Express project, the Pont de Bondy station will “[continue] the Parisian tradition of utilizing bridges as social spaces and cultural landmarks.”

5 Finalists Selected for the 2017 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:15:00 +0000

Five European projects have been selected as finalists for the 2017 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award. Chosen from a shortlist of 40 projects, the five finalists were lauded by the jury for their ability to “respond to the concerns of today’s European society.”

How to Change Cities With Culture: 10 Tips Using UNESCO

Strelka Magazine — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:00:00 +0000

This article, written by Svetlana Kondratyeva and translated by Olga Baltsatu for Strelka Magazine, examines the most interesting cases of the role of culture in sustainable urban development based on the UNESCO report.

Tour des Jardins de l’Arche / Ateliers 2/3/4/

Sabrina Santos — Sun, 22 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Ateliers 2/3/4/ has unveiled its design for Jardins de l’Arche Tower, a 200-meter-tall building in Nanterre La défense, Paris.

AD Classics: Eiffel Tower / Gustave Eiffel

Luke Fiederer — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 06:15:00 +0000

The world had never seen anything like the graceful iron form that rose from Paris’ Champ de Mars in the late 1880s. The “Eiffel Tower,” built as a temporary installation for the Exposition Universelle de 1889, became an immediate sensation for its unprecedented appearance and extraordinary height. It has long outlasted its intended lifespan and become not only one of Paris’ most popular landmarks, but one of the most recognizable structures in human history.

Clément Blanchet Reveals Proposal for PEX Bordeaux Extension

Alyssa Wu — Sat, 12 Nov 2016 08:00:00 +0000

Clément Blanchet Architecture, PPA and Taillandier Architectes Associés have released their competition entry for the extension of Parc des Expositions (PEX) Bordeaux.

MVRDV Wins Competition in France with Residential Development Inspired by Rock Formations

Patrick Lynch — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 10:10:00 +0000

A team consisting of MVRDV, ALL + Giboire has won a competition for the project Ilot de l’Octroi, a new residential redevelopment in the city of Rennes, France that will transform the area into a socially adhesive green community along the Ille et Vilaine rivers.

AD Classics: Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes / Various Architects

Luke Fiederer — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 03:00:00 +0000

The end of the First World War did not mark the end of struggle in Europe. France, as the primary location of the conflict’s Western Front, suffered heavy losses in both manpower and industrial productivity; the resulting economic instability would plague the country well into the 1920s.[1] It was in the midst of these uncertain times that the French would signal their intention to look not to their recent troubled past, but to a brighter and more optimistic future. This signal came in the form of the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (International Exposition of Decorative Arts and Modern Industries) of 1925 – a landmark exhibition which both gave rise to a new international style and, ultimately, provided its name: Art Deco.