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Architects: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
- Area: 46767 m²
- Year: 2018
Marseille: The Latest Architecture and News
La Marseillaise / Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Jean Nouvel's Vibrant La Marseillaise is Completed with 27 Shades of Red, White, and Blue
The Jean Nouvel-designed La Marseillaise has been completed, decorating the skyline of Marseille, France with 27 shades of red, white, and blue concrete. Standing at 135 meters, the 31-story office tower contains a business restaurant, nursery, and retail.
The scheme sits in proximity to the CMA CGM Headquarters, which was the first Zaha Hadid Architects-designed tower to be built.
Apartment in Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation Renovated to Original Design by Philipp Mohr
Architect Philipp Mohr has led the renovation of an apartment at Le Corbusier’s iconic Unite d’Habitation in Berlin, carried out to the architect’s original design. Over the course of two years, Mohr’s team engaged with archival research, antique shopping, and the surveying of the Unite d’Habitation Marseille in France.
Mohr purchased the apartment in 2016 and embarked on a journey of demolition, measurement, and extensive renovation including lowering ceilings and moving walls in order to recreate the interior likely envisioned by Le Corbusier.
NP2F Wins Competition for New Mediterranean Institute of Cities and Territories in Marseille
NP2F, in collaboration with Marion Bernard, Point Supreme and Jacques Lucan, has won the competition for a new institute on Porte d’Aix Plaza in Marseille, France. A combination of research and education at a Mediterranean scale, the Mediterranean Institute of Cities and Territories will link three programmatic volumes: the Atelier Building, the Forum Building and the Experimentation and Research Building. The three forms compound a "progressive system and precise composition" oriented around a Y-shaped courtyard.
Lucien Cornil Student Residence / A+Architecture
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Architects: A+Architecture
- Area: 12000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: ARBONIS, ARBONIS and CHIRI, ARCADE, ART DECO, Atlas Schindler, +3
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Professionals: Alpes Contrôles, Celsius Environnement, L’Echo, QUALICONSULT, Travaux du Midi
Foster + Partners Selected to Design Marseille Airport Extension
Foster + Partners has won the competition to design a new extension to Marseille Airport that will allow the building to process up to 12 million passengers a year. The 2-phase design will add a new central pavilion to the existing building—which comprises the original 1960s structure designed by Fernand Pouillon, and a 1992 extension by Richard Rogers—and a new pier to provide access to the planes.
La Barquiere / PietriArchitectes
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Architects: PietriArchitectes
- Area: 3600 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: BUGAL, Casalgrande Padana, DSA Méditerranée
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Professionals: Alpes Contrôles, Avenir Paysage, Eiffage Construction, Faro
Juvenile Detention Educational Facility / Combas Architectes
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Architects: Combas Architectes
- Area: 2450 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Holcim, Artemat, Carrières de Provence, Fermacell, Toitures Montilliennes
ESSENTIEL Lifestore / Rémy MARCIANO architecte
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Architects: Rémy MARCIANO architecte
- Area: 250 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: ETHNICRAFT, Fermacell, Fermob, Marseille
Noto-Lucchesi Stadium / Studio NAOM
Marignane Development Center Airbus Helicopters / Michel Rémon & Associés
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Architects: Michel Rémon & Associés
- Area: 18400 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: STACBOND, SAB DIFFUSION, Schüco
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Professionals: Bouygues Bâtiment Sud-Est
Duplex in Marseille / T3 Architecture
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Saint-Gobain, Arnould, Muuto, Schüco
Marseilles Docks / 5+1AAAlfonsoFemiaGianlucaPeluffo
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Architects: 5+1AAAlfonsoFemiaGianlucaPeluffo
- Area: 21000 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Castaldi
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Professionals: Secmo, Bureau Veritas, Garcia Ingenierie, R2M
Fietje Beer Bar / Bertrand Guillon Architecture
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Architects: Bertrand Guillon Architecture
- Area: 90 m²
- Year: 2014
Marseille’s Architecture School Extension / PAN Architecture
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Architects: PAN Architecture
- Area: 450 m²
- Year: 2015
Shop and Exhibition Space in Marseille / Atelier M3a Architectes
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Architects: Atelier M3a Architectes
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: Laps 000
Video: French Cities Come to Life in Mayeul Akpovi's Time-Lapse Movies
These mesmerizing time-lapse videos by photographer Mayeul Akpovi allow you to see several French cities like never before. Combined with captivating soundtracks, the videos show the architecture of Paris, Marseille and Lyon throughout the day with changing light and varying levels of activity. Above, Part I of Paris in Motion displays shots of clouds moving across the sky, reflections on the Le Grande Louvre, La Grande Arche. Check out the remaining six videos after the break.