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Welfare Centre for children and teenagers in Paris / Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Vérons architectes associés
10 Fires That Changed Architecture Forever
With no casualties, last week's fire at the Glasgow School of Art, which caused significant damage to parts of the building and gutted Charles Rennie Mackintosh's canonical library room, will be remembered as a tragic event that robbed us of one of the best examples of Art Nouveau of its time. The intention of the Glasgow School of Art is to restore the building in the hope that in generations to come, the fire will be all but forgotten, a strategy which has been largely well received by the profession.
However, in the case of other fires things have not gone so smoothly: for millennia, fire has played a big role in determining the course of architectural history - by destroying precious artifacts, but often also by allowing something new to rise from the ashes. Read on after the break as we count down the top 10 fires that changed the course of architectural history.
The Victor Gelez Community Centre / Dumont Legrand Architects
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Architects: Dumont Legrand Architects
- Area: 760 m²
- Year: 2014
ZAC Boucicaut / MG-AU
- Area: 6500 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: AUA Paul Chemetov, SA Paysage, HERVE SA
Rare Footage of Le Corbusier Discussing his Work, Poetry & the "Ideal City"
Check out this rare footage that captures Le Corbusier as a “young man of 71-years-old” surrounded by paintings and discussing his work, poetry and the "ideal city" within his 1933, self-designed Paris flat.
Artist Fills Paris' Negative Space with Whimsical Illustrations
When you're surrounded by buildings on all sides, what do you see? In his SkyArt series, French artist Lamadieu Thomas gives us his answer. He takes claustrophobia-inducing photographs of urban landscapes through a fish-eye lens, framing the sky with rooftops and filling the negative space with playful illustrations. Thomas describes his whimsical approach to art as an attempt to show "what we can construct with a boundless imagination" and "a different perception of urban architecture and the everyday environment around us." To see more from the collection, continue after the break.
Herold - 100 Social Housing / Jakob + MacFarlane
- Area: 6600 m²
- Year: 2008
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Professionals: Batiserf, Cap Paysages, Choulet
Renovated Parisian flat / JKLN
VIDEO: Paris in Motion
In this four-part, stop-motion series, Mayeul Akpovi presents a new perspective on the City of Lights. Filmed with manual camera movements and composed of more than 30,000 photographs, the videos enable a unique, otherwise-unattainable experience of Paris’ sleepless urban spaces by ceaselessly attenuating the passage of time.
Watch part one (above), and continue after the break for the remaining series...
Residence Alice Guy / ADE architectes - David Elalouf & Guillaume Prognon
Social Housing / Vous Êtes Ici Architectes
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Architects: Vous Êtes Ici Architectes
- Area: 1500 m²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: ICADE, BMA, FACEA, Fayolle & Fils
Rue des Poissonniers Housing / MAAST
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Architects: MAAST
- Area: 495 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Pierinelli
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Professionals: RIVP – Régie immobilière de la ville de Paris
Exhibition: Jarmund / Vigsnæs Architects, Constructing Views 2011-2014
On view at La Galerie D'Architecture until April 9, Jarmund / Vigsnæs Architects, Constructing Views 2011-2014, will exhibit 16 projects completed by the Norwegian architects in the last three years.
Boucicaut / MG-AU / Michel Guthmann Architecture et Urbanisme
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: CMB, Deschamps - Lathu, E. Grenon et Fils, Garrigues, HERVE SA, +1
NÜBA Restaurant - Club / Emmanuel Picault + Ludwig Godefroy + Nicolas Sisto
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Architects: Emmanuel Picault, Ludwig Godefroy, Nicolas Sisto
- Area: 1400 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Helena Ich&Kar, Atelier Antoine Daniel, JRC
Eiffel Tower's 1st Floor Redevelopment / Moatti-Rivière
Architects
Location
Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, FranceArea
4586.0 sqmProject Year
2014Photographs
Courtesy of Moatti-RivièreLocation
Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, FranceProject Year
2014Photographs
Courtesy of MOATTI-RIVIEREArea
4586.0 m2
LAN Chosen to Revamp Paris' Grand Palais
After a nine-month long competition, LAN Architecture has been commissioned to restructure and extend the historic Grand Palais in Paris. With the intent to “restore the building’s original coherence and sense of transparency,” LAN plans to revamp the 1900 World’s Fair building by resorting its unity and circulation, as well as the volume of its galleries around the Grand Nave and the addition of a new entrance court.
Review the plan in more detail, after the break...
Villa des Sciences / LOG Architectes
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Architects: LOG Architectes
- Area: 1319 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: LG Hausys
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Professionals: LOG architects