France

Studio mAAb slots plywood wedges into roof space of renovated Rennes apartment

July 16, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

French office Studio mAAb has transformed a single-storey apartment in the city of Rennes into a duplex by incorporating a pair of wooden volumes and a mezzanine walkway into the former attic space. Studio mAAb updated the interior of the top-floor apartment for a couple with a child who wanted a space that can evolve

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Laisné Roussel creates white mesh tower featuring two plant-covered slides

July 13, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Dezeen promotion: Parisian architecture studio Laisné Roussel took cues from greenhouses to design this white metal tower filled with plants for the first architecture biennale in Lyon, France. Laisné Roussel’s Flower Pavilion was installed in front of the La Sucrière contemporary art building, marking the entrance to the inaugural Biennale d’Architecture of Lyon, which took place in the French

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Mountain House By Studio Razavi Architecture

June 29, 2017 Erin 0

Photography by Olivier Martin-Gambier   Studio Razavi Architecture have designed this recently completed house in the mountains of Manigod in France.   Photography by Olivier Martin-Gambier The house has been designed so that the garage is open to the elements, yet still covered enough to provide protection in the cooler months. Upon entering the home, there’s […]

Tolila+Gilliland creates its new Paris studio in an old attic workshop

June 18, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Architects Benoît-Marie Moriceau and Gaston Tolila have overhauled an old workshop in Paris’ Butt aux Cailles neighbourhood to create an office and studio for their growing team. Tolila + Gilliland had outgrown its previous office space, so the 12-person team relocated to the attic space, which had formerly served as an atelier for several different businesses. To start with, the architects peeled back layers

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Patrick Norguet creates colourful communal spaces in latest Okko Hotel interior

June 18, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

French designer Patrick Norguet has applied the colourful and homely aesthetic language he developed for hotel brand Okko to its latest destination in the Porte de Versailles neighbourhood of Paris. Norguet began working with Okko founder Olivier Devys in 2009 and has applied his interior concept to all seven of the brand’s existing hotels across France including

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Studio Razavi reinterprets traditional chalet architecture with Mountain House in the Alps

June 12, 2017 Alyn Griffiths 0

By pairing raw concrete with warm timber, French office Studio Razavi hoped to give a contemporary feel to this Alpine chalet home, while also complying with strict local architecture guidelines. Mountain House is a single-family home situated in the village of Manigod in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France, a popular ski destination. The region has very strict controls

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“Joyful chaos” inspires design of Yafo hummus deli in Paris

May 26, 2017 Lucy Wildsmith 0

Local architects Studio Sur Rue have designed a pastel pink deli in the 10th arrondissement of Paris that is dedicated to hummus and Israeli dining culture.  The restaurant, named Yafo after the oldest area of Tel Aviv, claims to be the first deli devoted to hummus in Paris. It was conceived by young Israeli chef Lotan Lahmi,

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Renzo Piano sinks sail-covered art gallery into Aix-en-Provence vineyard

May 19, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Renzo Piano Building Workshop has completed the Château La Coste Art Gallery, a sunken exhibition space topped by sails, which is set among the grape vines of a winery in Aix-en-Provence, France. Renzo Piano’s firm used chunky concrete walls to frame the 285-square-metre building, which is submerged six metres into a valley so that its roof is level with

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IM Pei’s Grande Louvre receives AIA 25-year award

April 28, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The American Institute of Architects has honoured IM Pei’s renovation of the Musée du Louvre in Paris with an award during the organisation’s national convention, the same week that the Chinese-American architect is celebrating his 100th birthday. The project, which includes the steel and glass pyramids in the central courtyard of the former palace, received

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