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Kengo Kuma completes Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris

November 5, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris, which is wrapped by vertical wooden louvres. Built by Kengo Kuma and Associates as part of the Grand Paris Express – a new transport system made up of rapid transit lines – the station serves as an interchange between four metro

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Toledano + Architects adds wavy mezzanine to compact Biarritz apartment

November 5, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

French firm Toledano + Architects has renovated an apartment in the seaside town of Biarritz, adding a raised sleeping area that looks out towards the nearby lighthouse through a large bay window. The apartment was originally the entrance hall of a typical 1930s villa designed in the Basque style, with a bay window facing the

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Uchronia designs Cafe Shin to be “halfway between Paris and Seoul”

November 4, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

French studio Uchronia has completed the interiors for Cafe Shin in Paris, which features a central coffee counter topped with a washi-paper roof to emulate a traditional Korean house. Located on Rue des Petites-Écuries in the city’s 10th arrondissement, Cafe Shin was designed to pay tribute to Seoul’s thriving coffee culture. “The idea was to

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Pleated facade fronts Parisian housing by Kengo Kuma & Associates

November 1, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has completed Yama-Tani, a wooden residential building in Paris with a sculptural facade designed to “liven up the street”. Yama-Tani, which means Mountain Valley in Japanese, features pleats of chestnut wood cascading down its street-facing facade at jaunty angles to make patterns of light and shadow. “Playing with its

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Snøhetta designs hikers’ refuge in Pyrenees mountains with swooping grass roof

October 9, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has revealed its design for Refuge de Barroude, a hiker stop with a curving form that will be nestled in the Pyrenees National Park in France. Located along the Haute Route des Pyrénées hiking trail that follows the French and Spanish border, Snøhetta designed Refuge de Barroude to blend into the surrounding

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Stone pavilion by Sou Fujimoto “blends harmoniously” into historic champagne house

October 1, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has added a visitors centre to champagne house Maison Ruinart’s historic site in Reims, France. Completed as part of a three-year renovation of the site, the Nicolas Ruinart Pavilion by Fujimoto serves as a cultural space for visitors and sits in direct contrast to the site’s existing 19th-century buildings. Fronted by

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Paris apartment merges “minimalism with the grandeur of Napoleon-era architecture”

October 1, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

French architect Joris Poggioli has renovated his Paris apartment, aiming to preserve its historic features while integrating modern design elements. Poggioli sought to renovate the apartment located in a mansion that was once Napoleon Bonaparte’s office, while preserving its “historic soul”. “It was an opportunity to merge my passion for minimalism with the grandeur of

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Claves evokes classic Parisian bistro interiors at cafe Le Cornichon

September 12, 2024 Douglas Jardim 0

French design studio Claves has transformed the interior of a Paris cafe, introducing bespoke retro-style decor that mirrors the architecture of local bars and tobacconists from the 1930s to the present day. Claves founders Laure Gravier and Soizic Fougeront were assigned to craft a space fuelled by nostalgia and French tradition for the reopening of

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Atelier du Pont creates “woodland atmosphere” for timber office at Parc de la Villette in Paris

September 11, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Atelier du Pont has completed an office building for the operating teams of Parc de la Villette in Paris, with an exposed, gridded timber frame designed to lend its interiors a woodland feel. The 3,000-square-metre building, named Pavilion Jardins, was designed to replace a cluster of nine prefabricated buildings that previously housed the

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Atelier O-S perches “Roman circus” car park in France on concrete columns

September 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Sculptural concrete columns support the Cesson-Viasilva Park and Ride and Bus Station in Rennes, which was designed by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes to “update the image of a car park in the outer suburbs.” The facility was designed to be an “urban catalyst” for the new Atalante ViaSilva district in the suburb of Cesson-Sévigné,

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