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Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes restore 1950s French stadium

August 23, 2024 Katie Last 0

Architecture studios Baíto Architectes and Atelier Pirollet Architectes have refreshed a dilapidated 20th-century stadium in La Ciotat, France, repairing the stand and adding a modernised entrance. Named Jean Bouissou Stadium Stand, the newly updated grandstand adds a modern touch to the existing structure, which was built in 1958 and is home to the ES La

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Slim concrete colonnade fronts D-Day Museum in Normandy

August 21, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Atelier Projectiles has created a fully-glazed, concrete-framed building as the D-Day Museum in Normandy, France. Originally founded in 1954 as the first museum to commemorate the D-Day landings, the new museum overlooks one of the five beaches on which soldiers landed during the second world war. Atelier Projectiles looked to create a building that

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Chatillon Architectes restores 1970s sports complex in Paris

August 15, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

French studio Chatillon Architectes has renovated the Grande Nef of the Île-des-Vannes sports complex in Paris, preserving its parabolic roof and updating its polycarbonate facades. Vacant since 2018 due to poor accessibility and energy efficiency, the sports complex has now reopened as a training facility for athletes participating in the 2024 Paralympic Games. It was

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Eight public buildings in France made from bio-based materials

August 13, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Schools and libraries are among the latest public buildings in France to be designed with natural materials, following a French law informed by the sustainability aspirations of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The Environmental Regulation 2020 (RE2020), which came into effect in 2022, aims to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of France’s new builds and

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“The Paris Olympic Village air-conditioning debacle is a perfect illustration of the barriers to climate action”

August 8, 2024 Smith Mordak 0

The row over air conditioning in the athletes’ village at the Paris 2024 Olympics demonstrates the scale of the challenge we face in gaining acceptance for sustainable building technologies, writes Smith Mordak as part of our Olympic Impact series. The Paris Olympic Village air-conditioning (AC) debacle is a perfect illustration of the barriers to climate

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Triptyque designs Team USA accommodation in Paris Olympic Village

August 6, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Franco-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque has designed a building to house the United States delegation in the Olympic Village, which will be converted to affordable housing after the Olympics. The structure is one of 82 buildings within the 2024 Olympic Village, which has been built in San Denis to house houses 14,000 athletes and technical staff

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RMGB decorates Versailles townhouse with custom and vintage furniture

August 5, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Interior design studio RMGB has redesigned a 19th-century townhouse opposite the Chateau de Versailles, using marble and steel to modernise it while “preserving French heritage”. The home’s new owner recently sold his apartment in Paris to move back into the townhouse, which had been his childhood home, and asked for a careful renovation to take

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Seine cleanup a “missed opportunity” says author of book on the negative impacts of Paris Olympics

August 2, 2024 Andrew Ayers 0

The Olympic Games should be reformed to enable more democratic input from the communities they affect the most, argues Parisian journalist Jade Lindgaard in this Olympic Impact interview. “With the games, there’s never enough time,” said Lindgaard, author of Paris 2024: A City in the Face of Olympic Violence. “Every four years, a giant event

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Paris 2024 Olympics sustainability efforts “not enough” says carbon expert

August 1, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

Although the Paris 2024 Olympic Games have taken an exemplary approach to construction, reusing venues is not enough to make the games truly sustainable, argues Carbon Market Watch’s Benja Faecks as part of our Olympic Impact series. By relying mainly on existing infrastructure and setting ambitious carbon budgets for any new builds, this year’s Olympics

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Paris 2024 aftermath “most dangerous time” for Olympic Village says Dominique Perrault

July 30, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Next in our Olympic Impact series, we speak to French architect Dominique Perrault about his ambitions for the Olympic Village in Paris beyond the games this summer. “We don’t want to build a village, we want to build a district, a new district,” Perrault told Dezeen over video call from his office in Paris. “I

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