In 2003 Shigeru Ban, Jean de de Gastines and Philip Gumuchdjian won an international competition to design Pompidou Center in Metz, France.
The 12,000 m2 cultural complex includes 6,000 m2 of exhibition space all contained under the roof. Three rectangular, cantilevered boxes house parts of the Pompidou Center’s permanent collection in a climate controlled environment. Continue Reading →
After working under names such as Renzo Piano and Dominique Perrault for almost a decade, French architect, Cyril-Emmanuel Issanchou, recently opened her own practice. For her ‘Maison Ecorce’, translated to mean the Bark House, Issanchou challenged the preconceptions of traditional timber constructed residences to design a contemporary house with strong emphasis on design. Continue Reading →
OFF Architecture, along with Duncan Lewis Scape Architecture and Jeans Giacinto, has completed the design for the reconstruction of ‘Lycee Jean Moulin’ in Revin, France.
The new college is perfectly integrated into the existing site conditions, creating a dynamic educational facility. Continue Reading →
In 2005, Paris-based architects Emmanuel COMBAREL and Dominique MARREC (ECDM) transformated this small apartment with a clear strategy: Decompartmentalise the place so as to fit out an open plan and elude the demand of an extra room by conceiving in the center of the volume a suspended white cube which generates comic and disconcerting use situations. Continue Reading →
The work of two young French landscape designers, Sylvain Morin and Aurélien Zoia (Atelier Altern), has been selected for Imaginez Maintenant, a summer national event where young landscapers experiment and share their ideas. The designers have been chosen to work on two French heritage sites, one in Toulouse and the other in Amiens.
Called ‘Débordement’ (“overflowing”), this is the atelier’s design for Toulouse. Continue Reading →
‘Be-Twin’ are terrace townhouses by French firm Atelier Ramdam Architects. The project is the winning entry for a design competition. To see the other 17 finalists visit: www.cyberarchi.com. Continue Reading →
Paris-based OFF Architecture’s proposal recently received first prize for their ‘Cultural Center’ in Cugnaux, France. The building’s central element is the exterior treatment which is a woven wooden mesh that filters different densities of light based on thermal, visual and ambient qualities defined by each program. Continue Reading →
Parisian architect Pascal Grasso has recently completed his project of called ‘Nomiya’, which is a restaurant temporary set on the roof of ‘Le Palais de Tokyo‘ museum in Paris. ‘Nomiya’ is some kind of a small private restaurant with a panoramic view over the Seine and the Eiffel tower. Continue Reading →
