France

Traditional design techniques are “alive and well” in Le Salon de Septembre exhibition

November 19, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Old and new blurred together in this exhibition at Paris’ GSL Gallery, which celebrated contemporary creatives who observe design traditions of the past. Le Salon de Septembre was the inaugural exhibition to be held at GSL Gallery, a factory-turned-arts space in Paris’ Patin neighbourhood run by creative collective The Guild of Saint Luke. Guided by

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NORD Architects adopts recognisable architectural forms for Alzheimer’s Village

November 14, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Copenhagen studio NORD Architects drew on research into the built environment’s impact on people with dementia for the Alzheimer’s Village in Dax, the first project of its kind in France. Awarded via a competition in 2016, the studio’s design references the urban layout of Dax’s old town to create a sense of familiarity for its

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Tolila+Gilliland uses raw, tactile materials for therapeutic workshops in France

October 13, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Tolila+Gilliland used a palette of tactile materials to “engage the senses” at the Gilbert Raby Therapeutic Workshops in France. Located on the Gilbert Raby hospital campus in Meulan-en-Yvelines, the building was created to provide day care and creative workshop spaces for patients recovering from addiction. Basing the building’s design on the central notion

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Beata Heuman designs colour-drenched Hôtel de la Boétie in Paris

October 13, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Saturated greens and blues contrast pale pink sheets and playful flower details at Hôtel de la Boétie in Paris, which Swedish designer Beata Heuman created to be “a bit like a stage set”. Set in a 19th-century building, the 40-room hotel in Paris’ 8th arrondissement was designed with Heuman’s signature colourful interior style. While it

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Concrete arches overlook public square at Pôle Laherrère apartment blocks in France

October 6, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A series of playful concrete arches overlook a public square at the base of these office and social housing blocks in Pau, France, which have been designed by architecture studios CoBe and Paysage with design agency WEEK. Called Pôle Laherrère, the project forms part of the wider urban renewal of Pau’s Saragossa district, an area

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Christ & Gantenbein wraps Paris social housing in “rather unexpected” steel facade

September 28, 2023 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Christ & Gantenbein has created a 124-metre-long block of social housing in Paris that is clad in steel. Designed in collaboration with Margot-Duclot Architectes Associes, the linear building is in the city’s 15th arrondissement and contains 104 apartments split across five floors. It sits above a subway maintenance workshop and is constructed from a concrete frame

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Frederik Molenschot presents debut solo sculpture show at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

September 10, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Sculptures crafted from recycled BMW airbags and oak railway sleepers feature in artist Frederik Molenschot’s Atlas 2000 exhibition, which is on display at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris. Marking the Dutch artist’s first solo exhibition, Atlas 2000 features hand-sculpted works that are directly influenced by natural landscapes, Molenschot said. The show’s title refers to the

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Uchronia conceives Haussmann-era Paris apartment as “chromatic jewellery box”

September 1, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Multifacted furniture pieces crafted to mirror the appearance of precious stones feature in this opulent Parisian apartment, which was renovated by local studio Uchronia for a pair of jewellery designers. Located on Paris’s Avenue Montaigne, the one-storey apartment is housed within a building designed as part of Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s famed reconstruction of the French capital

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Ramy Fischler blends contemporary and historic for Moët Hennessy’s first cocktail bar

August 24, 2023 Kate Jacobs 0

Belgian designer Ramy Fischler has collaborated with Moët Hennessy and cocktail creator Franck Audoux to create the Cravan cocktail bar in the heart of Paris’ Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Named Cravan, the bar for luxury drinks group Moët Hennessy was a collaboration between architect Fischler and restaurateur, author, historian and cocktail aficionado Audoux. “The objective of the design was

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Oversized red roof shelters Patagonian Shadow Cabin in France

August 14, 2023 Anna Marks 0

An oversized roof and wooden structure define this pavilion by Chilean studio DRAA, which aims to bring “a piece of Patagonian shade” to Le Festival des Cabanes in France. Aptly named Patagonian Shadow Cabin, the pavilion is designed by DRAA architects Nicolas del Rio and Felipe Camus to offer individuals a shaded space to enjoy

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