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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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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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“The fascinating element of these Olympics are their ephemeral nature as well as their lasting impact”

July 29, 2024 François Chatillon 0

François Chatillon reflects on the architectural legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as part of our Olympic Impact series. The Olympics go hand-in-hand with architecture, with leading designers creating some of the most innovative and exceptional buildings, stadiums and public spaces of our times. From the “Bird’s Nest” Olympic Stadium in Beijing by Herzog

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Reusing existing venues for Olympics “is not easy” says Populous’ Francois Clement

July 25, 2024 Nat Barker 0

Paris 2024 comes close to the limit of what is possible in terms of minimising construction for Olympic Games hosted in a single city, explains Populous’ Francois Clement in this Olympic Impact interview. Clement, who has been involved with the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games since he assisted the city’s bid in 2016, explained

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The race to reduce the Olympic Impact

July 24, 2024 Nat Barker 0

Today we launch Olympic Impact, a series investigating whether the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games can be the blueprint for sustainable major sporting events. Nat Barker sets out what to expect. In this series we will examine in detail how Paris has sought to minimise the environmental footprint of the games and use it as

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Dezeen’s guide to the architecture of the Paris 2024 Olympics

July 24, 2024 Douglas Jardim 0

To help kick off our Olympic Impact series, Dezeen profiles the most architecturally notable venues on show at the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games – where the major theme has been renovation and reuse. The city of Paris will be transformed into a giant festival of sport this summer after the Olympics begin on

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Rudy Guénaire draws on American modernism for Matsuri restaurant interior

July 21, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

French designer Rudy Guénaire has created the interiors of Japanese restaurant Matsuri in Paris, combining wooden furniture covered in lacquer with pastel-coloured domes informed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located in Paris’ 16th arrondissement, the 200-square-metre restaurant was given a full redesign by Guénaire. As the menu focuses on “Japanese sushi from a Californian angle”, Guénaire

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