Paris

Moussafir Architectes retrofits 1970s Paris office with movable PVC curtains

March 24, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

Movable curtains of translucent PVC mesh cover the facade of this block of offices and flats in Paris, which has been converted from a 1970s concrete structure by local practice Moussafir Architectes. The practice collaborated with Amsterdam-based design studio Inside Outside on the 10-metre-high curtain facade, introduced to complement the original building’s concrete structure, which

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La Seine Musicale is “a symbol with meaning and function” says Shigeru Ban

March 16, 2023 Francesca Tesler 0

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban explains how his egg-shaped music auditorium acts as a western gateway to Paris in the last instalment of Dezeen’s Concrete Icons series produced in collaboration with Holcim. The video features La Seine Musicale, a music complex that houses a large multipurpose concert hall and a smaller auditorium. The musical facility is located on

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Seven Parisian brutalist buildings that illustrate the movement’s “level of experimentation”

March 15, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Barlett School of Architecture professor Robin Wilson has shared with Dezeen a selection of eclectic brutalist buildings in Paris that are featured in his latest book, Brutalist Paris. Published by Blue Crow Media, the Brutalist Paris book is made up of seven essays detailing over 150 buildings completed in the 1950s through to the 1980s.

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Traditional Hong Kong diners inform interior of Bao Express in Paris

February 14, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Design studio Atelieramo has completed a retro interior for a Chinese restaurant in Paris, featuring celadon-green walls and curvaceous wooden booths modelled on those found in Hong Kong diners from the 1970s. Architect Tala Gharagozlou and designer Virginie de Graveron oversaw the interior concept for Bao Express, a restaurant near Bastille in the 11th arrondissement that

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Citrons et Huîtres oyster bar creates impression of “diving into an aquarium”

February 3, 2023 Anna Marks 0

French interior designer Marion Mailaender has completed a seafood bar in Paris named Citrons et Huîtres, which features oyster-shaped door handles and a stainless steel counter informed by fishmongers. Mailaender, who specialises in creating spaces “with a great sense of humour”, designed the bar to resemble an elevated market stall, where guests can dine inside

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Golem creates “pleasure-driven” pink interior for Superzoom gallery

February 2, 2023 Alyn Griffiths 0

Bubblegum-pink walls, floors and furniture create unconventional spaces for displaying art at this gallery in Paris designed by local studio Golem. Headed by architect and artist Ariel Claudet, the practice was invited to design the interior for the Superzoom art gallery, which is located in the historic Le Marais district. The gallery comprises three spaces

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Régis Roudil creates adobe nursery in grounds of Parisian palace

January 27, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

French practice Régis Roudil used adobe and timber to construct this nursery in the grounds of the historic Palais de l’Alma in Paris. Occupying the garden to the rear of the 19th-century national palace, formerly the stables of Napoleon III and now presidential offices, the 24-child nursery opens out onto a quiet urban garden surrounded by

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GSL Gallery takes over disused Parisian factory with “punk” interiors

January 10, 2023 Natasha Levy 0

Weathered walls and concrete floors feature in this design gallery that creative collective The Guild of Saint Luke and architecture firm Studio ECOA have set up inside a former factory in Paris. Spread across one storey and two mezzanines, GSL Gallery provides a mixture of studio and exhibition space for the group of architects, artists

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Celine recalls “vintage spirit” at Rue Saint-Honoré boutique

January 9, 2023 James Parkes 0

Celine creative director Hedi Slimane channeled “French elegance” when designing the latest Celine boutique in central Paris, which features expanses of brass and marble as well as Slimane-designed furniture. Located on Paris’ Rue Saint-Honoré, known for its luxury shopping, the store sits within a 19th-century Haussmann building and connects to a Celine Haute Parfumerie store

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Bruno Gaudin Architectes completes 15-year transformation of National Library of France

December 27, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

French practice Bruno Gaudin Architectes has completed a 15-year project to renovate and open up the historic rue de Richelieu site of the National Library of France in Paris, incorporating new public routes and spaces. Completed in the late 19th century by architect Henri Labrouste, the library is considered a masterpiece of the Beaux Arts

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