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A major work you should check out is Project Europa, Levallois-Perret, Paris design by Baumschlager Eberle Architekten. A 1980s property set at the boundary of a historic town centre and the River Seine was to be brought up to date whilst retaining the particular cachet of its location.
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Following an international competition bringing together 60 team applications, “Touching the Loire” came third. The project mixes housing, activities and services, including the extension of the largest veterinary clinic in France.
This new station on the Rhin-Rhône LGV high-speed rail line is located near Meroux, a village in the Territoire de Belfort département in the Franche-Comté region. It has been built inside a 60-hectare “shared zone” allocated for the development of a business park.
Built on the Rhin-Rhône high-speed rail line, Besançon Franche-Comté TGV station is located on a site straddling the communes of Auxon-Dessus and Auxon-Dessous in the Doubs département, Franche-Comté region.
Dijon Mustard Laboratory, France – design by MVRDV Architects – The city and Teletech International have chosen MVRDV to transform a disused building completed in 2004 into an innovative call centre with an education centre, incubator and social program.
Housing in la Courrouze, Rennes building, France design by Philippe Gazeau, Architecte for SNI Grand Ouest: French residential property
The Centre Pompidou-Metz is surrounded by two gardens and a terrace. This gently sloping terrace provides a direct pedestrian link to the railway station.
Musée des Beaux-arts Reims, north east France – design by David Chipperfield Architects – The new Musée des Beaux-arts is situated on the periphery of a long green space, arising from the town fortifications, between the old and new town.
Following an international competition, Foster + Partners, working with museum designer Adrien Gardere, is designing a new museum for Roman artefacts in the city of Narbonne, southern France.
At the request of Isabelle de Beaufort, we have created a stage set for her “Neige de Culture” project on the Serre-Chevalier ski slopes.
GMCD Grenoble, France, Architect, Building, Image, La Métro, Design GMCD, Grenoble, France : Building Grenoble Architecture – design by Hérault Arnod Architectes 4 May 2012 GMCD Grenoble 2010 Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes The programme aims to bring together inside a common place all the stakeholders in charge of transport and traffic management within the Grenoble … Read more
The Oignies coalmine closed down in 1990, leaving an entire population out of work and in great economic disarray. The buildings, superb industrial monuments dating from the early 20th century, remained.
The Metaphone Building, Oignies France, French Coalmine Architecture, Design The Metaphone – Oignies, France : 9 – 9bis French Coalmine Architecture – design by Hérault Arnod Architectes 23 Apr 2012 The Metaphone – Oignies Oignies, south of Lille, north east France Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes Construction of The Metaphone: photos : Hérault Arnod The Metaphone … Read more
BT01 Building, 9-9bis, Oignies Offices, Design BT01, Offices Building at site 9-9bis, Oignies, France 9/9bis mine conversion project – design by Hérault Arnod Architectes 23 Apr 2012 BT01 Offices Building – Oignies Oignies, south of Lille, north east France Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes The first completed part of the 9/9bis mine conversion project in Oignies … Read more
La Maison des Etudiants is a student residence built in the 1930s. It is an eight-storey building, sober in style and with a plain facade, part of the skyline of the Grands Boulevard, a distinctive urban feature of the city of Grenoble.
The volume expresses the oscillation of the origins: it is a curved “cube”, twisted on its central axis, around the “grand staircase” which anchors the project and the site.
The Scarab Building, France, Project, Photo, Design, Image The Scarab, France Building The Scarab France – design by SAREA Alain Sarfati Architecture 5 Apr 2012 Le Scarabee Architect: SAREA Alain Sarfati Architecture Note n°1 : THE ARCHITECTURE The Scarab Building A black base firmly anchored in the soil defines the horizontal from which the pattern … Read more
La Grande Motte city, Montpellier Architecture, Architect, French Project, News La Grande Motte, south of France : Montpellier Building La Grande Motte Development, southern France – design by N+B Architectes 12 Mar 2012 La Grande Motte city – Montpellier Building Design New offices for the technical services of the city of La Grande Motte Location: … Read more