Saint-Etienne Office Building France
The site is a vital liaison point between the centre of Saint-Etienne and the new Chateaucreux neighbourhood, to which it forms a major entranceway.
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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. The renovation proved extremely demanding.
In conclusion, our design posts are informative and together provide a useful architectural resource.
Lille Metropole Museum of Art, France
The Lille Métropole museum of modern art opened a quarter of a century ago, has built by the architect Roland Simounet in verdant surroundings.
Médiathèque La Turbie Building, France
In the old village of La Turbie, close to the Trophy of August, we were asked to transform an old abandoned oven in a mediatheque.
Caen Library, OMA France: BMVR
The 12,000m2 building will be the focal point of new development in Caen. Surpassing five submissions by internationally-renowned competitors, the project, led by OMA associate-in-charge Clément Blanchet, will be OMA’s first cultural building in France.
Montpellier Architecture Festival, France
This festival is conducted by the association CHAMP LIBRE with the cooperation of Montpellier city, the national architectural university and some local architects
Le Quai Theatre Angiers, France: Théâtre
The Front de Maine theatre is a major building for the town of Angiers and its region. This building is the vector of cultural dynamism which has at work in Angiers for many years now.
Bicycle Building Grenoble: Hérault Arnod
Bicycle Building Grenoble, France, Architect, Photo, Building, Image, Design Grenoble Bicycle Building French Architecture by Hérault Arnod Architectes Bicycle Building Grenoble, France Date built: 2008 Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes Photos © André Morin THE BICYCLE BUILDING This project is part of an initiative by the city of Grenoble, which had asked a number of architects … Read more
Boves Pharmacy, Somme: Picardie Building
This commission gave Ian Ritchie Architects the opportunity to test pre-assembly and pre-fabrication quality solely by telecommunications. The project was designed and engineered in our London office, understood and interpreted in Viry s.a. in Epinal (Vosges), then checked in London – by fax
Amiens Media Library, University, France
Located in the heart of Amiens University, the new library and auditorium constitute a central place for exchanges and meeting around technologies as well as the catalyst of an intense campus social life
Aquatic Center of Annemasse: Centre aquatique
Starting from the idea that the architectural skin of a building has an important impact on the environment, the entire building and its extension will be isolated externally, in order to prevent heat loss and to increase the building thermal inertia
Angouleme Media Library, France
The “worlds” are coiled up in a spiral shape around a central circulation shaped as a propeller, which gives access to the different floors.
Albert Cultural Centre Somme Building, Picardie
Albert Cultural Centre, Somme building, Picardie, France design by Ian Ritchie Architects, London: French architecture information + images
Dunkirk Arts Quarter – Dunkerque Building Contest
Dunkirk Arts Quarter, French Building Competition, Design, Image Dunkirk Arts Quarter, France French Architecture Competition – Design Contest Entry by François Blanciak 8 Feb 2010 Dunkirk Arts Quarter Buildings François Blanciak Architect – Dunkirk Arts Quarter Competition Proposal The project proposes a unique fusion between architecture and urbanism, within which a building becomes a neighborhood … Read more
La Croisette Boutique Cannes, Miramar Store
65 Croisette Boutique Cannes, French stores: luxury shopping in southern France – 65 Croisette Cannes building, architect: French boutique architecture.
EDF Pylons France: Electricity Network Design
The team of Ian Ritchie Architects, RFR and Kathryn Gustafson were invited in 1995 by Electricité de France to compete against 7 other teams in an international competition to design a new series of very high voltage pylons – 225kV and 400kV
Daours Primary School, Somme Building, Picardie
Ecole Maternelle Daours, Primary School France, Architect, Building, Picture, Picardie Architecture Daours Primary School, Somme Ecole Maternelle: French education building design by Ian Ritchie Architect: Information + Photos – Daours School Primary School, Daours, east of Amiens, Somme, Picardie, northern France Date built: 1992 Design: Ian Ritchie Architects Ecole Maternelle, Daours: photos from architects This … Read more
Villa in the Var, Provence house: Bargemon
The combination of ‘Les Adrets’ (sunny side of the mountain), once terraced for the cultivation of olives, overlooking the village of Bargemon with spectacular views towards the Mediterranean, presented the challenge of an ideal site.
Terrasson Cultural Greenhouse Limoges
The building, designed in 1992, was conceived as a reference library and research centre on plants as well as a public performance space for theatre, conferences, exhibitions and other municipal events. It was also envisaged as a peaceful sheltered space and tea house within the 5 hectare landscape designed by Kathryn Gustafson.
