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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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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
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
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
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, France design by Ian Ritchie Architects, London: French architecture information + images
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
65 Croisette Boutique Cannes, French stores: luxury shopping in southern France – 65 Croisette Cannes building, architect: French boutique architecture.
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
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
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.
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.
New constructions’ urbanization potential and their capacity to integrate the history and the morphology of the city hosting them constitute the major challenge for new built-up areas
The project for its global headquarters has nothing to do with the stereotypical office building, but is a tribute to nature and to the peaks, but also to technology, which is inseparable from top-level sport
Bateau Feu National Theatre, French Arts Building, Project, News, Design, Image Dunkirk Theatre, France Dunkerque Theater Building – by Mikou Design Studio, Architects 22 Dec 2009 Dunkerque Theater Location: Northern France Date of design: 2009 Architects: Mikou Design Studio Bateau Feu National Theatre, Dunkirk “A theatre as an open, structuring urban venue” We conceived the … Read more
Saint Etienne Offices, France, by Mikou Design Studio Architects: Urssaf Headquarters development, building images, French architecture news
Epinay Student Housing, Building, French Homes Project, Design, Award, Image Epinay Housing France : French Student Homes French Student Housing – design by ecdm in France 9 Jul 2009 Epinay Student Housing Date built: 2009 Design: Emmanuel COMBAREL Dominique MARREC Architects (ecdm) photos © Benoît FOUGEIROL English text (scroll down for French): The conception of … Read more
The intention of Zvi Hecker Architekt is to give the city of Béthune a new contemporary symbol while preserving its two most important elements: the ‘Beffroi’ and the ‘Grand Place’