Tour Montparnasse Competition – Skyscraper

Tour Montparnasse Paris

An international architecture competition to find a new look for the 59-storey tower block and shopping precinct at its base. the skyscraper building is to undergo a major facelift costing up to €700million – with Paris mayor suggesting the neighbourhood could become the Times Square of the French capital

Restaurant Universitaire Mabillon in Paris

Cafeteria Mabillon

Design: Architecture Patrick Mauger. Sixty years after it was first built, the CROUS Mabillon student restaurant has been restructured and renovated, and its façade cleverly utilised. The concrete frontage walls have been covered by split chestnut poles that allow the penetration of a filtered light that can be dimmed during the summer.