The Guillaume Tirel High School for teaching the hotel trade is located on Paris’ Boulevard Raspail in the Montparnasse district. The building is synonymous with its site, for in its way it expresses the relationship between the place and the city. The dormitory accommodations were built a few years later on the rue Campagne Première....
School system Les Bartelottes, kindergarten and elementary school, gymnasium and Dojo, and staff accommodation. To meet the increase in its population, the municipality of La Ville du Bois, in the south of Paris, decided to build in its new neighbourhood a school and a sports equipment. The agency “NOMADE architectes” has designed a functional and...
The new island pavilion and footbridge, completed in June 2014, are located at the centre of Wormsley Estate, a pastoral landscape on a grand scale at the heart of the Chiltern Hills, close to Oxford. Conceived in the English classical tradition of a pavilion in the landscape, the project re-interprets the 18th Century tradition for...
Bogindhu is a large house extension and refurbishment of Bogindhu farmhouse in Aberdeenshire. The Project required a significant amount of work to the existing farmhouse including the removal of ground floor and first floor structures. All internal walls of the original house were removed to reorganise the spaces within. The original external walls of the...
Familistère is an exercise in highlighting the capabilities of five partners in one architectural practice, archi5, who rose to a challenge to build their own homes together in Montreuil, France adjacent to their offices. It also beautifully showcases how stainless steel, most often used in public buildings, is a versatile material of choice for private...
The roof of the Starnberg District Administration building has been successfully renovated. The Starnberg District Administration building was built between May 1985 and July 1987. Due to its modern, open structure, it has a reputation for facilitating open communication with the district’s citizens, earning it the nickname “House of Citizens”. As more and more departments...
Refurbishment of the Court of Strasbourg After the French defeat in 1870 and the loss of Alsace-Lorraine to the German Empire, Strasbourg paid a heavy price. Unchanged since the 15th century, this historic town had to adapt. The adoption in 1878 of a development plan designed by a municipal architect Jean Geoffroy Conrath planned the...
Architects design sustainable school using stainless steel Inaugurated in 2019, the new Miriam-Makeba primary school has added a touch of modernity to a traditionally immigrant neighbourhood in Nanterre, France. Named after the legendary South African jazz singer and anti-apartheid advocate, the 4,050 square metre building blends in perfectly with its surrounding neighbourhood, including the adjacent...
Stainless Steel Adds a Dash of Contemporary to the Historic Hotel Fouquet’s Barrière Paris The building that is now the Hotel Fouquet’s Barrière Paris has a long, eventful history. Located on the world-renowned Champs-Elysées, the Haussmann-style building dates to 1863 and, at one point or another, has served as a popular bar, meeting place for...
Stainless steel rises to 3,835m by helicopter. In the valley, several months of studies have been necessary for the realisation of this structure, faceted and covered with care and precision, an essential requirement imposed by the extreme weather conditions. Matt and durable, the material of the envelope is a response to the climate and the...
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