Tribute: Renée Gailhoustet (1929–2023) Andrew Ayers January 10, 2023 2 Comments The French architect and champion of social housing lived in a project of her own design until her death at 93.Read More
With École Les Coteaux Fleuris, HEMAA Architectes and Hesters-Oyon Create a Local Attraction Heudebouville, France Andrew Ayers January 2, 2023 No Comments A young firm’s flexible, low-carbon design for a rural French school exemplifies the goals of its community.Read More
Beaudouin Architectes and Ivry Serres Foster Community with the Charles Nègre Cultural Center in France Grasse, France Andrew Ayers December 1, 2022 No Comments The cultural center and winner of l'Équerre d'argent—France’s most esteemed architecture award—gets up close and personal with its neighbors in a dense historic town in the south of France.Read More
Dominique Coulon & Associés's L'Animu Media Library Touches the Land Gently Corsica, France Andrew Ayers October 14, 2022 No Comments Located in the city of Porto-Vecchio, this scalloped cultural center circumvents existing cork oaks olive trees and granite boulders.Read More
Sports and Entertainment Come Together at France's Espace Mayenne Andrew Ayers August 1, 2022 No Comments Hérault Arnod fashions a striking center for a wide range of sports and entertainment in Laval, France.Read More
Oscar Niemeyer’s Last Work Inaugurated at Château La Coste in Provence Beth Broome April 7, 2022 No Comments The new pavilion joins a storied collection of sculpture and architecture on the château grounds.Read More
For France’s Sciences Po, Moreau Kusunoki Inserts a Glassy Pavilion into a Historic Monastery The historic school's brand new Paris campus opened in January Andrew Ayers February 16, 2022 One Comment The campus's inauguration has allowed Sciences Po to concentrate its research activities and newer diploma programs at a single site.Read More
Site Verrier de Meisenthal by SO – IL and FREAKS France Andrew Ayers February 1, 2022 No Comments A 250-year-old French glassworks is recast as a contemporary arts campus.Read More
Groupe Scolaire Antoine de Ruffi by Tautem Architecture Marseille, France Andrew Ayers January 1, 2022 No Comments Tautem Architecture shifts the Provencal capital’s academic terrain with a bold school building for young children.Read More
Collège Simone Veil by Comte & Vollenweider Nice, France Andrew Ayers January 1, 2022 No Comments An efficient scheme by Comte Vollenweider optimizes a tight site and modernizes an aging structure.Read More