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Made using traditional methods, these eco-friendly Egyptian clay jars are prized for their ability to keep water fresh. All over Egypt, orange and brown pitchers are left available to passers-by at street stalls so they can pour themselves a drink when they’re thirsty. These clay vessels, known locally as olla (plural: ollal), have been produced … Read more
From March 2, 2024, the exhibition “Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Power in West Africa” opens at the V&A in London. Organized in collaboration between the Biennale di Venezia and the V&A on the occasion of the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, the exhibition retraces, with supporting photographs and a documentary film, the history of the Architectural … Read more
Started before the entry into force of RE 2020, the project led by the Delivery Company of Olympic Works immediately presented itself as a full-scale opportunity to test “the post-carbon city”, having to respond to the The goal set by Nicolas Ferrand, executive general director of Solideo, of “45 % reduction in the carbon impact … Read more
The succession is assured! Being forward looking, highlighting the younger generation and introducing you to the new faces that matter, nothing is more important to us at A.D. In this issue, seven French talents brilliantly revisit the tradition. Glass blower-engraver, glazier, paper sculptor, rattan weaver, fresco artist: they break free from techniques and dare to … Read more
As the ANRU celebrates two decades of its creation (1) – registered by the decree of February 9, 2004 -, and through it, the establishment of a national public policy “dedicated to the urban renewal of priority neighborhoods of urban policy” , the national collective with the title “Stop the demolitions of ANRU”, bringing together … Read more
Winter is the perfect season to rethink the decoration of our interiors and bring new life to our living spaces. While certain colors continue to dominate trends, others have lost their vibrancy and become outdated. An update on these six outdated winter colors that it’s time to banish to oblivion to accommodate more contemporary and … Read more
@Gantois Architecture The Babel+Prado agency delivered a Widely Ventilated Parking Lot (PSLV) to Saint-Genis-Laval (Rhone) in 2023, ie a relay park of 26,000 m² SP in R+ 8. The mixed steel-concrete structure rests on the new Saint. – Genis-Laval metro station – Lyon Sud Hospital. The courtyard was covered by Gantois Architecture based on an … Read more
In your home, your bedroom is your sanctuary. It’s the place you go to get cozy, relax and fall asleep, so it’s no surprise that you’re looking for the best ways to create the coziest atmosphere possible. Fortunately, there are many ways to do this. In fact, we’ve come up with nine essential tips to … Read more
@Stéphane Chalmeau The Magmaa ‘Food hall’ built in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) by DLW Architectes for Groupe Chessé – SNC Ile Sauvage, project owner, is one of the two winning projects of the Eiffel Trophies 2023 in the “Heritage” category. The rehabilitation of the former Alstom halls into a “food hall” on the Île de Nantes, in … Read more
A bit of history. In 2018, this family business, established for a long time in Tence, needed a new building to develop its activity. This is the one that, built by Forez Bâtisseurs, will be delivered in 2023. Flashback In 2018, the artist Olivier Mosset exhibited at MaMo, in La Cité radieuse in Marseille, an … Read more