Architecture is the art and science of designing and constructing buildings and other physical structures. It encompasses a wide range of activities, from conceptual design to technical execution
@Gautier Deblonde In Tournes (Ardennes), the agency Coldefy Partenaires delivered in December 2022 for Maroquineries des Ardennes (Hermès), the project owner, the workshops, offices and convivial spaces of Maroquinerie de la Sormonne. Surface area 5,700 m² on 8 ha. Budget: n/a Press release. For Hermès, Coldefy imagines the future of the manufacturing workplace and designs … Read more
@Magneco The Spiral Tower, with a low environmental impact, will allow visitors and tourists to discover their cities from above in transparent ascent cabins. Communicated. Magnicity, the world leader in urban leisure at height, announced in November 2023 its partnership with NothernLight and Groenendijk Engineering for the international development of a leisure tower concept: the … Read more
@Philippe Piron The Parisian agency Epicuria (Jean-Michel Buron) delivered in 2021 to Nort-sur-Erdre (Loire-Atlantique) for the project owner Departmental Council, the reconstruction – on a busy site – of the Collège Isabelle Autissier, which accommodates 800 students. Floor area: 4,880 m². Cost of the work: €12 million without tax. Communicated. This project shows the desire … Read more
@Salem Mostefaoui ECDM (Emmanuel Combarel Dominique Marrec) delivered in 2023 in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine), for SNC Fontaine Asnières, project owner, the transformation of a former France Telecom telephone exchange into an office building. Surface area: 4,202 m² SDP. Cost: €10.8 million without tax. Communicated. Conservation is the starting point of the project. It is a cultural … Read more
The spa town in Bruges Terrefort located on the edge of the Bordeaux ring road, Pargade architect Is the hospital a creator of economic value and the main city driver? Business zones face the planning of future health centers? Contribution by Jean-Philippe Pargade and Bruno Vayssière. The Ministers of Trade and Territorial Cohesion (in that … Read more
The multiplication of services, urban servitudes, regulations, standards, prohibitions, obligations are supposed to satisfy contemporary expectations… An indigestible bouquet to garnish? Part two: aspirations vs inspirations? New aspirations now occupy the forefront of the architectural scene, well understood by developers considering the solutions they propose, the arguments they develop and engage them. In scattered order: … Read more
Should we talk about degradation, collapse or simply evolution of the role of the architect in the creation of the city? How the Majors Became ” city operators »? First part in three tables. Times are uncertain. Here the construction manager has good days, there he is caught in the storm, elsewhere he treads in … Read more
Diagram of the satellite model of the Nantes University Hospital @Pargade architects According to Jean-Philippe Pargade and Bruno Vayssière,* the hospital of tomorrow with its connections of partners of ” concern “and high technology could become a major player” essential » of the transformation and attractiveness of peripheral commercial and activity districts. In his thesis … Read more
Marathon @Manuel Tardits Manuel Tardits, French architect co-founder of an agency – Mikan, which means mandarin – in Japan, and unrepentant traveler offers us, through his sketchbooks, an architectural ‘Road Trip’ in the American Southwest (II/III). Twenty days in August with an American friend along the Interstates and Freeways: Arizona, New Mexico, West Texas. Discover … Read more
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last week, added six sites in the Middle East and North Africa to its world heritage list. The Middle East, a region famous for its cultural and historical importance, has almost a hundred UNESCO World Heritage sites. The UN World Heritage Committee aims to … Read more