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RATP Bus Center in Thiais

in Architecture by Emmanuel Combarel (

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contributed by 159

archdaily, 16 March 2009

Located in the southern suburban area of Paris along wide boulevards and roadway interchanges, in an industrial landscape characterised by a succession of boxes (at best basic), the RATP Bus Centre...

Chateau D’esserts-Blay

in Architecture by Desgrandchamps (

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DeConstrumatica, 10 October 2008

Rehabilitation of a ruin of an old medieval castle built in the 14th and 15th Century; project re-uses ruins as a rural animation room. Shortlisted project in the World Architecture Festival.

Millau Viaduct

in Architecture by Foster + Partners

contributed by 128

miesvanderrohe, 10 October

Bridges are often considered to belong to the realm of the engineer rather than that of the architect. But the architecture of infrastructure has a powerful impact on the environment and the...

Pabellón español en la Exposición Internacional de París (1937)

in Architecture by Jose Lluís Sert (

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eurotopia, 13 December 2008

El presidente francés Albert Lebrun inaugura en París la Exposición Internacional del arte y la técnica en la vida moderna. El recinto ferial, que ocupa un amplio sector entre la colina de...

Sainte Marie de La Tourette

in Architecture by Le Corbusier (

architect

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contributed by

Jordi Ber, 24 March

Sainte Marie de La Tourette is a Dominican Order priory in a valley near Lyon, France designed by the architect Le Corbusier and constructed between 1956 and 1960. La Tourette is considered one of...

Collage Paris

in Architecture by Emmanuel Combarel (

architect

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contributed by 159

archdaily, 9 February 2009

Two parallelipedic buildings, respectively 7 and 6 levels high aligned in parallel on the front and back limit (north and south) of the plot are set up on stilts above two long ribbons which...

Zenith Music Hall

in Architecture by Massimiliano Fuksas (

architect

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contributed by 128

miesvanderrohe, 24 March

By its playful form and character, the Zenith music hall contributes to the great Varietee Theaters which were built since the Zenith building in Paris was erected in 1984.The concept of the design...

Nanterre Fire Station

in Architecture by Jean Marc Ibos Myrto Vitart
contributed by 295

Carlos Lanuza, 17 April

In order to reduce the possibility of delay, emergency response demands absolute priority for concentration of information, the precision of spatial organization, and the choreography of gathering...

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève

in Architecture by Henri Labrouste (

architect

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Jordi Ber, 4 January 2009

Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève is a library located on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed in Neo-Renaissance style by the architect Henri Labrouste,...