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La Grande Motte: A City of Modern Pyramids in the South of France

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Image © Charly Broyez & Laurent Kronenta In the south of France , a 40-minute drive east of Montpellier, lies the otherworldly resort town of La Grande Motte. The Temple du Soleil and Voiles Blanches residential buildings.

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BIG and A+ Architects Reveal Design for Mass Timber Transport Hub in France

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© BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group Bjarke Ingels Group and A+ Architects have revealed the design for the 12,000-square-meter Marengo Multimodal Transport Hub in Toulouse , France.

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Reviving Art in Architecture: A Look at France's '1% for Art' Policy

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This legislation, commonly known as 'Percentage for Art', originated in France and has been explored by artists and architects over the years to create new architectural experiences. Schemes were created mandating that a percentage of the total cost of a new public building, place, or space must be spent on art. Read more »

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Climat de France: Colonial Social Housing in Algeria by Fernand Pouillon

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Climat de France, Algeria. Image © Ath Salem/Flickr The Climat de France is a French colonial social housing project in Algeria designed by Fernand Pouillon and currently renamed Oued Koriche. The project has several buildings with different scales.

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'A symbol of reinvention': Michelin opens renovated new headquarters in France

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A recently-inaugurated renovation project for Michelin’s corporate headquarters in Clermont-Ferrand, France, has given a new identity to the 130-year-old legacy brand that was “in need of a new setting to project into the future,” according to President Florent Menegaux.

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TVK and Carmody Groarke to design new Bibliothèque nationale de France conservation center

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The international architecture competition to design a new conservation center and press conservatory for the National Library of France has picked TVK and Carmody Groarke as the winning team.

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Uniting Science and Nature: Henning Larsen Wins Competition to Design B777 CERN Campus in France

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Situated on the border of France and Switzerland , in CERN’s Prévessin Campus , the scheme aims to foster a sense of community, collaboration, and well-being. Designed to integrate science and nature, the B777 building uses biogenic materials and low-carbon methods to reimagine traditional laboratory settings. Read more »

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