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Christian de Portzamparc wraps Dior flagship store with "resin shells" in Geneva

Deezen

APRIL 26, 2024

Six interweaving "petals" encase the facade of Dior 's store in Geneva , Switzerland, which has been designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Christian de Portzamparc. Photo by Serge de Portzamparc The facade elements rise up from the building's base widening at their centres before tapering towards the building's roof.

Finishes

Finishes Glass Interior Roofing

Tropicalia Greenhouse, Northern France

e-architect

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Main Architects: Coldefy. Design: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes. image courtesy of architects. Design: 2hD Architects. image courtesy of architects. Design: Stanton Williams Architects. Design: Atelier d’architecture Christian de Portzamparc. Images: Octav Tirziu Aterier.

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UAD arranges riverside Shunchang Museum around "urban living room"

Deezen

JUNE 19, 2022

Read: Sweeping metal ribbon enfolds Chinese cultural centre by Christian de Portzamparc. Other recently completed museums in China include the pyramidal Datong Art Museum by Foster + Partners and the sweeping Suzhou Bay Cultural Center by Christian de Portzamparc. The photography is by Zhao Qiang.

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Exterior Landscape Site Roofing

Mystery buyer pays highest ever price for NYC residence

BD+C

JANUARY 19, 2015

Designed by Christian de Portzamparc, it contains an indoor pool complex, a private dining area and a library. Architects' Fox News reports that it is the most anyone has ever paid for a New York City residence. is also known as ONE57, a luxury condominium complex known as "billionaire''s row."

Cities

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Competitions: Carpark Futures Competition

Bustler

JANUARY 25, 2022

Registration Deadline: Apr 17, 2022; Submission Deadline May 22, 2022 CARPARK FUTURES COMPETITION 2022 DPA-X, Dominique Perrault Architecture’s research department, is partnering with Indigo Group to launch this international architecture competition, open to young architects! INVENTING THE CAR PARK OF THE FUTURE.

Real Estate

Real Estate Transportation Site Development

Old Cottage Villa, Knokke, West Flanders

e-architect

JANUARY 1, 2023

Design: Architects Claerhout – Van Biervliet. Design: Architects Claerhout – Van Biervliet – [link]. Brussels Architecture Tours tailored city walks by e-architect. Belgian Architect – design firm listings on e-architect. Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes. 1 Jan 2023.

Windows

Windows Glass Housing Contemporary

Sea of Mirrors, AquaRio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

e-architect

JUNE 27, 2023

Occupying AquaRio, a reference point in the harbor region of Rio de Janeiro, the installation proposes a journey of discoveries for its visitors using image and sound technologies associated with the most diverse current glass and mirror solutions.

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Installation Information Residential Client

Pritzker Prize Architects: Architecture

e-architect

MARCH 6, 2023

David Chipperfield Architect 7 Mar 2018 Balkrishna Doshi Receives the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize Balkrishna Doshi photo courtesy of VSF Professor Balkrishna Doshi, India, selected as the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2018 Laureate , announced the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award, known internationally as architecture’s highest honor.

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Léonard de Vinci Institute by LAN Architect

aasarchitecture

JULY 6, 2022

The ambition of the Léonard de Vinci Institute project is to bring together very heterogeneous and sometimes contradictory fragments of the city. However, to view the project solely on a micro-local scale would diminish the urban role that the Léonard de Vinci Institute is called upon to play. Source by LAN Architect.

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Flanders Architecture Institute Events

e-architect

APRIL 30, 2023

William Mann Witherford Watson Mann architects (UK) Xaveer De Geyter Xaveer De Geyter Architects (BE) An Fonteyne noAarchitecten (BE) / ETH Zurich (CH) Hülya Ertas Flanders Architecture Institute (BE) Register for this event More events in 2023: Debate At London Festival Of Architecture 2023 Common Tones Date: 1 June 2023 at 20:00 Venue: St.

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The Suspended House, Centro, Rio

e-architect

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The Suspended House Centro, Rio de Janeiro Apartment Interior, Brasil Real Estate, Architecture Images. Location: Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The architect’s lighting project is always thought of visual minimalism as well as the plurality in the ways that light inhabits spaces. Design: Santiago Calatrava architect.

Housing

Housing Real Estate Environment Contemporary

Lucio Office Building, Lille France

e-architect

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Design: Barbarito Bancel Architectes. Location: Lille, Hauts-de-France, France. It opens to the “Cour de Bretagne”, the large entry plaza of the new EuraTechnologies economic hub and faces “Le Blan-Lafont”. The main entrance of the building opens to the “Cour de Bretagne” square, the main public space of the district.

Building

Building Real Estate Glass Visualization

Rooftop Greenhouse Agrotopia, West Flanders

e-architect

JANUARY 27, 2022

Design: van Bergen Kolpa Architects and META architectuurbureau. ” Jago van Bergen, van Bergen Kolpa Architects. Design: van Bergen Kolpa Architects – www.vanbergenkolpa.nl/en/ Architecture: van Bergen Kolpa Architects – META architecture office. van Bergen Kolpa Architects. 27 Jan 2022.

Government

Government Innovation Technique Glass

The Vegetable Palace, West Flanders

e-architect

JANUARY 27, 2022

Design: van Bergen Kolpa Architects and META architectuurbureau. ” Jago van Bergen, van Bergen Kolpa Architects. Design: van Bergen Kolpa Architects – www.vanbergenkolpa.nl/en/ Architecture: van Bergen Kolpa Architects – META architecture office. van Bergen Kolpa Architects. 27 Jan 2022.

Government

Government Innovation Technique Glass

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MARCH 6, 2023

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