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PietriArchitectes wraps residential tower with white concrete vaults referencing to the Mediterranean

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Paris-based architecture firm PietriArchitectes has wrapped a residence with white concrete vaults that reference to the Mediterranean and to its color of limestone.Called La Porte Bleue, the öÖ-meter-high building, located in Marseille, France, is a tourist residence and accommo.

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Green tiles line Maison Jericho extension in Marseille

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French studio Olivia Fauvelle Architecture has used glazed tiles and concrete lintels to transform the outbuilding and courtyard of a house in the south of France. The outbuilding has been refurbished and extended to physically connect it to Maison Jericho, the 20th-century stone house to which it belongs in Marseille.

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Relic Architectural Installation, Metz, France

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Relic Architectural Installation, Metz, France, Temporary Architecture, New French Structure Photos Relic Architectural Installation in Metz 26 July 2023 Design: Karolina Halatek Location: Metz, France Photos: Karolina Halatek Relic Architectural Installation, France Becoming a Living Monument RELIC is a monumental and pyramidal light installation, (..)

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A Restored Duplex in Le Corbusier’s Iconic Cité Radieuse Seeks $437K

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In Marseille, France, a modernist marvel sits on the fifth floor of La Cité Radieuse, a UNESCO-listed housing development by celebrated architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier. It was also declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016.

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Why You Either Love or Hate Brutalism

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You’ll find it around the world—from the famed Barbican Centre in London to the Yale Art and Architecture Building in New Haven, Connecticut. These are buildings that command attention, and hark back to a midcentury movement that isn’t remembered for its subtlety. Love it or hate it: Brutalist architecture is hard to ignore.

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Hamonic + Masson gives Alta Tower in Le Havre an "expressive" twisting concrete shape

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A reinforced concrete frame defines the twisting form of a tower designed by local studio Hamonic + Masson & Associés for the port city of Le Havre in northern France. The design of the project conveys a uniqueness that has more semblance to a work of art, than a standardised housing building," he added.

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Ten airports designed with sustainability in mind

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Foster + Partners founder Norman Foster later accused architects who walk away from airport projects over environmental concerns of hypocrisy, arguing that the profession should be seeking to help cut aviation's carbon footprint by building more sustainable airports. Marseille Provence Airport, France, by Foster + Partners.