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TOUR & TAXIS, SHEDS / Permafungi – Brussels, Belgium
It was either chance, or a great opportunity, that transformed the life of the sheds building on the Tour and Taxis site. When the BRAFA arrived to set up its operations, Extensa realised that there was a market for the organisation of...
TOUR & TAXIS, SHEDS / Dépôt Design, Brussels – Belgium
It was either chance, or a great opportunity, that transformed the life of the sheds building on the Tour and Taxis site. When the BRAFA arrived to set up its operations, Extensa realised that there was a market for the...
PARIS ZOOLOGICAL PARK, Paris – France
The architect Véronique Descharrières collaborates with the firm Bernard Tschumi Urbanistes Architectes. Together they worked on the Paris Zoological Park for which she received the Prix Femmes Architectes in the category ‘Original Work’ in...
LUC SCHUITEN: Vertical gardens – Brussels Belgium
Luc Schuiten has designed various solutions for the abandoned corners of the city to bring a little poetry, nature but also housing for the homeless. He has listed 300 places in Brussels and only the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean has...
EU Mies Award 2019
The Winners of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 are The Transformation of 530 Dwellings - Grand Parc Bordeaux by Lacaton & Vassal architectes, Frédéric Druot...
COLEMAN THEATRE BEAUTIFUL, Miami – Oklahoma (USA)
Located on Route 66 and nestled in the northeast corner of Oklahoma, the Coleman Theatre Beautiful is a beacon for tourists from around the world. Every year visitors flock to the historic vaudeville theatre to experience the Spanish...
FROM THE FOREST TO THE CATHEDRAL
For more than 100 years, the chairs of the Cathedral of Lausanne have welcomed many faithful for masses and for other activities. it was time to change them to meet current needs. At the same time, it was decided to change the liturgical furnishings.
The principle for assembling the benches comes from a technological transfer from IBOIS (EPFL) to which designer Thierry Didot and cabinetmaker GAB Manufacture gave shape.
This film traces the history of the new furniture in the cathedral from the felling of the tree to its arrival in the cathedral on April 1, 2022.
Portraits of architects
CERAU : Portrait of Cestmira Vesela
Cestmira Vesela’s French sings. She came to Belgium for love, before joining the CERAU architectural firm. If you ask her what kind of building she would love to construct, she will give you a very straight answer: a football stadium....
SYNERGY INTERNATIONAL : Portrait of Barbara Wolff
Barbara Wolff is originally from Cologne. Before joining the Synergy International firm, she was an associate with and managed JDS Architects in Brussels for 4 years, and has worked at Beel & Achtergael architects in Gent, Indigo...
VANDEN EECKHOUDT-CREYF ARCHITECTES : Portrait of Laurence Creyf
Laurence Creyf is an architect and associate of Nicolas Vanden Eeckhoudt at the Vanden Eeckhoudt-Creyf Architectes firm. This small Brussels set-up creates mainly housing and art galleries. Laurence Creyf talks to us about the creative...
URBAN PLATFORM : Portrait of Alicia Reiber
Alicia Reiber is an architect and co-founder of the Urban Platform company. She talks about her architectural work within the company, her status as a female, a female architect and a female leader. Alicia Reiber Urban Platform...
RADIANCE 35 : Portrait of Isabelle Corten
Isabelle Corten is an urban planner of the night. She works with spaces, volumes, once night has fallen. She explains to us the methodology that has been set up to enable the optimal design of her creative process. Isabelle Corten Radiance...
ICI architectes : Portrait of Aurélie Maes
Aurélie Maes is an architect and co-founder of the firm “ici architectes”. She talks to us about her career and her vision of architecture. Is it possible to describe one’s architecture when this is ultimately a way of thinking rather than...
