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  • PLACE MARIE JANSON, Brussels – Belgium

    PLACE MARIE JANSON, Brussels – Belgium

    As part of the « Parvis-Morichar » sustainable neighbourhood contract in Saint-Gilles, StudioPaolaVigano’ and vvv architecture urbanisme were commissioned to renovate the Place Marie Janson. The idea was quickly to connect the built front, the Saint-Gilles forecourt and the interior of the square by creating a sloping surface to let the water run off and collect it…

  • MARNIX, Brussels – Belgium

    MARNIX, Brussels – Belgium

    The MARNIX building in the heart of Brussels was erected in 1964 by the American firm SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill). It was extended using the same architectural grammar in 1989 and has become an emblematic building for the European capital, but the task facing Brussels-based A2M today is much more important: to bring the…

  • VILLA 356, Bandol – France

    VILLA 356, Bandol – France

    One late summer afternoon, I received a phone call from the architect Rudy Ricciotti. He knew I was in the South of France. He asked me to visit his clients to see the house he had built for them in Bandol. At 10pm I found myself at David and Carole Warren’s, in a house tucked…

  • Portrait of MATTHIEU ROMANCANT

    Portrait of MATTHIEU ROMANCANT

    Matthieu Romancant is a French architect and urban planner who lives in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) since 2007. He acquired an old stone house surrounded by nature and with an exceptional view, in which he wanted to rediscover certain ties thanks to objects found at flea markets. He tells us about a hotel he has…

  • Portrait of DORTE MANDRUP

    Portrait of DORTE MANDRUP

    Dorte Mandrup is a Danish architect who founded her studio Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter in 1999. She imagines architecture in the context of its environment. Out of conviction and ethics, Dorte Mandrup refuses to work in autocratic countries. She has gained worldwide renown for the projects she builds on particularly fragile sites. In 2022, her studio…

  • HEKLA, Paris – France

    HEKLA, Paris – France

    The land where the HEKLA tower is located is triangular in shape and surrounded by numerous road connections. AG Real Estate proposed Jean Nouvel to the Paris La Défense developers as the architect for this flagship project, which aims to rebalance the skyline of La Défense, reconnect the various roads and activate this district of…

  • ODYSSÉE, Guyancourt – France

    ODYSSÉE, Guyancourt – France

    In the suburbs of Paris, ArtBuild proposed to its client Nexity, on behalf of Renault, an alternative to a traditional office building: it was the first time that the Belgian-French architectural firm had a client who asked them to make a building in timber construction. The agency has been convinced for many years that timber…

  • BRUCITY, Brussels – Belgium

    BRUCITY, Brussels – Belgium

    This video looks back on the move of the administrative services of the City of Brussels from the Anspach tower to the former site of Parking 58, now called BRUCITY. The history of the site, the archaeological excavations, the evolution of the architectural project, listening to the teams, all aspects of the project are studied…

  • BOGDAN & VAN BROECK : Portrait of Oana Bogdan

    BOGDAN & VAN BROECK : Portrait of Oana Bogdan

    Oana Bogdan is architect at Bogdan & Van Broeck, an office she co-created with Leo Van Broeck. In this portrait, she explains her professional career and the vision of architecture that the studio develops within its Brussels agency. With Oana Bogdanwww.bogdanvanbroeck.com Technical sheet of this architecture video clipJournalist: Emma C. DessourouxCameraman: Emma C. Dessouroux (Les…

  • 2018, Eurotopie (La Biennale di Venezia)

    2018, Eurotopie (La Biennale di Venezia)

    The cellule.architecture of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, Wallonia-Brussels International and the Cultural Institute of Architecture Wallonia-Brussels (ICA), in collaboration with CAVIAR.ARCHI, present a series of 6 videos on the curatorship of the Belgian Pavilion at the Venice International Architecture Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) from 1996 to 2018. In this video, architect Leone Drapeaud talks about…