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Paused RSHP Montparnasse masterplan work restarts after Paris elections
Work is to restart on Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ (RSHP) project to rework a key area of Paris after the city's pro-pedestrian mayor, Anne Hidalgo, was re-elected
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The heritage zealots are wrong. Replicating Notre-Dame’s spire is wrong
Notre-Dame’s spire was beautiful, haunting and grossly underrated. But, asks Karl Singporewala, if its destruction was an act of God, then who are we to build a perfect replica?
Notre-Dame spire to be rebuilt as exact replica
Emmanuel Macron has approved a project to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral’s iconic spire ‘identically’, ending the hopes of various architects who had proposed modern variations
Sergison Bates fends off French firms to land mixed-use scheme in Paris
Sergison Bates has defeated a shortlist of French and Belgian rivals to win a competition to design a €24 million (£20 million) residential-led scheme in central Paris
Architects sought for new Pompidou ‘art factory’ in Paris
Architects from around the world will be invited to bid to design a new ‘art factory’ for the Pompidou Centre
Astragal: Stirling bookies slow to react as flutter-rush favours council housing scheme
Those with a gambling bent will have noticed the reversal in the bookmakers’ favourites to win this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize
Like Foster + Partners, the UK should seek to trade and prosper around the globe
Foster + Partners’ record turnover is a timely reminder that there is a world beyond the boundaries of the EU, says Paul Finch
RSHP wins Montparnasse masterplan contest
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has won an international competition to re-masterplan the area surrounding Paris’s 1970s Montparnasse Tower
Could Notre Dame still collapse? Experts warn of ‘stability’ issues
The team involved in the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral have warned it remains unclear whether the structure can be saved completely
Macron calls on young architects to rebuild Notre-Dame spire
French president Emmanuel Macron has called upon young architects to deliver an innovative restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral’s destroyed spire, despite the French senate’s insistence it is faithfully restored to its previous state