Notre-Dame: French Senate demands cathedral be rebuilt as exact replica
French senators have approved the Notre-Dame Cathedral restoration bill with a caveat demanding it is rebuilt exactly as it was before the fire
By Merlin Fulcher 29 May 2019 135 Views
French senators have approved the Notre-Dame Cathedral restoration bill with a caveat demanding it is rebuilt exactly as it was before the fire
By Richard Waite 22 May 2019 476 Views
Gustafson Porter + Bowman has won a ’career-defining’ competition to design a £35 million overhaul of the spaces around the Eiffel Tower in Paris
By Francis Maude 18 April 2019 78 Views
The knee-jerk reaction to faithfully replicate destroyed elements should not guide the overall restoration process, writes Donald Insall’s Francis Maude
By Ella Jessel 12 April 2019 207 Views
A David Adjaye-designed tower is part of a winning competition bid for a major new urban district by the River Seine in south-east Paris
By Merlin Fulcher 4 February 2019 14 Views
The Chambre des Notaires de Paris has launched an international contest to revamp its landmark 1857 home in central Paris
By Merlin Fulcher 30 January 2019 251 Views
Stanhope Gate Architecture has won an invited contest for a new 90-unit residential development at Val d’Europe, near Paris
By Greg Pitcher 19 November 2018 80 Views
Technology giant Apple opened its new Foster + Partners-designed shop on Paris’s Champs-Élysées this weekend (18 November)
By Greg Pitcher 14 March 2018 57 Views
SOM has unveiled designs for an 180m-tall tower and a garden bridge on the outskirts of Paris
By Kate Youde 3 November 2017 143 Views
Richard Rogers has spoken about initially not wanting to design the Pompidou Centre, the 40-year-old Paris landmark that first made his name
By Astragal 6 March 2017 34 Views
GULLS’ HAPPY MEAL ROOF HAZARD • LA DEFENSE ON THE OFFENSIVE • IS HESELTINE’S JOB MAKE BELIEVE? • THUMBS DOWN FROM AMANDA LEVETE The revival of Brutalism and its rehabilitation in the eyes of the man on the street must surely be complete. A web-only exhibition, Concrete Feats, toasting the…