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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
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Gustafson Porter + Bowman wins Eiffel Tower contest
Gustafson Porter + Bowman has won a ’career-defining’ competition to design a £35 million overhaul of the spaces around the Eiffel Tower in Paris
Notre-Dame: we should resist the temptation to replicate what has been lost
The knee-jerk reaction to faithfully replicate destroyed elements should not guide the overall restoration process, writes Donald Insall’s Francis Maude
Adjaye pips Heatherwick to win major Paris high-rise scheme
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
Competition: Chambre des Notaires de Paris
The Chambre des Notaires de Paris has launched an international contest to revamp its landmark 1857 home in central Paris
UK traditional architect wins contest for Disney’s Paris suburb
Stanhope Gate Architecture has won an invited contest for a new 90-unit residential development at Val d’Europe, near Paris
Foster + Partners’ Apple Champs-Élysées opens
Technology giant Apple opened its new Foster + Partners-designed shop on Paris’s Champs-Élysées this weekend (18 November)
SOM designs 180m-tall tower plus garden bridge in Paris
SOM has unveiled designs for an 180m-tall tower and a garden bridge on the outskirts of Paris
Rogers: ‘I didn’t want to design the Pompidou Centre’
Richard Rogers has spoken about initially not wanting to design the Pompidou Centre, the 40-year-old Paris landmark that first made his name
Astragal: Go compare these Brutalist gems
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…