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Completed in 2020 by the French Architecture firm Overcode, the Grow Community Center in Amiens was built for the ALCO non-profit organization dedicated to supporting precarious families in need of cohesion and empowerment. The new structure provides a place for…
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The Campus Plateau de Paris-Saclay is the Silicon Valley of Europe. Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes, together with Celnikier & Grabli Architectes and Ingerop Conseil & Ingénierie, was in charge of the realization of the Neuroscience Institute. The new four-story building provides…
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Completed in 1955 by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, the Ronchamp Chapel or “Notre Dame du Haut” is one of the most radical designs of Le Corbusier’s late style. Located on the top of a hill above the village of…
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Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal, the French architect couple winner of the Pritzker 2021 Prize, designed the Cap Ferret house in 1998 on an undeveloped plot in Arcachon Bay to minimize disruption to the natural environment. Rather than taking down…
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In 1988 Hans Kollhoff submitted his proposal for the “Technopole” competition titled “The Compact City of Atlanpole”. The design, conceived as an urban center with research and teaching facilities for highly specialized industries, is a large building that contains the…
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Completed in 1931 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in Poissy, The Villa Savoye is one of the most significant contributions to modern architecture in the 20th century and an outstanding example of the International style. The revolutionary building is…
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In 2020 Austrian Architecture firm Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes completed the design of a new pedestrian bridge at the Angers Saint-Laud train station. The bridge is characterized by a soft, full arch that crosses the entire width of 70 meters, carved…
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Claude Nicolas Ledoux’s propositions for a House of Pleasure in Paris and the ideal city of Chaux are enigmatic projects recognized by their unmistakably phallic configurations. The phallic floor plan of the Oikema offers a piece of information to decipher…
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While French newspaper publisher Jean-François Lemoine was looking for an architect to design a new home, he became partially paralyzed from a car accident. Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas designed the house in 1998 to accommodate an active family man confined to…
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Le Corbusier designed Sainte Marie de La Tourette Monastery in 1960 for a Dominican Order priory near Lyon, France. The Dominican Order convent sinks into the edge of a forest in a small valley, and it is one of the…
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The “Festival des Architectures Vives” is an architectural festival for the general public to discover or rediscover the historical landmarks of the city of Montpellier and the city of La Grande Motte. The festival also allows young architects from all…
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Paris Rooftops is a continuation of Wolf’s life-long fascination with architecture and urban life, this time taking the viewer to Paris, where he moved part-time with his family in 2008. I was used to the excitement and constant change in…
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