Rotterdam architects MVRDV present the design for the Pushed Slab office building at ZAC Gare de Rungis in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. The 19,000 m2 building promises to be one of the first low energy buildings realized in France; with low energy consumption and an energy production…

Paris-based firm Serero Architects have won a competition for the design of the new library and auditorium for the University of Amiens in France. The design showcases a skin inspired by the scales of a conifer cone.

Prize winner of the competition for the new cultural center of Meudon-la-Forêt, France, Serero Architects, has designed a building wrapped by an organic concrete shell. The project will be presented at the mediatheque of Meudon from June 22nd until July 10th, 2010.…

The proposal of Rotterdam-based Bureau of Architecture, Research, and Design (BOARD) entitled “ATREE?” has been selected out of 336 projects for the final phase of the European Competition of Architecture, Design, Realisations in Eco and Agro-Materials organized by Region Picardie (France) and…

Paris-based OFF Architecture has recently won the competition for the Cultural Center in Cugnaux, France. If the name doesn’t immediately ring a bell with you, check out OFF Architecture’s fascinating entry for the Bering Strait Project that won the studio…

The European Prize for Urban Public Space is a biennial competition organized by six European institutions, the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (Paris), The Architecture Foundation (London), the Nederlands Architectuurinstituut (Rotterdam), the Architekturzentrum Wien (Vienna)…

Barcelona-based Mateo Arquitectura has sent us a first preview of their proposal ‘Place de la République as public space’ for the restricted competition looking to redesign the Place de la République in Paris, France.

Paris-based office LAN Architecture began the new year with two competition wins for new residential areas in France: a sustainable and social living space in Bègles and a hybrid model between collective and individual housing in Mouvaux. LAN Architecture was also recently featured in the

The highly anticipated ground breaking for the Louvre LENS recently took place on December 4, 2009 atop an abandoned mine field near the city of Lille in Northern France. Co-designed by New York-based Imrey Culbert, Tokyo-based Sanaa, and Paris-based Mosbach Paysagistes, the new branch of…

Paris-based Mikou Design Studio has recently won the competition for the renovation of the Bateay Feu Theater in Dunkirk in the northernmost tip of France. The theater’s program foresees a big concert hall with seating for 500, a black box theater space, foyer, cafeteria, loges, practice…