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This Modernist Swimming Pool In The French Hills Is A Geometric Masterpiece

Steph Wade — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:00:53 +0000

In the 1970s, renowned French architect Alain Capeillères designed a sizeable white-tiled oasis pool for his summer home in southern France. Just last year, the property was documented for the first time by Paris-based photographer Romain Laprade.

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Orma Architettura Completes A Trio Of Observatories In The Corsican Mountains

Rosie Flanagan — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:00:39 +0000

On the mountainous Mediterranean island of Corsica, local architecture office Orma Architettura has completed three unique viewing platforms titled ‘Observatoire du Cerf Corse’.

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Joachim Fritschy’s Chalet Puts A Contemporary Spin On Alpine Vernacular

Rosie Flanagan — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 17:00:22 +0000

In Samoëns, a commune in the French Alps, Swiss architect Joachim Fritschy has completed ‘Frit01’, a renovation and subsequent reimagination of a small chalet whose interior and exterior are both clad in wood.

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An Ode To Stilt Walking Shepherds Shot By Hill & Aubrey

Rosie Flanagan — Thu, 03 Jan 2019 10:00:20 +0000

Art director Anna Sullivan happened upon an unusual postcard from the 1930s that depicted a group of shepherds—but not as you would expect. These shepherds were standing on stilts, a common practice amongst those who worked the marshy region of Landes in southern France during the 18th and 19th century. It was a discovery that prompted a rather unusual concept for a photo shoot.

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When The Waves Are Flat: A Poetic Conversation Between Labô Ôpos And Hannah Rose

Rosie Flanagan — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:00:26 +0000

Labô by Parisian creative studio Ôpos Agency teamed with British photographer Hannah Rose to create ‘When The Waves Are Flat’, a playful artistic venture that pairs unlikely subjects and objects.

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Studio KO Designs A Villa Above The Forest In Luberon, France

Rosie Flanagan — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 09:00:11 +0000

Typical of the work of Paris/Marrakech-based design firm Studio KO, ‘Villa G’ is a lesson in simplicity and a celebration of nature—its concrete mass sitting above the forest of Luberon in France.

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Tezi Gabunia’s Breaking News: The Flooding Of The Louvre

Steph Wade — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 09:00:02 +0000

The world’s most acclaimed art museum is immersed in water by a fictional flooding in ‘Breaking News: The Flooding Of The Louvre’, the latest video work by Georgian visual artist, Tezi Gabunia.

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Balenciaga Flagship Store By Gonzalez Haase AAS

Steph Wade — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 16:00:04 +0000

Balenciaga’s flagship boutique on the upscale Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris, France, has been given a sharp, industrial redesign by Berlin-based architects Gonzalez Haase AAS.

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Grands Cépages · Sorgues, France

Rosie Flanagan — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:00:34 +0000

A series of wooden buildings extend over the waters of Lac de la Lionne in the south of France. Designed by Atelier Lavit, Grands Cépages is an eco-hotel situated just beyond Avignon in a part of countryside renowned for its idyllic nature.

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Aurélien Aumond Captures A Neo-Futurist Amusement Park

Rosie Flanagan — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 16:00:10 +0000

French photographer Aurélien Aumond has captured ‘Futuroscope’, a neo-futurist amusement park in the town of Poitiers that was designed and built in the ’80s.

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Photography As Therapy With Alexis Pichot

Alice Finney — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:00:16 +0000

French photographer Alexis Pichot’s woodland series ‘Marche Celeste’ not only awakened his senses, it reinvigorated his sense of self.

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Álvaro Siza Designs A White-Concrete Modernist Church

Rosie Flanagan — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 10:00:52 +0000

Famed Portuguese architect, Álvaro Siza Vieira, has designed a modernist church whose poetic, sculptural form folds gently into the surrounding neighborhood in Rennes.

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A Tree House In The Forest By Chateau De Raray

Rosie Flanagan — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:00:31 +0000

Around the majestic gnarled trunk of a centenarian oak tree is ‘ORIGIN tree house’ — a wooden cabin designed by French architecture firm Atelier Lavit in the forest of Chateau de Raray.

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Les Yeux Des Tours Captured By Laurent Kronental

Alice Harrison — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 17:00:57 +0000

French photographer Laurent Kronental reframes the mundane as magnificent in his latest series ‘Les Yeux des Tours’. Confined by the walls of the Tours Aillaud, the viewer is invited to gaze through the porthole windows which frame snippets in time of the Parisian suburbs.

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‘Banc Frais’ By Jean Couvreur

Brit Seaton — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 13:00:58 +0000

Providing a contemporary option for spontaneous gatherings in urban spaces, Paris-based designer Jean Couvreur has created a minimalist bench, entitled ‘Banc Frais’. The piece integrates a water pump system, enabling passers-by to refresh during busy city living.

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