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Charles Negre Library and Cultural Center

Beaudouin Architectes and Ivry Serres Foster Community with the Charles Nègre Cultural Center in France

Grasse, France

Andrew Ayers

December 1, 2022

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The cultural center and winner of l'Équerre d'argent—France’s most esteemed architecture award—gets up close and personal with its neighbors in a dense historic town in the south of France.

Dominique Coulon & Associés's L'Animu Media Library Touches the Land Gently

Corsica, France

Andrew Ayers

October 14, 2022

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Located in the city of Porto-Vecchio, this scalloped cultural center circumvents existing cork oaks olive trees and granite boulders.

Sports and Entertainment Come Together at France's Espace Mayenne

Andrew Ayers

August 1, 2022

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Hérault Arnod fashions a striking center for a wide range of sports and entertainment in Laval, France.

Oscar Niemeyer’s Last Work Inaugurated at Château La Coste in Provence

Beth Broome

April 7, 2022

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The new pavilion joins a storied collection of sculpture and architecture on the château grounds.

For France’s Sciences Po, Moreau Kusunoki Inserts a Glassy Pavilion into a Historic Monastery

The historic school's brand new Paris campus opened in January

Andrew Ayers

February 16, 2022

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The campus's inauguration has allowed Sciences Po to concentrate its research activities and newer diploma programs at a single site.

Site Verrier de Meisenthal by SO – IL and FREAKS

France

Andrew Ayers

February 1, 2022

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A 250-year-old French glassworks is recast as a contemporary arts campus.

Groupe Scolaire Antoine de Ruffi by Tautem Architecture

Marseille, France

Andrew Ayers

January 1, 2022

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Tautem Architecture shifts the Provencal capital’s academic terrain with a bold school building for young children.

Collège Simone Veil by Comte & Vollenweider

Nice, France

Andrew Ayers

January 1, 2022

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An efficient scheme by Comte Vollenweider optimizes a tight site and modernizes an aging structure.

Commentary: E 1027 Reborn as a Total Work of Restoration Art

Jean-Louis Cohen

October 19, 2021

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Near ruin, the famous Modernist villa in the South of France has been brought back to life by an independent team of architects, artisans, and historians.