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Posts tagged 'Paris'

10 of the most iconic buildings in Paris

Philharmonie de Paris. Photo by Guilhem Vellut  From the inside-out Pompidou Centre to a dazzling facades of the Philarmonie de Paris, we look at the

Architecture
Coronavirus and the City

Coronavirus and the City

Paris’ strict lockdown has seen the streets acquire an eerie quietude. As the Covid-19 pandemic turns seething metropoles into virtual ghost-towns, Joe Lloyd takes a

Opinion

The Louvre and its great glass pyramid

  Once a royal residence, the Louvre Museum’s palatial courtyard now centres around a crystalline glass pyramid The Louvre sits on the right bank of

Architecture

Art Deco: Understanding the colourful movement

Art Deco had its heyday in the 1920s and 1930s and was a modern interpretation of neoclassical style  Art Deco was popular in the 1920s

Design

France kicks off Notre Dame competition to rebuild cathedral’s spire

Notre Dame before the fire After Notre-Dame’s spire and roof were destroyed in a fire, plans to rebuild begin   The French Prime Minister Edouard

Architecture

Paris gets sparkling new fountains, designed by the Bouroullec brothers

Swarovski and Bouroullec brothers designed a new set of fountains for Paris. Photos by Bouroullec Studio Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have designed six fountains to appear

Design

CitizenM Hotel: affordable luxury at Gare de Lyon

CitizenM Hotel uses creative design to deliver lush interiors on a budget. Elizabeth Choppin checked it out. ‘Affordable luxury’ is the phrase on everyone’s lips

Architecture

Anne Lacaton, Lacaton & Vassal: “It is important to make buildings in which users find freedom”

The Paris-based architect talks to Icon’s Peter Smisek about doing more with less in the French banlieues We meet Anne Lacaton on a foggy winter

Architecture

Maison & Objet 2017: Rising Talents

The Parisian fair extended a friendly hand across the Channel last month with its focus on emerging British designers Six eminent designers (Ilse Crawford, Paul

Design

Highlights: Maison & Objet

January’s edition of the Parisian exhibition showed French designers in fine form, says Peter Smisek Visitor numbers at this year’s Maison & Objet have yet

Design

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Audo Copenhagen

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Design Icon: Alvar Aalto’s Armchair 400

Meet James Burial: The US artist bringing his playful aesthetic to the UK

Zieta

The founder of Zieta Studio tells ICON how its experimental processes are moving forward

Fritz Hansen ReNew

Roddy Clarke looks into Fritz Hansen’s new circular initiative and what the move means for its classic shell chairs

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Storm Park

Out of rubble: archigrest and topoScape reimagine Warsaw’s Uprising Mound as a living park and monument

Snohetta

Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Budapest Design Week

Crafting heritage: 5 highlights from Budapest Design Week 2024




Architects

Storm Park

Out of rubble: archigrest and topoScape reimagine Warsaw’s Uprising Mound as a living park and monument

Snohetta

Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Alexandra Road Estate

Architecture Against the Odds looks at difficult sites in a new exhibition at RIBA

Dansk Arkitektur Center The Water is Coming

A new exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center puts on show a bold response to rising waters

Kadre Architects

LA practice Kadre Architects uses design as a street-level tool for social change

Piero Lissoni: Environments book by Rizzoli

A new book by Stefano Casciani offers an insight into Piero Lissoni’s work

Architecture Icon: The Paimio Sanatorium and its humanistic approach to modernism

Architecture Icon: How the Noguchi Musuem advances the appreciation of its founder’s art and legacy

Architecture Icon: Alvar and Aino Aalto’s house in Helsinki bears all the hallmarks of their approach to design


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Audo Copenhagen

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Design Icon: Alvar Aalto’s Armchair 400

Meet James Burial: The US artist bringing his playful aesthetic to the UK

Zieta

The founder of Zieta Studio tells ICON how its experimental processes are moving forward

Fritz Hansen ReNew

Roddy Clarke looks into Fritz Hansen’s new circular initiative and what the move means for its classic shell chairs

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Budapest Design Week

Crafting heritage: 5 highlights from Budapest Design Week 2024

Gushka2

Ukrainian creative studio Gushka creates woollen items that bring a new life to ancestral crafts

Meet Studio Bovti: The German design duo expressing their inner child through experimental curiosity and a playful aesthetic


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Audo Copenhagen

Light up your space with ICON’s top design picks for the new season

Design Icon: Alvar Aalto’s Armchair 400

Meet James Burial: The US artist bringing his playful aesthetic to the UK

Zieta

The founder of Zieta Studio tells ICON how its experimental processes are moving forward

Fritz Hansen ReNew

Roddy Clarke looks into Fritz Hansen’s new circular initiative and what the move means for its classic shell chairs

Editor’s Picks: The best new season design and lifestyle launches

Storm Park

Out of rubble: archigrest and topoScape reimagine Warsaw’s Uprising Mound as a living park and monument

Snohetta

Snøhetta’s Sámi hub Čoarvemátta is designed to withstand the harsh winters of north Norway

Budapest Design Week

Crafting heritage: 5 highlights from Budapest Design Week 2024