Tag: architect
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban at the bedside of Ukrainian refugees in Chelm, Poland
In a Tesco shopping center in Chelm transformed into an emergency reception center for Ukrainian refugees, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is surrounded by a young Ukrainian refugee (left) and two…
The Pritzker Prize for Diébédo Francis Kéré, “afro-futurist” architect
The 2022 vintage of the highest distinction in the world of architecture was awarded this Tuesday to the Burkinabe architect living in Berlin. The award organization hailed her “commitment to…
Trial of the collapsed balcony: two years in prison required against the architect
A four-year prison sentence, two of which were suspended, was requested on Wednesday against the architect of the Angers residence, whose balcony collapsed in 2016, killing four students. A four-year…
Putin’s Italian architect is also in trouble
Dhe Kremlin was once built to a large extent by Italian master builders. Whether that also animated Vladimir Putin is speculation. But an Italian architect is also assigned to him,…
Brad Pitt architect? The result is a disaster!
In 2007, Brad Pitt launched a project to rebuild a neighborhood devastated by Hurricane Katrina, which had hit New Orleans two years earlier. An eco-responsible project, which turns out to…
Angers balcony trial: the architect presents himself as “a creator”, not an engineer
Opening of the trial for the collapse of a balcony in Anger on October 13, 2022 (AFP/Archives/JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER) The architect of the “Le Surcouf” residence in Angers, whose balcony collapsed…
Angers balcony trial: the architect presents himself as “a creator”, not an engineer
The architect of the “Le Surcouf” residence in Angers, whose balcony collapsed in 2016 killing four students, rejected Wednesday any involvement in the technical design of the building, on the…
Ricardo Bofill, the architect who wanted to “achieve the impossible”
Ricardo Bofill on the occasion of the “Cité de la Réussite”, in Marseille, on November 17, 2001. ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP The Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill died on January 14,…
Death of Ricardo Bofill, “misunderstood” architect
Disappearance Article reserved for subscribers The Catalan, who has signed numerous projects all over the world, died of Covid-19 on Friday, at the age of 82. He leaves behind him…
Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill dies aged 82
He signed more than 1,000 projects around the world and was, in France, particularly renowned for his large ensembles. The famous Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill died on Friday January 14…
Death of the Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, the designer of the Antigone district, in Montpellier
The Abraxas spaces in Noisy-le-Grand (Seine-Saint-Denis), one of the creations of the Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, who died on January 14, 2022. LIONEL BONAVENTURE / AFP The internationally renowned Spanish…
Olivia Adriaco, former co-presenter of Video Gag on TF1, tells us about her new life as a landscape architect in the South-West
Former face of M6 then TF1, where she co-presented Video gag with Bernard Montiel until 2008, Olivia Adriaco, 55, designs gardens in the Basque Country. She tells us about her…