The work of a lifetime The Sagrada Familia that has become the symbol of Barcelona is inseparable from its creator, the brilliant architect Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926). Thanks to this project, to which Gaudi devoted himself for four decades, this modest Catalan boilermaker's son became one of the w ...
e Benesse Art Site Naoshima was established there in the late 1980s by Benesse company president Soichiro Fukutake, with the complicity of the famous architect Tadao Ando. The architect notably designed, from 1989 to 1992, a hotel complex coupled with a museum: the Benesse House. This luxury hote ...
other cultural and artistic initiatives joined the Friche project. In 1995, the City of Marseille became the owner of the site and collaborated with the architect Jean Nouvel to rehabilitate the site. The existing premises were preserved and fitted out according to the architect's plans, with wo ...
atform again arouses controversy. This giant shopping mall, named 'Aéroville', is to house high-end stores and services. This project designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc should be built in 2008 for an opening in 2012. Other expansion projects are also underway. A subway in the a ...
metres on each side and 300 metres high'. The project of the contractor Gustave Eiffel, the engineers Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, and the architect Stephen Sauvestre was finally selected from 107 projects. Gustave Eiffel signed an agreement with the government on January 8, 1887. Thi ...
ed in the Zainabad garden in Burhampur. Out of love for this woman, the emperor decided to build the most beautiful mausoleum: the Taj Mahal. The main architect of this project was Usad Ahmad of Lahore. The Work began in 1631 and was completed only 17 years later in 1648. The state of Uttar Pr ...
(Tower of the Clerics), located in the eponymous street, is the highest tower in Portugal. Built in the second half of the 18th century by the Italian architect Nicolau Nasoni, it stands 76 meters high and has 225 steps. From the top of this granite tower, you will have a panoramic view of the city, ...
of the history and life of the Royal Saltworks from the 18th century to the present day. This immersion in the prolific and genius thinking of its architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux includes seven 'tableaux' of real or imaginary images: prestige, work, destruction, liberation, renewal, the future an ...
he Chinese culture is mixed with various other influences, Japanese and Western in particular, so that the cities offer an amazing mix of traditional architecture and avant-garde buildings. More pleasant than mainland China in terms of traveler friendliness, infrastructure and cleanliness, this d ...
lace de la Concorde in Paris, is a neoclassical palace. It was built and fitted out between 1758 and 1774 by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Louis XV's first architect. This imposing building first housed the prestigious Garde-meuble de la Couronne, an institution responsible for storing and restoring t ...
on The inscription of the city of Nice on the UNESCO World Heritage List as a 'winter resort city of the Riviera' is a tremendous recognition for the architectural, landscape and urban heritage of the Côte d'Azur capital. The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, described UNESCO's decision as a "hi ...
or four centuries a German principality. The city, nicknamed the City of Princes, has preserved an identity shaped by Protestant culture and a rich architectural heritage. In particular, you can admire the castle of the Dukes of Wurtemberg, whose construction dates back to the 13th century. To ...
s in Europe. Even today, it serves as a study and research library and welcomes scholars from all over Europe. The building, renovated and expanded by architect Rudy Ricciotti, is also a true museum with a permanent and temporary exhibition hall, a shop, an auditorium, cloakrooms and a relaxation ...
La Napoule. View this post on Instagram A publication shared by Mandelieu Tourism (@mandelieu_tourisme) Marie, who is an architect and landscape designer, has been leading the castle's renovation project for nearly 20 years. On his side, Henry (who is a sculptor) pop ...
setting, backed by Gallo-Roman baths, has been preserved over the course of the museum's modernizations, although a contemporary extension designed by architect Bernard Desmoulins was added in 2018. Initially conceived as a museum of national antiquities, it gradually specialized in the Middle Ag ...
in the La Défense business district of Paris, under a huge bamboo pavilion. This 1000 square meter pavilion was built for the occasion by Colombian architect Simon Vélèz who was inspired by the 'malocas', the large communal houses of the indigenous Amazonian tribes. Copyright: Contempl ...
he city's Art and Science Museum is a good representation of the madness and eccentricity of Singaporeans. Imagined and designed by world-renowned architect Moshe Safdie, it is meant to be an open lotus flower ready to receive rainwater while for many visitors it represents an open hand facing th ...
rist attraction for the city of Dijon required the renovation of 15th and 18th century buildings as well as the construction of new modern elements by architect Anthony Béchu. Copyright: City of Dijon - François Weckerle An ode to French gastronomy The Cité Internationale de la Gastron ...
nce 2 is already offering a new never-before-seen drama called L'Abîme. In everyone's eyes, Elsa and Laurent Lacaze are a perfect couple. He is an architect and she is a real estate agent and they are the happy parents of a teenager in full rebellion against her mother. They have been in perfect ...
twelve years. Since its creation in 2011, three trucks have succeeded each other for the MuMo. The first version of the Mobile Museum was designed by architect Adam Kalkin in a container. The second version of this traveling museum was created in 2017 by designer Matali Crasset to showcase artworks ...
