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- Breitenbach Landscape Hotel features 14 Nordic cabins on stilts Thu, 4 Mar 21, 6:30amAfter 8 years of planning and construction, Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter has finished 14 Nordic-style cabins for Breitenbach Landscape Hotel, a property in Breitenbach, France...
- BREEAM-Excellent Le Monde Group HQ by Snhetta opens in Paris Thu, 4 Feb 21, 3:30amFrench media company Le Monde Group has recently welcomed its 1,600 employees into its new headquarters, a striking Snøhetta-designed building that’s not only certified BREEAM Excellent but has also been awarded the prestigious...
- Cross-channel power link for 1m British homes opens Fri, 22 Jan 21, 10:01pmElectricity cable stretches 149 miles on seafloor between UK and France
- Abandoned farmhouse becomes sleek, modern eco-home Thu, 24 Dec 20, 6:30amImagine walking around Basque Country, strolling past a historic farmhouse. You might see the ruins of an old building with a collapsed roof, but one architectural firm saw tons of possibilities. Collectif Encore transformed...
- French court persecutes noisy frogs in Grignols Thu, 17 Dec 20, 5:30amA French judge has sentenced a pond full of frogs to capital punishment. Their crime? Being too noisy. The judge decreed the pond must be drained within 90 days.[...]
- Ministers would be wise to play for time before ordering Sizewell C | Nils Pratley Tue, 15 Dec 20, 6:56amDashing ahead with a nuclear power station that’s modelled on Hinkley Point C would be reckless
- Intergenerational living community in France upholds passive design principles Fri, 13 Nov 20, 3:30amSupported by Studio Losa Architects and the Centre Communal d’Action Sociale (CCAS) of Clermont-Ferrand, one of France’s largest social action community centers, Clos des Vignes, is an intergenerational and inclusive...
- French housing project I Park has a double-skinned green facade Fri, 13 Nov 20, 6:30amLocated in Montpellier, a historic city near the south of France on the Mediterranean Sea, “I Park” is a housing project with a plant-covered facade that catches the eye even from afar...
- 262 wicker baskets come together in a stunning arched pavilion Wed, 9 Sep 20, 3:30amFor the third annual Annecy Paysages landscape architecture festival, Riga-based Didzis Jaunzems Architecture (DJA) has crafted the Wicker Pavilion, a beautiful and innovative pavilion covered with 262 traditional wicker...
- France's 'big green recovery plan' not big enough for campaigners Thu, 3 Sep 20, 11:51pmA third of €100bn post-Covid package to be used for greener future, but critics say it falls short
- French PM says jobs and green economy at heart of Covid recovery plan Fri, 4 Sep 20, 12:15amJean Castex unveils €100bn plan aimed at returning France to pre-pandemic economic strength
- World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France Tue, 28 Jul 20, 7:00pmProject aims to show clean fusion power can be generated at commercial scale
- Gardens grow on all floors of Saint-Gobains crystalline HQ Thu, 2 Jul 20, 12:30amOn the outskirts of Paris, French architecture firm Valode & Pistre has completed a new headquarters — a crystalline tower wrapped in low-emission glass — for Saint-Gobain, a multinational building materials company...
- France's oldest nuclear reactor to finally shut down Sun, 28 Jun 20, 4:34pmEnvironmentalists have welcomed news that the 43-year-old Fessenheim reactor will close, nine years after it was first planned
- Naturally cooled funicular offers spectacular views of the French Alps Tue, 9 Jun 20, 12:30amIn 2019, French design agency Atelier 360 gave the iconic Les Arcs - Bourg Saint Maurice funicular a dramatic makeover by developing two new funicular cars with wide panoramic windows to frame spectacular views of the French...