Jardins du Tiers-Paysage
The garden of the Third Landscape proposed for the Roof of the Submarine Base of Saint Nazaire is made up of species belonging to the Third Landscape of the Estuary territory and, in part,...
18 anni in 100 numeri
Issue number 100 of Area inevitably forces us to look inwards and backwards, to reflect on the history of the magazine, how it all began, or rather how the cultural aims of Area came...
The Luchtsingel
Decades after their separation, the 400-meter-long pedestrian bridge has reconnected three districts in the heart of Rotterdam. The Luchtsingel was initiated and designed by the Rotterdam-based architects ZUS and is the world's first piece...
IDF Habitat headquarters
At the end of January 2017, the employees of the group IDF Habitat moved into their new headquarters constructed at 59 Avenue Carnot in Champigny-sur-Marne, in the joint development zone of the Bords de...
National Art Schools School of Ballet and School of Music
Foreshadowing the Future
The National Art Schools complex, appointed National Monument of Cuba on the 8th of November 20121, embodied the spirit and principles of the Cuban Revolution, first victory of the broader Latin-American revolution,...
Bubble: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Expansion
The ‘Bubble‘ is an inflatable structure that entirely occupies the cylindrical courtyard of the Hirshhorn Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, designed by Gordon Bunshaft and built in 1974. The Bubble is an architecture...
Architecture for all
Archea Associati, Ceramic Art City, Liling, China. The project viewed by the children.
It is a well-known fact that a project is not a self-referential and introspective action, but on the contrary, deals with solving a problem imposed by...
Ribbon Chapel
This wedding chapel stands in a garden of a resort hotel, “Bella Vista Sakaigahama,” in Onomichi, Hiroshima. The site is midway on a hill enjoying a panoramic view of the Inland Sea of Japan....
Reflections on the art of the incomplete
The architect that adds to an existing building accepts her or his role in a continuum of work where the present project is neither the beginning nor the end of the story. To quote...
Kamppi Chapel
The Kamppi Chapel is located on the south side of the busy Narinkka square in central Helsinki. It offers a place to quiet down and compose oneself in one of Finland's most lively urban...
Soul lands
Pilgrims take part in the function of the Night of Power (Laylat al- Qadr), the 27th day of the Ramadan. The celebration commemorates the revelation of the Koran to the Prophet. Mecca, Saudi Arabia...
Musée du sel
Closed since 1962, the salt works in Salins-les-Bain have been an important productive site since the middle ages right in the centre of the French city in the Franche Comté. When the competition for...