The Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, has confirmed the French capital’s plan to convert the city’s main Champs-Élysées boulevard into an “extraordinary garden”. In the announcement yesterday the mayor said that the city would spend £225m converting the traffic-clogged 1.9 km avenue into a green public space reminiscent of its promenade history. The project will […]
Starting next year, the 15th arrondissement won’t just be an eclectic residential area where quaint shops give way to city’s tallest skyscraper. It’ll also be home to a supersized farm producing close to a tonne of fruits and vegetables. Situated along Paris’s périphérique, Pavillon 6 won’t be occupying valuable real estate at ground level. Instead, it’ll sit atop the […]
A former pizzeria, the Yoshinori restaurant nestled in the heart of Paris’ Saint-Germain-des-Prés, blends Japanese chef Yoshinori Morie’s culture with his gourmet French cuisine. The space consists of two floors, a ground floor and a basement and is characteristic of its neighbourhood with a stone and wooden structure, visible wooden beams on the ground floor, and vaulted stone […]
A new Parisian office has been designed for the global property juggernaut Airbnb. Co-designed by STUDIOS Architecture, the new Parisian office takes cues from its own branding to create a homely office space. Taking the brand’s ethos of ‘belong anywhere’, the space encourages communal working and connection, and doesn’t shy away from Parisian cultural references. […]