BIG and FREAKS complete looping MÉCA cultural centre in Bordeaux
A huge "urban living room" forms the heart of the looping MÉCA cultural hub, which BIG and FREAKS have completed beside the River Garonne in Bordeaux, France. More
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Studio Weave installs hikers' shelter on stilts beside a Bordeaux river
Hikers can stay overnight for free at this elevated shelter on the outskirts of Bordeaux, designed by London-based Studio Weave to reference the form and materiality of traditional water towers. More
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Gabled penthouses sit atop apartment blocks at Bordeaux housing scheme
House-shaped structures sit atop towers and are arranged around landscaped gardens at this residential development in Bordeaux by local firm Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Verons Associates (+ slideshow). More
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Philippe Starck and Luc Arsène-Henry build steel wine cellar for Château les Carmes Haut-Brion
French designer Philippe Starck has teamed up with architect pal Luc Arsène-Henry to create a cellar for a Bordeaux wine estate, designed to to look like a "raw metal blade plunged in the terroir" (+ slideshow). More
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Bordeaux wine museum by XTU Architects features bulging gold-striped body
This huge bulbous building by XTU Architects creates a wine museum on the Bordeaux riverfront (+ slideshow). More
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Jean Paul Viguier selected ahead of Sou Fujimoto for timber-framed tower complex in Bordeaux
French architect Jean Paul Viguier has won a competition to design a new housing and office complex in Bordeaux, proposing a trio of timber-framed towers that will be among the tallest of their kind in the world. More
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Fabre/deMarien's Tirepois apartments feature metal cladding and recessed windows
Galvanised metal cladding gives this housing development in Bordeaux a factory-like aesthetic that references its setting in a once industrial neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More
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LAN Architecture reclads Bordeaux tower blocks with translucent windows that slide back and forth
Paris firm LAN Architecture has renovated a group of Brutalist housing blocks in Bordeaux, France, adding sliding polycarbonate windows that create an ever-changing facade (+ slideshow). More
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Housing at old Bordeaux submarine base boasts climate-controlled atrium filled with gardens
An old submarine base in Bordeaux provided the site for this docklands housing complex by Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés, where homes and gardens are arranged on either side of a glazed atrium (+ slideshow). More
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Foster + Partners adds a new winery to the Château Margaux estate
Foster + Partners has added a glass-fronted winery framed by tree-shaped columns to the historic Château Margaux wine estate outside Bordeaux (+ slideshow). More
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Herzog & de Meuron's Bordeaux Stadium is framed by a forest of slender columns
Herzog & de Meuron has completed a monumental new stadium in Bordeaux framed by 900 slim white columns, one of the key venues for next year's Euro football championship (+ slideshow). More
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BASE adds a metal-clad playpark to a Bordeaux housing estate
Perforated metal panels create a semi-opaque surface around this elevated playground structure in Bordeaux, which contains slides, climbing nets and a trampoline (+ slideshow). More
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Bordeaux car park by Brisac Gonzalez will "introduce activities after hours"
Architecture firm Brisac Gonzalez has designed a multi-storey car park in Bordeaux where vehicles sit prominently between ground-floor shops and roof-top housing. More
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OMA wins Bordeaux bridge competition
News: Rem Koolhaas' OMA has won the competition to design a new bridge across the river Garonne in Bordeaux with plans for a 44-metre-wide structure that will accommodate traffic and pedestrians, but could also be used for hosting events. More
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OMA proposes bridge with pedestrian boulevard for Bordeaux
News: a proposal by Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA for a bridge that could accommodate different types of traffic as well as pedestrians and events has been selected by local authorities in Bordeaux, France, as one of two final competing designs. More
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OMA hired for Bordeaux masterplan
News: Dutch firm OMA is to masterplan a new urban development south of Bordeaux based around the extension of the local tram system. More
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Construction begins on Bordeaux stadium by Herzog & de Meuron
News: work has started on a football stadium in Bordeaux, France, by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. More
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Pibal bicycle by Philippe Starck and Peugeot
French designer Philippe Starck and car company Peugeot have unveiled a prototype bicycle crossed with a scooter, designed for a free cycle scheme in Bordeaux, France. More
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Bastide Niel on Miroir d'Eau in Bordeaux by MVRDV
Architects MVRDV have shown residents of Bordeaux their plans to extend the city by inviting them to walk between rows of model houses on stilts (+ slideshow). More
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MÉCA by BIG and FREAKS freearchitects
Danish architects BIG and French studio FREAKS freearchitects have designed a cultural centre for Bordeaux with a huge stage in its middle. More
