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70°SUD Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France
LAN Architecture

image © Julien Lanoo
70°SUD Boulogne-Billancourt - 27 Mar 2012
This project, for which the competition occurred in 2008, is the result of a complex transformation process in the city along with a precise economic context.
Located on the former site of the Renault factories in Boulogne-Billancourt, the concerned project is part of the Trapèze Ouest, one of the sector of the operation Ile Seguin-Rives de Seine, amongst the most important emerging centres in Ile-de-France.

ZAC Claude Bernard, Paris, France
Atelier Zündel Cristea

photo © S.Chalmeau
ZAC Claude Bernard - 26 Mar 2012
Business space and the entrance to the retirement home are found on the ground floor, followed by five floors containing the main section of the retirement home, while the top four floors contain privately owned homes. The basement contains parking lots for the residents as well as supplementary annexes of the retirement home: its kitchen, maintenance and storage rooms.

Hatert Tower, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
24H>architecture

photograph © Boris Zeisser
Nijmegen Housing - 19 Jan 2012
The housing corporations Portaal and Talis have organized a great renewal operation in this area. Most of the current housing does not comply with contemporary standards or needs a substantial make over.

The Flower Tower, ZAC Massena, Paris, France
Maison d'architecture Edouard François

photo from architects
The Flower Tower - added 9 Jan 2012

ZAC Claude Bernard, Paris, France
Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

photograph : David Boureau
Parisian Social Housing - 6 Jan 2012
The apartments are laid out on a grid of 3m20 and offer a multitude of types from studios to large 4/5 room apartments. One of the major topics has been the possible evolution by combining the apartments and adapting them to new situations over generations. The plan, composed of modules allows to reorganize and to resize the apartments.

Housing Designs

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650 apartments, Slovenia Ofis Arhitekti photograph : Tomaž Gregoric Slovenian apartments	Accordia Housing, Cambridge, England various architects photo © Adrian Welch Accordia Cambridge
Adelaide Wharf, London, UK Allford Hall Monaghan Morris photograph © Rob Parrish Adelaide Wharf	Beihai Fake Hills, China MAD picture from architect Beihai Fake Hills
BLUE Residential Tower, New York, USA Bernard Tschumi photograph : Peter Mauss/ESTO New York residential building	Borneo houses, The Netherlands various architects photo © Adrian Welch Borneo houses, Amsterdam
Carabanchel 16 housing, Spain Foreign Office Architects photograph © Sérgio Padura Carabanchel Housing	Carabanchel housing, Spain Dosmasuno Arquitectos image from architect Carabanchel housing blocks
Celosia Madrid, Spain MVRDV photo © Ricardo Espinosa Celosia Building	Chelsea Barracks, London various architects image from architect Chelsea Barracks
COR Building, Miami, USA Oppenheim Architecture + Design image : dbox COR Building	Dakota apartments, Beirut, Lebanon Turner Associates image from architects Beirut apartments
Donnybrook Quarter Buildings, UK Peter Barber, Architect photo © Morley von Sternberg Donnybrook housing	Edificio Acqua apartments, Uruguay Rafael Vinoly Architects picture from architect Uruguay housing
Farrer Court Buildings, Singapore Zaha Hadid Architects picture from architect Farrer Court design	Grand Large Dunkirk, France ANMA/Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés photograph : Stéphane Chalmeau Grand Large Dunkirk
Herold Apartments, France Jakob+MacFarlane Architectes photo : Nicolla Borel Herold Apartments Paris	1 Hyde Park, London Richard Rogers Partnership image from architect 1 Hyde Park
Izola Housing, Slovenia Ofis Arhitekti picture : Tomaž Gregoric Izola Housing	Lawn Road Flats, London Wells Coates photo © Robin Lambert Isokon
Mirador Sanchinarro, Madrid, Spain MVRDV / Blanca Lleó Associates photo : Rob’t Hart Mirador Sanchinarro	Moulmein tower, Singapore WOHA Architects image from WOHA Moulmein Tower Singapore
Newton Suites, Singapore WOHA Architects picture : Tim Griffith Newton Suites Singapore	Regent Place, Australia Foster + Partners with PTW image : Nigel Young_Foster + Partners Regent Place Sydney
Residential Complex, Singapore OMA image © OMA / Ole Scheeren Singapore residential development	Scotts Tower, Singapore Rem Koolhaas Architects / OMA picture from Office for Metropolitan Architecture Scotts Tower design
Silodam, The Netherlands MVRDV photo © Adrian Welch Silodam housing	Step Up on Fifth, USA Pugh + Scarpa photograph : John Edward Linden Step Up on Fifth
The Whale, The Netherlands de Architekten Cie. photo © Adrian Welch The Whale building	WoZoCo Housing, The Netherlands MVRDV photo © Adrian Welch WoZoCo Housing