Tag Kindergartens

11-07-2011

Dominique Coulon: Josephine Baker school

In La Courneuve, a Paris suburb undergoing social renewal under a new urban planning scheme, Dominique Coulon has designed a nursery school and elementary school over the ruins of a decaying apartment block which was demolished in 2004. The new project does not deny the history of the place but carries it forward in a design which draws on the memories of the site to give it is present orangey hue.

24-05-2011

Vicenza, Pierpaolo Ricatti designs Diesel’s new headquarters

All the activities of Diesel, an important fashion and lifestyle company, are brought together in a new complex designed by architect Pierpaolo Ricatti in collaboration with the engineering firm Jacobs Italia S.p.A.