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Paris, for the third time after 1900 and 1924, is hosting the summer Olympic games from July 26th until August 11th 2024. Let’s explore some of the venues of the Paris Olympics from an architectural standpoint!

Successful female architects like Odile Decq, who faced sexism during her architectural studies, opened her firm, challenging stereotypes and demonstrating that architecture can thrive as a female-driven field.

Today, the affair of dining is no longer confined to an everyday custom but also occasionally embraces a rejuvenating ambiance and experience for gratification.

Architect Manuelle Gautrand designed an office building in a refined Parisian neighborhood close to the Arc de Triomphe and Place de l’Etoile.

Rive Seine Building, designed by TETRARC, features interwoven riveted aluminum referencing the city’s industrial past.

La Chesnaie Gymnasium, designed by Bohuon Bertic Architectes, is in the southeast of Nantes, in an area set aside for public services, close to two other buildings.

Opera is a form of theatre that revolves solely around music that combines singing and spoken dialogues. Music is a fundamental art form in which performing arts are incorporated in the form of singers, actors, costumes, etc.

The Washi paper pavilion is an architectural installation by YET Architecture, featured at the Architectural festival Vives in Montpellier, France, 2023.

Located in the heart of the Alsace wine valley in Colmar, France, ‘La Maison des têtes’ (or ‘the house of heads’ in English) is a historic and listed building built in 1609, whose name is derived from the 109 tiny head sculptures that decorate its renaissance style façade.

The ban on skyscrapers has been reinstated in Paris after facing backlash over the proposed Tour Triangle building designed by Herzog & de Meuron, which caused controversy.