The stunning and imposing L’École de Musique et de Théâtre, often known as the School of Music and Theatre, is a wonderful example of France’s rich cultural past. It is…
An architecture that encounters an individual in his/her moment of vulnerability and despair fight for justice and hope, and of resistance and refusals, Snøhetta-designed French Asylum Courts is a case…
Bonaparte Visiting the Plague Victims of Jaffa is an oil-on-canvas painting that Antoine-Jean Gros painted in 1804 after receiving a commission from Napoleon Bonaparte and depicting a scene from the…
Abstract | The Coronation of Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte – a name heard so often in history yet known so little about. A great military leader, who rose to prominence and…
PPA architectures were formed in 2011 by merging two architectural firms: Puig Pujol architectures (1999) and Ping Pong architectures (2006). The firm is led by four partners and collaborates with…
The Notre Dame de Paris translates to “Our Lady of Paris” in French. It is one of the first few cathedrals to be built in the Gothic style. The main…
“Architecture is nothing without ambition” are famous words of Grégoire Zündel and Irina Cristea, the founders of Atelier Zundel Cristea. Taking inspiration from around the world, AZC focus on creating…
The French Natural History Museum of Lille was founded in 1793, making it one of the oldest museums in France. The museum went through many changes over the years, including…
Introduction | The Mona Lisa The Mona Lisa, also called the Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of La Joconde. The Renaissance period in the 14th and 15th centuries profoundly impacted…
Halfway between the sun-lit shores of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea and just a stone’s throw from the snow-capped Pyrenees is the Southern French city of Toulouse. While…
Narbo Via Museum’ is located close to the ‘Canal de la Robine’; historically crucial for Narbonne. This monumental museum has officially opened following an inauguration ceremony attended by the ‘Conseil…
As a brand-new ground-up district, in 2017 EuropaCity launched a call for 8 key buildings to be located within BIG’s competition-winning master plan, which included hotels, concert halls, exhibition centers,…
