The design of office buildings, museums, airports, train stations, and homes, can't always be revolutionary. In fact, much of architecture consists of those banal platitudes that are necessary for cities to grow and humanity to advance. Every so often, however, a building is completed that almost universally turns heads, and in the process, veers the
designers zeyu cai and sibei li have been announced as the winners of the people’s notre dame design competition organized by goarchitect to spark debate regarding the redesign of the roof and spire of paris ‘ damaged cathedral. open to entries from around the globe and voted for by the public, the initiative saw 226 proposals submitted from 56 different
It's time to explore. There's still time to travel this summer. If you're like me, you've got dozens of places in mind, including choices influenced by pop culture . Some travelers even plans their trips around movie landmarks and immortalize their stops on Instagram. But it's not all superficial. Movies can actually give you a sense of a country's past and
Breaking, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing have been provisionally included on the sports programme of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The decision was taken today by the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Paris 2024
is the second Organising Committee (OCOG) that has had the possibility to propose additional
Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is working with French transport operator RATP Group to explore the feasibility of "vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles" to operate in the French capital, hoping to bring the air taxis to Paris in time for the 2024 Olympic Games. The feasibility study, launched in partnership with airport operator Groupe ADP, the Paris
Still from Mona Lisa Beyond the Glass courtesy Emissive and HTC Vive Arts. Protected in a bullet-proof glass vitrine and behind a barrier, the Mona Lisa is never going to look its best. But come the fall, visitors to Louvre will be able to get up close and intimately acquainted with world’s most famous painting thanks to the magic of virtual reality. The
A temporary exhibition on women's football history can be visited in Paris Open every day from 15 June to 7 July between 10:00 and 20:00 Entry is free and it features several unique, original objects and their fascinating stories During the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™, the FIFA World Football Museum is staging an exhibition on the history of women’s
Qatar Airways is voted the World’s Best Airline for the fifth time at the 2019 World Airline Awards.
Airline leaders and top airline management from across the globe attended the 2019 World Airline Awards. It held at
Paris Air Show
to receive their accolades voted for by customers.
Qatar Airways scooped the top award the
The Airbus logo on a glass sign in Toulouse, France. The Airbus logo on a glass sign in Toulouse, France. Balint Porneczi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European plane-maker Airbus has kicked off the 2019 International Paris Air Show with the launch of a long-range, single-aisle airliner and an announcement that they have agreed to sell 100 planes to the
Paris 2024 has revealed more details of the Athletes' Village that will be used for the Olympic and Paralympic Games during a visit from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission here, with Commission chair Pierre-Olivier Beckers-Vieujant claiming it will be based on sustainability. During the Commission's two-day visit here for its
Paris architecture firm Jakob + MacFarlane has designed a retractable wood and glass exhibition hall for the Saint-Denis area of Paris . As a winning project in the C40 international "Reinventing Cities" competition, the project was made to reflect the historical industrial heritage of the surrounding context. Dubbed Odyssee Pleyel, the hall aims to showcase
One of the rosette windows of Notre Dame Cathedral is seen in this Oct. 17, 2017, photo. An April 15, 2019, fire destroyed much of the church’s wooden structure. (Photo: Christopher Gunty/ Catholic News Service) Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris will host its first Mass on June 15 two months after a fire engulfed the historic, 856-year-old church, causing
Paris 2024 has unveiled the programme of events and activities to celebrate this year's Olympic Day and the Festival of Sport, which have now become one, on June 22 and 23. The high points of the weekend will be the opening of the Île-de-France Olympic Water Sports Stadium, a spectacular celebration of sport on the Place de la Concorde in Paris and the
IOC News President Bach was in Paris on Friday to visit the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) and the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Arriving at the headquarters of the CNOSF, President Bach was greeted by CNOSF President Denis Masseglia. There, the IOC President met the Presidents of the Olympic Sports Federations
Paris is searching for sponsors for the 2024 Olympics Paris (AFP) Energy giants Total has ruled out sponsoring the 2024 Olympics in Paris, keen to avoid being "pilloried" in a city where mayor Anne Hidalgo has increasingly campaigned for environmentally sound initiatives. Total's chief executive officer Patrick Pouyanne confirmed his company's decision to
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British landscape architecture studio Gustafson Porter + Bowman are redesigning the approaches to the Eiffel Tower in Paris ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games . The London studio won the competition for the Site Tour Eiffel project , beating entries from Koz Architects, Amanda Levete, and Agence Ter. New parks and pools will be added to the areas around
after its debut at the denver art museum in november 2018, ‘dior: from paris to the world’ has now taken up residence at the dallas museum of art. the exhibition has once again been designed by OMA , who has conceived a new narrative for the popular show. as part of the dallas exhibition, 30 new looks will be presented alongside updated works from italian
1024 architecture has released details of their exhibition at La Philharmonie de Paris . Freed from the classic codes of presentation, the exhibition adopts a raw, deliberately urban design, including a scaffolding structure reminiscent of concert scenery. The firm as also designed a digital installation, Core, whose light sculptures change with the
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The National Sports Agency (ANS) - which will govern French sport - has been launched in a bid to improve the country's performance at the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. The ANS will be co-led by the French sports movement, the state and local authorities, as reported by Le Parisien . This will give more autonomy to national governing bodies and
Shoppers at Galeries Lafayette Paris Haussmann can climb to new heights within the building’s domed atrium, bouncing around on a suspended rainbow net and gazing up at the stained glass cupola. Set nearly 40 feet above the ground, the the playful neon net is part of an installation called “ Funorama ” celebrating the return of summer. Featuring walkways that
