French architecture: Marseille's 24-year wait for mosque
Infighting has stalled progress on the project in what is one of Europe's biggest cultural melting pots
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Infighting has stalled progress on the project in what is one of Europe's biggest cultural melting pots
The Climat de France, designed by Fernand Pouillon, is a French colonial social housing project in Algeria designed to acclimatize Algerians to French life.
The work of Fernand Pouillon, the "most wanted architect in France" after being imprisoned and mysteriously escaping in the 1960s, seems to have faded into the background today. However, in 50 years he built more than 5 million square meters, mainly between France and Algeria. At a frantic pace, Fernand Pouillon travels tens of thousands of kilometers per week, by propeller plane, to reach construction sites at night between Marseille, Paris, Algiers or in the middle of the desert, until he burned his wings. Among others, Fernand Pouillon decided to build houses for the most modest. ...
Imagine you suddenly had to build a new house for everyone in the world. Let’s say 7 billion people spontaneously need a 25m2 living space which we
The whitewashed stone wall that surrounds this home in southern Portugal draws on the region's historic walled fortifications to create a feeling of refuge.