Whether working in the city center, in a museum or in the ruins of a lost Greek island, Thomas Granseuer and Tomislav Topic, aka Quintessenz, awaken the public space and the most bucolic landscapes with their installations. A look back at the work of these two Berlin-based artists, through their latest creation: Kagkatikas Secret.

In Congis-sur-Thérouanne, the agency Charles-Henri Tachon architecture & landscape delivered in March this year one of his finest projects: the Reserve House of the Regional Domain Grand Voyeux. A pavilion designed to facilitate the observation of endemic birds and offer visitors an experience they are not about to forget ...

On the occasion of the Tadao Ando exhibition, the challenge, which opens its doors today at the Center Pompidou until 31 next December, TASCHEN publishes this month an ultra-complete book of 740 pages retracing the path of this master of simplicity and simplicity.

A "Japanese tavern". This is how the owners of the Honō Izakaya restaurant in Quebec City present their establishment. Directed in 2018 by Charlène Bourgeois, the project gives pride of place to raw materials and facilities conducive to conviviality, for a result as delicate - and tasty! - that the sashimi served here.

Organized since 2012 by the World Architecture Festival in partnership with the Sto facade specialist, the Architectural Photography Awards reward each year the most beautiful architectural clichés. And the names of the finalists of the 2018 edition have just fallen ...

In Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy (54), the duo of architects Bagard & Luron has just delivered the new crematorium of the metropolis of Greater Nancy. A project of 1 200 square meters remarkable for its sobriety, which is explained by an intelligent distribution and an inspired choice of materials: a heart of warm wood wrapped in stone and zinc.

Design Cream? Quèsaco? An event presenting the work of the cream of the crop of designers and architects, pardi! And who says prestigious casting, says format of choice. On Thursday 26 March 2018, ten creators, gathered during the Materials & Light exhibition, made discover atypical their creations, inspirations and projects in 20 images, projected at 20 seconds apart. Focus on the world of Charlotte Juillard.

At Stockholm Design Week, the Canadian lighting studio Lambert & Fils has designed a surprising installation, Symbiosis, in which he stages his Mile collection with minimalist and frank lines, dressed in lush vegetation.

Will the house of tomorrow be fully glazed, saturated with screens and ruled by an authoritarian robot on wheels? Nothing is less certain, according to the dot Architects agency which signs in 2017 the renovation of a traditional house in Beijing (China) on behalf of a company specialized in high technologies. Their tour de force? Combine home automation and respect for the existing, without falling into the cliché.

Two weeks ago was held in Las Vegas (USA) Life is Beautiful, a festival that is both musical, culinary and artistic. The opportunity for the Portuguese street artist Bordalo II to frenzy social networks with his work Wild wild waste, a zoo installed in an abandoned motel and whose menagerie consists of neither scales nor balls of hair. .. but waste.

A Hydra, the Grim Reaper, a bunny rabbit or a one-eyed nobleman ... An inspirational list for the upcoming Halloween party? What nenni! Zahumny is a collection of small wooden figurines designed by the designers Monika Matějková and Veronika Watzková from the My Dvě workshop, a tribute to Czech toy heritage and folklore.

In the family mini-architectural projects I ask ... ENORME Studio! At the Madrid Design Festival last year, this Madrid workshop that made mobility and innovation its specialties was distinguished thanks to Montaña en la Luna, an itinerant and open workspace, designed for the famous brand MINI car.

Located in the ZAC called Hauts de Queuleu, in Metz (57), a building all glass, metal and concrete hosts a new center of consultations and care. A realization delivered in 2017 by the agency Richter Architects and Associates, conceived as a cocoon in an armor, in order to better protect its users, adults and children with fragile mental health.

Design Made in Lebanon - but not only -, events - round tables, conferences and other debates -, prizes - intended to reward designers as gallery owners - all in a scenography of the architect Galal Mahmoud. This was the program of the second edition of the Beirut Design Fair, organized 20 23 last September to express to the world the Lebanese know-how in the field ...