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The Re-Use Atlas
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The Re-Use Atlas

by Duncan Baker-Brown
July 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
192 pages
6h 56m
English
RIBA Publishing
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STEP 3 CASE STUDY No.3 Palais de Tokyo and La Tour Bois-le-Prêtre, by Lacaton & Vassal

lateral thinking | experts at using less | nurturing buildings + communities

[The Story]

For more than 25 years Anne Lacaton and Jean Philippe Vassal have been practising together from their studio in Paris. They have a very clear belief in the potential of design to benefit the day-to-day lives of individuals and communities. Their practice is characterised by a desire to work with the existing qualities of a site, seeing these as an opportunity and strength. They have a pragmatic approach towards issues of climate change and sustainability as a whole, never relying on expensive technological solutions, rather considering challenges in a genuinely holistic ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781000701401