Tag: France

Gustafson Porter + Bowman’s Eiffel Tower Landscape Plan Approved

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With a 35% increase in green space, the addition of 200 new trees and the incorporation of pedestrian access across the Iena Bridge, Gustafson Porter + Bowman’s landscape plan for the Eiffel Tower site has now received final approval from the Paris City Council. The verdant, future-forward plan won the 2019 international competition surrounding the two-kilometer area’s redevelopment. “The first phase will transform the roundabout …

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Rosé Wine Pioneer Maison Mirabeau’s Expectation-Defying Pink Riviera Gin

An elegant, herbaceous tipple that's challenging people to think differently about the category

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Cocktail connoisseurs and refined spirits drinkers may bristle at the sight of  pink gin, despite its pretty hue. Such coloring often alludes to a syrupy consistency or an overt sweetness, with the latter coming from an infusion of fruits or rhubarb. These “flavored” attributes, however, are antithetical to those of Riviera Gin, an herbaceous pale pink dry gin from the team behind Maison Mirabeau, one of the …

Jean Nouvel’s “Jeuneville” Futuristic, Vertical Neighborhood in Greater Paris

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Scheduled for completion in 2025, architect Jean Nouvel’s “Jeuneville” vertical neighborhood will rise along the banks of the Seine in Greater Paris (not far from the Olympic and Paralympic villages). The future-forward urban development, which is aiming for a low carbon footprint, will incorporate “more than 100,000 square meters of innovation-centric work spaces as well as 30,000 square meters of public green spaces that will …

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