Innovators

Today's architectural innovators talk about new ways of thinking and designing that will create the buildings and cities of tomorrow

Facade detail of the private housing block which, over time, will become animated by flourishing greenery

2010 October: Housing Development by Édouard François (Grenoble, France)

13 February 2012 | By Catherine Slessor

A soft building in France’s first ‘eco-quarter’

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2008 May: Resort Proposals by Édouard François (Aldiana, Senegal)

13 February 2012 | By Paul Finch

Gallic flair and light touch construction unite in this ethereal resort proposal

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2007 November: Hotel Fouquet by Édouard François (Paris,France)

13 February 2012 | By Catherine Slessor

An upmarket hotel is reborn as a historical replicant

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2006 November: Housing, Louviers, France by Édouard François

13 February 2012 | By Catherine Slessor

A rustic skin of timber palings envelops and enlivens this social housing complex

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2006 August: Longchamp Boutique by Heatherwick Studio (New York, USA)

13 February 2012 | By Catherine Slessor

Thomas Heatherwick stuns Manhattan with his new store for Longchamp

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2002 April: Urban Square by Heatherwick Studio (Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK)

13 February 2012 | By Catherine Slessor

Thomas Heatherwick’s characteristically inventive, seductive and radical approach to materials finds vibrant expression in this project for a city square

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2005 June: Communications Centre by Jakob + MacFarlane (Boulogne-Billancourt, France)

13 February 2012 | By Catherine Slessor

Renault’s new communications centre is an inventive remodelling and recolonisation of a former car factory

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Innovators interview: Renzo Piano

17 December 2011 | By Rob Gregory

Video: Renzo Piano is the subject of this month’s Innovators interview from the top of The Shard in London, produced in partnership with Hunter Douglas

Peter Cook

Innovators interview: Peter Cook

22 November 2011 | By Rob Gregory

Video: Peter Cook is the subject of this month’s Innovators interview, produced in partnership with Hunter Douglas

Junya Ishigami

Innovators interview: Junya Ishigami

27 October 2011 | By Rob Gregory

This month’s Innovators interview, produced in partnership with Hunter Douglas, features Junya Ishigami

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Innovators Interview: Brendan MacFarlane

29 September 2011 | By Rob Gregory

The AR discuses coincidence, chance and mastering disorder with Brendan MacFarlane in his Paris studio. MacFarlane will join the international jury for the 2011 ar+d Awards for Emerging Architecture

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Innovators Interview: Zaha Hadid

10 August 2011

This month’s Innovators interview, produced in partnership with Hunter Douglas, features an edited version of a discussion between Zaha Hadid and Architectural Association School of Architecture director Brett Steele

Innovators Interview – Peter Zumthor

Innovators Interview: Peter Zumthor

5 July 2011 | By Rob Gregory

The AR speaks to Peter Zumthor in the second Innovators interview, in partnership with Hunter Douglas

Jürgen Mayer

Innovators Interview: Jürgen Mayer

6 June 2011 | By Rob Gregory

The Architectural Review presents the first in a new monthly series of Innovators interviews, in partnership with Hunter Douglas, in which a group of internationally renowned architects and designers discuss in depth the theoretical and technological ideas behind their recent work

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