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Seine Design create floating glass-roofed guinguette in Paris
by Stu Robarts | 13 Nov 2019
Seine Design have created a €5.4m (US$6m, £4.6m) floating guinguette – a small restaurant and dance hall – with glass-panelled sides and a glass roof that give visitors views of its River Seine location. Rosa 2, which is a venue for the Rosa Bonheur chain, replaced an existing floating guinguette that was moored close to the prestigious Pont Alexandre III bridge. From onboard, visitors can see the Eiffel Tower, the
Shigeru Ban's La Seine Musicale opens in Paris
by Kim Megson | 18 May 2017
Shigeru Ban’s €170m (US$189.4m, £145.2m) concert venue for Paris has opened on an island in the Seine. Designed with French architect Jean de Gastines on the site that once belonged to France’s biggest factory, La Seine Musicale has been conceived as a both new cultural symbol for the French capital and a music venue that will host all types of performance, from classical to contemporary. The island of L'île Seguin
Human-powered gym boat on River Seine harnesses energy from passenger workouts
by Kim Megson | 30 Nov 2016
Parisian gym-goers could soon be powering scenic boat trips along the River Seine on a fitness vessel that harnesses energy from passengers’ workouts. The Paris Navigating Gym is the latest innovation from architects and researchers Carlo Ratti Associati. They have partnered with non-profit design group Terreform ONE, urban regeneration institute URBEM and fitness firm Technogym to develop the project. The boat – which has been designed in response to a
Floating hotel and bar opens on River Seine in Paris
by Kim Megson | 07 Jul 2016
Citysurfing, a company that makes eco-friendly floating structures, has partnered with the Elegancia Hotel Group to create a hotel and bar located on the River Seine in Paris. Moored at the foot of the Austerlitz railway station, the OFF hotel and bar features 54 rooms, four suites, a bar, a plunge pool and a marina on a floating structure. The hotel is built using architectural floating technology developed by Citysurfing
New bridge to let visitors bounce across the Seine?
by Kath Hudson | 22 Oct 2012
Bouncing and jumping across the Seine on a giant trampoline could be a possibility if plans unveiled by Atelier Zundel Cristea are taken on board. The proposal was put forward for an ideas competition for a new bridge in Paris, which called for a new icon or landmark to add to the 37 bridges across the Seine. “It appears to us that Paris already has the bridges and passages necessary
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