ARCHITECTURE Nadia Bouzid ARCHITECTURE Nadia Bouzid

It’s fragile, feminine, nourished by intuition, ambiguity . . . and a lot of anxiety. Words by Rudy Ricciotti describing The Jean Cocteau Museum in Menton

The Jean Cocteau Museum in Menton was designed by the Algerian born architect Rudy Ricciotti. It plays a very beautiful game with the sun in the summer creating a bold shadow symphony by the ocean.

"Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious" -Jean Cocteau

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ARCHITECTURE Nadia Bouzid ARCHITECTURE Nadia Bouzid

10 Farnsworth

Located in the heart of Boston’s Fort Point Channel Landmark district, CBT’s design of 10 Farnsworth emerged from the desire to create a building that both acknowledges the neighborhood’s industrial past and celebrates its modern identity. The result is a six-story, 30,000-square-foot residential building that marries traditional building form with contemporary material expression, resulting in an elegant addition to one of Boston’s most historic districts. The design completes the streetscape with ground-level retail wrapping the corner of the block and a 40-foot long original art wall, created by a local artist.

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ARCHITECTURE Nadia Bouzid ARCHITECTURE Nadia Bouzid

The Heat’s Waterfront Deal

AmericanAirlines Arena has a waterfront address, and Miami-Dade County bought the land. In early 1998, the county paid the City of Miami $37.6 million for 17 acres, including the larger site around the arena. Construction began that year, and the building opened on December 31, 1999.

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ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN Nadia Bouzid ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN Nadia Bouzid

City View Parking garage has two facades that follow the late Morris Lapidus' style. By using a modern kind of Brise-Soleil

Like many other architectural designs in Miami, the use of Brise-Soleil as a building’s facade, serves to cater to our tropical climate. Morris Lapidus was one of the pioneers of this design element in Florida. The recently opened Nike in Lincoln Road has a beautiful Brise-Soleil Facade by Touzet Studio

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