Standing on the shoulders of giants. AJ 07.2024

Architects' Journal Building Study

Architects' Journal, 2024
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Architects' Journal Building Study

Abstract

The 55m-high Alta Tower, featuring 64 apartments and a ground-floor municipal nursery, overlooks Le Havre's Bassin du Roi and Bassin du Commerce in Auguste Perret’s UNESCO-listed city centre, near key landmarks like Niemeyer’s Le Volcan, city hall, and St Joseph’s Church, and is the latest significant architectural addition, developed through extensive stakeholder collaboration to integrate historical context with modern design while reducing its carbon footprint and incorporating bioclimatic principles. Includes Architects' view, Sustainability data, Project data, Engineer’s view, Working detail. Architect: Hamonic+Masson & Associés.

Author

Williams. F

Subjects

  • Rehabilitation and conversion, housing
  • Building types
  • Housing/residential facilities

Publisher History

First produced in 1895, the Architects' Journal features comprehensive building studies, and in-depth technical articles.

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