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Aerial view of La Grande-Motte, the French coastal city designed by Jean Balladur, showing its pyramid-shaped buildings, marina and extensive green landscape.

Architecture, Cities, Research, Sustainability

A City Designed to Finish Itself La Grande Motte

By Göksel Özer

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La Grande-Motte reveals Jean Balladur's vision of a climate-responsive city, where architecture, landscape and public life were designed as one system.

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climate-responsive design, Editor's Picks, French Architecture, Jean Balladur, La Grande Motte, Mission Racine, New Ways of Living, Public Space, urban planning

Urban Continuity Laiva Plaza

Architecture, Editor’s Picks, Studio Voices

Urban Continuity Through Architecture – Laiva Plaza

By Göksel Özer

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Atrium design, Case Studies, Editor's Picks, Laiva Plaza, mexico architecture, natural materials, Public space architecture, San José del Cabo architecture, Terracotta, Urban circulation, urban planning