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Demain nos villes — 30 Projects for Neighbourhoods
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Opening of the Haras Park in Annecy
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Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine — Tomorrow’s Cities: 30 Projects for Urban Neighbourhoods
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Korea International Architecture Festival 2025
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Architectural tour of the Salève Cable Car
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Ensa Paris-Val de Seine — Adaptations: Stories of Architecture
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EPFL — ENAC Research Day 2025
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Ensa Paris Belleville — Adaptations
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Construction Moderne — Téléphérique du Salève, un saut dans le paysage
Sometimes called Geneva’s balcony, Mount Salève is located in Haute-Savoie, on the French-Swiss border. It overlooks the Genevois region and the entire Lake Geneva basin. Long reserved for seasoned hikers, it saw a surge in visitors with the construction of a rack railway in 1892, which was replaced in 1932…
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exé n°62 — Téléphérique du Salève, an Inhabited Infrastructure
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AMC n°328 — Devaux & Devaux : Upper Station of the Téléphérique du Salève
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Le Monde — Le téléphérique du Salève, architecture du vertige
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do.co,mo.mo — Villa E-1027
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CRÉE — Une histoire naturelle et culturelle : dd.a
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d’a n° 321 — L’imaginaire comme patrimoine : Réhabilitation du téléphérique du Salève
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Le Moniteur n°6329 — Au chevet d’une œuvre inachevée
‘Modernity, an unfinished project’ was the title of an exhibition held in 1982 at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. A definition that would equally well suit the upper station of the Mont Salève cable car, standing in Monnetier-Mornex (Haute-Savoie). Designed by the Swiss architect Maurice Braillard (1879–1965)…
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Atrium Patrimoine 101— Gravir la montagne
First inaugurated in the 19th century by a rack railway, access to Mont Salève was renewed in 1932 with the construction of a cable car reaching some 1,100 metres in altitude. The Swiss architect Maurice Braillard designed an unusual, futuristic-looking arrival station, projecting out over the void and offering a spectacular panorama over the Lake Geneva basin…
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Le Monde — En architecture, l’Équerre d’argent 2024 célèbre la réhabilitation
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Connaissance des arts — Le grand prix de l’Équerre d’argent 2024 was awarded to the upper station of the téléphérique du Salève
On 18 November, the magazines Le Moniteur and AMC awarded their annual architecture prize, the Équerre d’Argent. This year, the jury, chaired by architect and urban planner Iwona Buczkowska, selected the rehabilitation project of the upper station of the Téléphérique du Salève in Monnetier-Mornex, Haute-Savoie…
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AMC n°327 — Équerre d’argent 2024 : le palmarès complet
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Le Figaro — l’Équerre d’argent 2024 celebrates a cable car station, praising its context, efficiency, and beauty
Équerre d’Argent 2024: the rehabilitation of the upper station of the Salève cable car in Monnetier-Mornex (Haute-Savoie), by Devaux & Devaux Architectes (DDA) with the local cross-border Salève Cable Car Cooperative as the client…
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Getty Conservation Institute — Conserving Modern Architecture
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Libération — L’Équerre d’argent 2024 récompense la gare d’un téléphérique en Haute-Savoie
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ENSA Versailles — E-1027 : Innovations dans le diagnostic et les traitements de restauration
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Le Moniteur — Rehabilitation: A Bridge in the Sky
In Haute-Savoie, the restoration of the upper station of the Mont Salève cable car has restored to its architecture the purity of the original 1930s design and re-established a direct relationship…
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Archiscopie 33 — Matériau diabolique et matières bénites
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A’A’ — Réhabilitation et Patrimoine
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Maisons rêvées — 40 maisons d’architectes Made in France
Dedicated to architects’ houses in France, Maisons rêvées presents a richly illustrated overview of French domestic architecture, featuring 40 houses built…
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École de Chaillot — La Villa E-1027 à Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
Claudia Devaux gave a lecture on Villa E-1027 from the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine.
The online talk was moderated by Benoît Melon, with contributions from Renaud Barrès…
The online talk was moderated by Benoît Melon, with contributions from Renaud Barrès…
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AMC n°282 — Maison M : Volets papillons en tasseaux de bois
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Le Moniteur — À l’Équerre d’argent, justesse et modestie au sommet
Awarded on 18 November in Paris, the 42nd Équerre d’Argent recognises the rehabilitation of the upper station of the Salève Cable Car in Monnetier-Mornex, Haute-Savoie. The jury, chaired by Iwona Buczkowska, praised the virtuosity and humility of the approach…
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Maison de l’architecture de Haute-Savoie — Architectures : Histoires naturelles et culturelles
dd.a draws on its dual expertise to develop restoration, transformation, and new-build projects. Its approach is based on a detailed analysis of each site — its history and its evolution — in order to understand its…
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Tribune de Genève — Le téléphérique du Salève reçoit une prestigieuse récompense d’architecture
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SAFA — Travaux de réhabilitation de la gare haute du Téléphérique du Salève, construit par Maurice Braillard en 1932
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CAUE de Haute-Savoie — Analyser, comprendre, rénover et transformer l’architecture du XXe siècle
No century has produced as many buildings or spatial innovations as the 20th century, nor experienced such technical developments. We have inherited a heritage of great richness and diversity. However, most of these ageing structures now require renovation, rehabilitation, optimisation, transformation, or adaptation.
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EPFL — Enseigner la sauvegarde
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Le Monde — La villa E-1027 d’Eileen Gray rouvre ses volets pour l’été
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ICOMOS — Restauration des Maisons Jaoul de Le Corbusier
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Association Valorisons Wimereux — Esprit des lieux et création
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ICOMOS — Les ensembles menuisés des Maisons Jaoul — Le rôle du restaurateur
Claudia Devaux, heritage architect, and Sylvain Oudry, wood restoration specialist, gave a lecture on « Les ensembles menuisés des Maisons Jaoul — le rôle du restaurateur ». It took place during the study day « Les fenêtres au XXe siècle, un enjeu pour la restauration — maisons et immeubles », organised by ICOMOS France, groupe XXe, at the Médiathèque de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine in Charenton-le-Pont (94).
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Centre des Monuments Nationaux — E 1027, Renaissance d’une maison en bord de mer
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Le Temps — À Genève, le téléphérique du Salève va retrouver ses couleurs
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ENSA Nancy — Créer - Transformer - Restaurer
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La Galerie d’Architecture — L’Esprit des lieux
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France Bleu — Le projet de transformation du haras d’Annecy dévoilé
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Le Courrier de l’Architecte — Claudia Devaux, dd.a et la double culture architecturale
She is dressed in black, and her elegant trench coat readily betrays a sudden arrival in the south. While the sky over Paris is grey, at Cap Martin it is bright with sunshine. Claudia Devaux is an architect, and her firm is located at 9 rue de la Forge Royale in the 11th arrondissement of the capital…
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Tribune de Genève — Le téléphérique du Salève sera transfiguré en 2021
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Monumental — La villa E-1027
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Journal de Veyrier — Téléphérique métamorphosé en 2021
The lower and upper stations are to be transformed. The stakes are high, given the increase in traffic on the cable car but also because of the heritage value of the building, which has just been listed as a Historic Monument…
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Actualité de la scénographie n°219 — Le Paul B : forteresse culturelle
The wood of its façade does not fade. The Paul Bailliart Cultural Centre (or Paul B, to insiders), a contemporary music venue in Massy (92), was rehabilitated just over ten years ago. A functional building, built to last. It is a wooden monolith, with its various planes following one another like the multiple facets of a fold…
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France Bleu — Le téléphérique du Salève va être rénové
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Léman Bleu — Le téléphérique du Salève va se transformer
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TSAM, Docomomo — Villa E-1027 : Work in progress
