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First photos of Odile Decq's just-completed Barcelona debut

2022-06-08T13:39:00-04:00

Odile Decq has just announced the completion of her latest residential tower project called the Antares Barcelona.

Located along the Plaça de Llevant and characterized by a brilliant black, red, and white color scheme and layers of curved terraces, the tower rises 26 floors above Barcelona’s Museo Blau and Blue Flag Mediterranean beaches to hold 88 residential units in what is the French architect’s first-ever Barcelona design.

Image © Fernando Guerra

Each unit was personally designed by Decq and includes a suite of amenities. Per the architect, “This includes a 1,000-square-meter wellness area with a gym, steam rooms & sauna, green wall, indoor pool, yoga cocoon pods, a Sky Terrace with a rooftop infinity pool providing 360° unobstructed views of Barcelona, and a fully landscaped garden and outdoor pavilion.”

Image © Pere Peris

Image © Fernando Guerra

Decq said she set out to design a “truly innovative b...

Online events today feature Odile Decq, public space & the tiny house movement

2020-05-05T07:35:00-04:00

Looking for some inspiration? Today's list of featured online events from our recently launched Virtual Event Guide include a lecture by French architect, urban planner and academic Odile Decq; a conversation on public space, hosted by Indy Design Week, and featuring Donna Sink and Quilian Riano; and an AIA-NY-hosted webinar on the tiny house movement.

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Odile Decq Guest Lecture at Athabasca University RAIC Centre for Architecture
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 | 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM MDT
Athabasca University, in Athabasca, Alberta, Canada, is hosting an online lecture with Odile Decq, French architect, urban planner and academic.
Click here to attend and/or register

Homeworks: Public Space
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM E...

Images of Odile Decq's first residential building in Barcelona are unveiled

2019-12-11T12:15:00-05:00

Famed French architect Odile Decq reveals images of her first residential project in Barcelona. The studio is responsible for designing the interiors as well as the architecture for the luxury residential tower that is located along the Mediterranean Sea. According to Decq and her team each residential home within the tower is "designed with sensory, visionary living in mind."

Its exterior exhibits bold red color accents and curved terraces while it's interiors and furnished pieces, also designed by Decq, ring true to the architect's desires to bridge her evocative yet gentle approach to design. According to a press statement, Decq was chosen for the project by the tower's developer Luxenborg-based Shaftsbury due to the "bold and dramatic architectural statement" Decq would deliver.

Women in Architecture Awards recognize Odile Decq and Julia Peyton-Jones

2016-02-26T18:30:00-05:00

Odile Decq has won the Jane Drew Prize and Julia Peyton-Jones has been awarded the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize in the annual Women in Architecture Awards. The judges described Odile Decq as ‘a creative powerhouse, spirited breaker of rules and advocate of equality’. [...] The judges celebrated Julia Peyton-Jones’ ‘incredible global impact achieved with limited resources – and as someone who has done so much to nurture architectural vision and make architecture available to many people’.

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