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LE FRESNOY FEATURED ON THE COVER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW’S JULY/AUGUST (2025) ISSUE ABOUT ADAPTIVE REUSE

18 July 2025

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LE FRESNOY FEATURED ON THE COVER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW’S JULY/AUGUST (2025) ISSUE ABOUT ADAPTIVE REUSE

Designed and constructed between 1991-1997, Le Fresnoy is among the case studies revisited by The Architectural Review as an important reference in the history of adaptive reuse.

 

The innovative design—an experimental arts center and school near Lille, France—famously repurposed a 1920s leisure complex by covering it with a giant metal canopy. The strategy of the big roof protected and supported the existing buildings while generating novel juxtapositions and movement vectors, including the creation of an in-between space of suspended catwalks.

 

For more info: https://www.architectural-review.com/ar-1523