Posted by Djordje Stojanovic 04 Feb 10

0910 Edouard Francois in town

Supernatural NGO brings  Edouard Francois to University of Belgrade where he will be giving a talk at 18h today . The event is a part of the ongoing workshop hosted by 4of7 at KC Grad.
Edouard François and his team of architects and urbanists are working on landscape design and graphic design projects. François became known to the public in 2000 with ‘the building that grows’, built in Montpellier on the banks of the Léz and widely publicised by the ministry of culture’s campaign on quality in architecture, followed by the ‘Flower Tower’ in Paris (a building, bordering a public park, completely veiled in white bamboo) and the ‘Fouquet’s Barrière’ a 80-room hotel, located on the Champs Elysees.
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