stéphane malka to plug cube extensions into parisian building — designboom.com

old buildings in paris lack energy performance due to the presence of thermal bridges, bad insulation, and the old standard windows. with the idea of optimizing their properties, the co-owners of a building located in the 16th arrondissement of paris commissioned stéphane malka architecture to enlarge their apartments and bring more natural light in. this resulted in a complicated task as the ‘alur law’ — which relaxed planning laws, particularly those for rooftops — does not allow structures to be raised.

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