When I stepped into the room where medieval troubadours sang to Eleanor of Aquitaine in Poitiers, my first impulse was to shout. About 160 feet in length, the soaring stone space is capped by a timber ...

In 732 invaders who had swept across North Africa and crossed the straits of Gibraltar to Europe punched northward—eager to capture the entire continent. About a dozen miles north of Poitiers these ...

If last week we met a variety of saints — many of whom from North America — this week we have something of a dearth: most of the weekdays are days in Ordinary Time. Except for Jan. 13, the feast of St ...

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COSA Colboc Sachet architectures has designed a "decarbonated cement and wood" public art school in Poitiers, France. Made for École Européenne Supérieure de l'Image - EESI, the design features a ...

We wished to create a cluster of houses that is both a privacy area and a smoothed porous space, either from the outside or from the inside of the block. A service road irrigates the hearth of the ...