a+u's April issue features Bruther, a Paris-based architectural studio
established by Stéphanie Bru and Alexandre Theriot in 2007. Describing
architecture as a "combat sport," the duo rose to international
prominence with the completion in 2014 of Cultural and Sports Center in
the Saint Blaise neighborhood of Paris. Rooted in the cultural geography
of France, the project displays a nuanced mediation of urbanity,
structure, and program that is informed by cosmopolitan currents and the
architects' belief in the malleability of buildings. Twenty-nine
projects, ranging from collective housing and cultural and educational
institutions to pavilions and exhibitions, are presented here to convey
the full extent of Bruther's work
