Manuelle Gautrand uses steps and folds to immerse the audience with film

Every architect loves a good staircase. That’s basically a fact, right? In any case, Manuelle Gautrand’s renovation of the Gaumont Alésia Cinema in the French capital is full of them. Wedged between a seven-storey apartment and a low-rise retail a
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