The Garonne splits the city of Bordeaux in two, often viewed as a rift between the right and left banks. Bat3, however, is giving the people of Bordeaux a chance to overcome this division.For many years, Bordeaux residents had to…

Squares (or places in French) play a unifying role in cities. As places where streets and avenues come together, easy-to-find points of reference and meeting places for children, OAPs, lovers and tourists, they allow us all to tak…

Like everyone else in Bordeaux, I was keen to try out the Cité du Vin as we’ve heard so much about it over the last few years. The first thing you notice, outside the building, is the architecture, designed by XTU, it’s not for th…