Architects MVRDV have shown residents of Bordeaux their plans to extend the city by inviting them to walk between rows of model houses on stilts (+ slideshow). More »
Bastide Niel on Miroir d'Eau in Bordeaux
by MVRDV
Tag: France
Bastide Niel on Miroir d'Eau in Bordeaux
Lycée Georges Frêche by
Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have completed a school for hotel management in Montepellier, France, clad in anodized aluminum triangles and punctured by 5000 unique triangular windows. More »
RBC Design Centre Montpellier
by Jean Nouvel
Architect Jean Nouvel has completed a design showroom in Montpellier where furniture and homewares are caged behind chain link fencing. More »
Une Maison sur la Maison
by THE Architectes
A mysterious black gable frames two new bedrooms on the roof of a house in the outskirts of Paris. More »
L'Observatoire
by CLP Architectes
This woodland observatory by architecture collective CLP Architectes is a patchwork of square wooden panels and windows. More »
Water Light Graffiti by Antonin Forneau
for DigitalArti Artlab
Spraying a wall with water creates graffiti with tiny points of light instead of paint in this installation by French artist Antonin Forneau (+ movie). More »
Reframe by Paul Scales
and Atelier Kit
Different views of a courtyard were framed by this temporary installation in Montpellier, France, by Dutch architecture office Paul Scales and French architecture and design studio Atelier Kit (+ slideshow). More »
Pierres Vives
by Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid has completed a streamlined concrete and glass building for three government departments in Montpellier, France (+ slideshow). More »
IKEA Lounge at
Charles de Gaulle airport
Music School Louviers extension
by Opus 5
TeleTech call centre
by MVRDV
Housing in La Courrouze
by Philippe Gazeau
Balconies of these two apartment blocks in northwest France by architect Philippe Gazeau protrude like a set of open drawers. More »
Escale Numérique by
Mathieu Lehanneur
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has created a series of Wi-Fi stations in Paris where people can sit down to use their laptops or access local information via a large screen. More »
Air France Business Lounge by Brandimage
and Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance
French designer Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance and branding agency Brandimage have created a park-like business lounge at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, with branching pathways and tree-shaped lights. More »
Housing in Sète by Colboc Franzen
& Associés
Architects Colboc Franzen & Associés have masked the facade and balconies of three apartment blocks in the south of France behind curved galvanised-steel grids. More »