Beneath a wide skylight, a white spiralling staircase descends the three storeys of this high school in Lille by French architects Tank. More »
Tag: France
Cité de l’Océan et du Surf by Steven Holl
and Solange Fabião
Steven Holl Architects have collaborated with Brazilian architect Solange Fabião on this wave-shaped museum of the sea in Biarritz, France, which opened this week. More »
Leviathan by Anish Kapoor
Following our previous story about a labia-like staircase, these images by French photographer Stefan Tuchila illustrate the womb-like orbs created by artist Anish Kapoor in the Grand Palais, Paris. More »
Housing and gallery on Bastille Place
by [BP] Architectures
This apartment block with a pleated facade of golden aluminium by French studio [BP] Architectures faces the Place de la Bastille, Paris. More »
Josephine Baker schools by Dominique
Coulon & Associés
This group of schools outside Paris by French architects Dominique Coulon & Associés has walls, ceilings and details picked out in bright orange. More »
St Hilaire church in Melle by Mathieu Lehanneur
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has added stacked layers of white marble to create a podium in this Romanesque church in France. More »
HI matic by Matali Crasset with Patrick Elouarghi
and Philippe Chatelet
French designer Matali Crasset has created this Paris hotel in collaboration with Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chatelet, where visitors check-in, order food and exchange tips on the city with other guests via the hotel's online system and a plethora of screens throughout the building. More »
Une Architecture at the Mobile Art Pavilion
by Zaha Hadid
An exhibition of work by London architect Zaha Hadid has opened inside her Mobile Art Pavilion (see our earlier story), which has found its permanent home in Paris having toured New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong since 2008. More »
EDF Archives Centre by LAN Architecture
Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these pictures of an archives centre designed by Paris studio LAN Architecture, which has an exterior of stainless steel studs set into earth-coloured concrete to reflect the colour and texture of the surrounding French landscape. More »
Notre Dame Rosary Church by ENIA Architects
Stained glass panels perforate the exterior wall of this church in Paris by ENIA Architects, creating rectangles of colour on the interior of the double-height nave. More »
Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes
French practice Moussafir Architectes have completed this refurbishment and extension of a house in the Parisian suburbs, adding deep larch wood window frames. More »
The Orange Cube by Jakob + Macfarlane
This orange cube with two large round holes carved out of it is a design showroom in Lyon, France, by Paris studio Jakob + Macfarlane. More »
Belle Iloise House by Opus 5
Paris studio Opus 5 Architects have completed this island house in Brittany, France, featuring a glazed façade with sections covered by stone screens. More »
Le Petit Prince Nursery School by Carlos Barba
Architect Carlos Barba of French studio AR+TE Architectes has completed this nursery school with an undulating roof in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France. More »
Rennes Métropole Crematorium by Plan01
Paris studio Plan01 Architects have completed a crematorium in Rennes, France, featuring a series of circular structures surrounded by a ring of granite blocks. More »