A shelving unit displaying children's clothes doubles up as a plywood playhouse with a sliding staircase, swinging doors and removable furniture. More »
Tag: Paris
Pop-Out House by Mut Architecture
Aesop Le Marais by Ciguë
Médiathèque Romain Rolland by Philippe Gazeau
Criss-crossing metal beams surround a first floor reading room at a multimedia library near Paris. More »
WasteLandscape by Elise Morin
and Clémence Eliard
An undulating landscape made of 65,000 discarded CDs carpets the floor of the Centquatre art space, housed in a former funeral home in Paris. More »
Café Coutume by Cut Architectures
Tiled surfaces, scientific apparatus and plastic curtains turn this Paris cafe into a coffee laboratory. More »
Nomad by 1/100
This disco-cum-caravan is one of five timber-clad cabins installed by Swiss architects 1/100 in the garden of the Quai Branly Museum, Paris. 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 »
RATP Formation Centre by Stephane Maupin
and Nicolas Hugon
French architects Stephane Maupin and Nicolas Hugon have completed this ship-like building outside Paris as a base for rail and subway employees. 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 »
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 »
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 »
Cultural and Spiritual Russian Orthodox Center
in Paris by Arch group and Sade Sarl
Russian architects Arch-group and French studio Sade Sarl last week won an international competition to design a Russian Orthodox church and cultural centre beside the Eiffel Tower in Paris. More »
Aesop Saint-Honoré by March Studio
The walls, floor and ceiling of this store in Paris by Melbourne practice March Studio are covered by 3,500 pieces of wood. More »