Celine creative director Hedi Slimane channelled "French elegance" when designing the latest Celine boutique in central Paris, which features expanses of brass and marble as well as Slimane-designed furniture. More about Celine recalls "vintage spirit" at Rue Saint-Honoré boutique
French practice Bruno Gaudin Architectes has completed a 15-year project to renovate and open up the historic rue de Richelieu site of the National Library of France in Paris, incorporating new public routes and spaces. More about Bruno Gaudin Architectes completes 15-year transformation of National Library of France
Danish architecture practice 3XN has completed a blocky office building and hotel in the suburbs of Paris, with "distinct but complementary" faceted checkerboard facades of bronze-coloured and reflective aluminium. More about 3XN completes aluminium-clad hotel and office overlooking La Défense in Paris
Designers Antoine Behaghel and Alexis Foiny have created sculptural olive wood furniture based solely on drawings by children for a Galerie Philia exhibition. More about Design Brut: Philia & Kids showcases sculptural furniture designed by "rather wise" children
Kengo Kuma and Associates has completed a major extension to the Paris museum of late philanthropist Albert Kahn, which holds a historic collection of 72,000 photographs from around the world. More about Kengo Kuma adds Japanese-influenced wing to Musée Albert Kahn in Paris
Local architecture office TAA has completed House M in Toulouse, France, featuring a glass-and-concrete extension that contrasts with the existing brick-clad chartreuse-style dwelling. More about TAA adds contemporary extension to traditional Toulouse chartreuse house
A curved, twisting shell of textured aluminium plates covers Espace Mayenne in Laval, France, a multifunctional sports and entertainment venue designed by local practice Hérault Arnod Architectures. More about Hérault Arnod Architectures completes aluminium-clad sports centre in France
The Green Pavilion, a glass pavilion with a pyramidal roof, was designed by architect Odile Decq to evoke historic orangeries and installed in the Jardin des Tuileries as part of the Paris+ par Art Basel art fair. More about Studio Odile Decq's minimalist glass pavilion recalls traditional greenhouses
The Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics has unveiled its mascots for the upcoming sports event in the form of two cartoon-style characters shaped like traditional Phrygian caps, which signified freedom during the French Revolution. More about Paris 2024 reveals pair of French Revolution hats as Olympic and Paralympic Games mascots
Moveable furnishings crafted from old ship sails and plywood offcuts appear throughout the École Camondo Méditerranée design school in Toulon with interiors by French practice Emilieu Studio. More about Emilieu Studio uses local materials to form mobile furniture in Toulon design school
The French Senate has approved a bill requiring all large parking lots across France to be topped with solar canopies in the next six years, which are predicted to generate as much energy as 10 nuclear reactors. More about Solar panels to cover all large car parks in France under new mandate
Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. More about Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss
French architect Jean-Christophe Quinton has decorated a Parisian social housing project built on the site of a demolished police station with a curvy limestone facade. More about Scalloped facade fronts Parisian social housing block by Jean-Christophe Quinton
A pair of hill-like buildings define Ascension Paysagère, a French housing project that Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has created on the riverside in the west of Rennes. More about MVRDV creates hill-like housing for "variety of income levels" in France
Greek artist Andreas Angelidakis has scattered soft, digitally-printed temple ruins around the Espace Niemeyer in Paris for his Center for the Critical Appreciation of Antiquity exhibition. More about Andreas Angelidakis fills Espace Niemeyer with "soft ruins"
French design agency Chzon has added archways and fountains that reference iconic Parisian monuments to a departure lounge at the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. More about Chzon studio designs airport departure hall to reference Parisian life
French studio Ateliers Jean Nouvel has designed the 180- and 125-metre-high Tours Duo skyscrapers to "create a character" for eastern Paris. More about Ateliers Jean Nouvel completes pair of inclined skyscrapers in Paris
A glazed skin hangs from a timber exoskeleton at this office building in France by French studio GRAAM Architecture, which has been shortlisted in the business building category of Dezeen Awards 2022. More about GRAAM Architecture wraps Burgundy office building in timber exoskeleton and "glass veil"
Fashion house Balenciaga has opened a couture store with smoked-glass-panelled walls in the same building as its original couture salon in Paris. More about Balenciaga opens tinted-glass couture store beneath historic Paris atelier
Thick carpets, mirrored panels and fabric-covered walls populate this clothing store in Paris designed by Belgian architect Bernard Dubois. More about Bernard Dubois incorporates nightclub references into Courrèges' Paris store