Designed to offer a "landmark" in an otherwise mundane part of Paris, this sport and culture centre by Bruther features a multi-layered facade that varies in transparency to suit the various activities it contains (+ slideshow). More about Bruther slots curving community centre into crowded Paris neighbourhood
Over 1000 inflated and illuminated latex gloves appeared to reach out from the surface of a French lake in this installation by Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus (+ slideshow). More about Luzinterruptus creates "weird and sinister" lighting installation using floating latex gloves
A grid of white concrete frames the alternating glass and timber walls of this library in a French village by Studio 02 Architectes (+ slideshow). More about French village library by Studio 02 Architectes presents a gridded facade of wood and glass
A beam of orange light slices through a blacked-out gallery inside Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton building, in an exhibition by Olafur Eliasson that aims to skew viewers' perceptions of space (+ slideshow). More about Olafur Eliasson's immersive light installations inhabit Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton
An aluminium and glass box sits over a long stone wall to form the facade of this mining heritage centre in the French village of Banca, by Toulouse studio V2S (+ slideshow). More about Mining museum by V2S contrasts a traditional stone wall with a metal box
Triangular skylights set into a faceted stainless-steel roof direct daylight into the reading room of this library that Tank Architectes has completed in a converted police station in France (+ slideshow). More about Metallic polygonal roof tops La Madeleine library by Tank Architectes
MenoMenoPiu Architects says its concept to reinvigorate the Seine with a string of capsule homes on stilts could help prevent Paris from becoming a "city museum" (+ slideshow). More about MenoMenoPiu Architects proposes capsule hotel along the Seine
Hinged shutters fold up and down over the windows of this monochromatic care home near Paris by French studio Naud & Poux (+ slideshow). More about Concertina shutters shade the windows of Naud & Poux's Paris retirement home
This row of timber-clad boxes projecting from an artificial grassy slope in France contains the teaching facilities of an apprentice training centre by architects Marjan Hessamfar and Joe Vérons (+ slideshow). More about Mont-de-Marsan education centre comprises wooden boxes hovering over a forest floor
A new wall of glazing allows daylight to reflect off the original blue-painted bleachers and onto the ceiling of this swimming pool in the Paris suburb of Bagneux, which has been renovated and extended by Dominique Coulon et Associés (+ slideshow). More about Refurbished Paris swimming pool features blue bleachers and an outdoor sunbathing deck
The gaping hole in the centre of this office block in Paris was designed by MVRDV to preserve views of another local building (+ slideshow). More about MVRDV's Pushed Slab office block has a huge hole in its middle
This concrete oval, designed by Parisian architect Philippe Prost to be "the colour of war", stretches out across the site of one of the world's largest French military cemeteries to commemorate the centenary of the First World War (+ slideshow). More about Philippe Prost's elliptical concrete memorial marks the centenary of World War I
News: Herzog & de Meuron's proposal for the first new skyscraper in Paris for over 40 years has been rejected by councillors in a controversial decision that has been declared invalid by the city's Socialist Party mayor.
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News: Swiss firms MLZD and Sollberger Bögli have been named as the winners of a competition organised by the City of Lausanne to design a 12,000-seat football stadium. More about MLZD and Sollberger Bögli win competition to design new Lausanne football stadium
Pale wooden window frames contrast with the black-stained cedar facades of this extension to a detached house in Nantes by French studio Bertin Bichet Architectes (+ slideshow). More about Nantes house extension contrasts blackened wood facades with pale window frames
Lengths of transparent film and sticky tape wrap around the concrete columns of Paris gallery Palais de Tokyo to form a network of hollows and tunnels in an installation by Numen/For Use (+ slideshow). More about Numen/For Use creates inhabitable "corporeal" installation with sticky tape
American architects Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio have created an installation inside the Fondation Cartier in Paris by Jean Nouvel, adding a "leak" in the ceiling with drops of water that trigger a series of reactions across two gallery spaces (+ slideshow). More about Diller and Scofidio create "mischievous" leak inside Jean Nouvel's glass gallery
A spiky red wall reminiscent of a cartoon explosion is one of two installations that French artist Didier Faustino has inserted in the grounds of a 1950s villa designed by architect and sculptor André Bloc (+ slideshow). More about Didier Faustino adds "explosive architectural installation" to André Bloc's 1950s villa
A crumpled white shell patterned with tiny perforations wraps around this cluster of small-scale buildings by French studio RH+ that form a children's centre in Paris (+ slideshow). More about RH+ creates daycare centre with a crumpled facade
This small house in the French city of Tours by local architecture office Atelier 100architecture features a material palette of zinc panels, plaster and wooden boards that references its historical neighbours. More about Atelier 100architecture slots contemporary house into French medieval city centre