Hot pink and orange paintwork accentuate niches in the wooden facade of this school designed by French office Dominique Coulon & Associés for the Parisian suburb of Colombes (+ slideshow). More about Bark cladding and clashing colours create "joyful chaos" in school by Dominique Coulon & Associés
An aluminium foam staircase doglegs up the centre of Italian jewellery brand Repossi's flagship store, designed by Dutch architecture firm OMA on Paris' exclusive Place Vendôme (+ slideshow). More about OMA uses coloured mirrors and aluminium foam for Repossi Vendôme store interior
Paris firm Belus & Hénocq Architectes has added a timber-clad educational centre and student dormitory to a boarding school, which sits in a landscaped park in the Saint-Denis area of Paris (+ slideshow). More about Timber and glass dormitory building nestles among trees in a Paris park
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has renovated a cafe inside the Louvre in Paris, adding modern pink acrylic light fixtures that contrast with their historical surrounds (+ slideshow). More about Mathieu Lehanneur adds pink light fittings to interior of Louvre's Cafe Mollien
A gabled cabin by architecture studio Atelier Bow-Wow and a faceted pod by artist Didier Faustino have been installed inside a Parisian gallery as part of an exhibition about imaginary worlds. More about Atelier Bow-Wow and Didier Faustino create glowing wooden shelters for Paris exhibition
A 1960s-inspired window wall fronts this extension to a psychiatric institute in Paris by Local firm Atelier 2+1 (+ slideshow). More about Atelier 2+1 adds glazed extension to Parisian psychiatric hospital
Beijing studio MAD has revealed plans for a Parisian housing block surrounded by undulating balconies, which is set to become the firm's first residential project in Europe (+ slideshow). More about MAD unveils Parisian housing block with curvy floors and balconies
French artist Daniel Buren has covered the glass sails of Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton building in Paris with an array of multicoloured filters (+ slideshow). More about Daniel Buren colours the sails of Frank Gehry's Fondation Louis Vuitton
French firm Antonini Darmon has completed a social housing block near Paris, featuring a white concrete facade surrounded on all sides by rows of arch-fronted balconies (+ slideshow). More about Colonnades line the terraces of Antonini Darmon's Arches Boulogne apartments
Photo essay: American photographer Scott Benedict has travelled to the outskirts of Paris to photograph a little-known concrete housing estate, designed by French architects Jean Renaudie and Rénée Gailhoustet (+ slideshow). More about Scott Benedict captures the raw concrete of the Cité Rateau housing estate in Paris
Architecture firm ANMA has completed a new Paris headquarters for France's Department of Defence, featuring a faceted roofscape that extends to the ground around the entrance (+ slideshow). More about France's Department of Defence headquarters features an origami-like metal roof
German designer Konstantin Grcic has created a set of seats based on furniture in a 15th-century Italian artwork, which are on show at Galerie Kreo in Paris. More about Konstantin Grcic references Renaissance painting with Hieronymus seating for Paris exhibition
Amanda Levete's studio AL_A has been selected ahead of OMA and Farshid Moussavi Architecture to carry out a "visionary metamorphosis" of the century-old Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris. More about Amanda Levete selected to remodel Paris' Galeries Lafayette department store
Geometric furniture complements the Cubist stylings of this Paris house by Moussafir Architectes, which also features a weathering steel facade and a large pivoting door (+ slideshow). More about Moussafir Architectes builds Cubist-influenced house in Paris
Flooring made from concrete, wood and two types of tile helps to define the various rooms inside this Paris apartment, which has been renovated by local architecture studio Septembre (+ slideshow). More about Septembre adds a variety of floor finishes to renovated Parisian apartment
The Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris is showing 10 new designs by Humberto and Fernando Campana, including a table created using traditional marquetry techniques and an armchair made out of furry eyes (+ slideshow). More about Campana brothers show new work at Manufatura solo exhibition in Paris
London studio Brinkworth has overhauled the interior of an old building in Paris to create a retail space for New York streetwear brand Supreme (+ slideshow). More about Brinkworth designs "honed and clean" interior for Supreme Paris store
A long-awaited cultural centre designed by architects Patrick Berger and Jacques Anziutti is nearing completion on the site of Les Halles – a historic Parisian marketplace demolished in the 1970s. More about Les Halles to reopen as glass-roofed cultural centre and shopping complex
French designer Patrick Norguet has paired raw concrete and sheet metal with colourful ceiling-mounted light boxes to create an unusual interior for this McDonald's on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. More about Patrick Norguet gives "truly novel" makeover to McDonald's in Paris
The concrete structure of an old printing factory in Paris has been exposed by DAS Studio as part of the building's transformation into a studio for spinning classes (+ slideshow). More about DAS Studio converts Parisian printing factory into indoor cycling studio