Four teams including architects Amanda Levete, Carlo Ratti and Junya Ishigami are vying to improve facilities at the Eiffel Tower, in time for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. More
The lamp that Moustache created for French national railway service SNCF is now available to buy and, to mark the occasion, the Parisian design brand has released a series of movies featuring huge furry characters. More
Architect Ariel Claudet has introduced a network of copper pipes to an otherwise simple studio apartment in Paris, to help it stand out on Airbnb. More
Here's a look at eight of the buildings that will make up the BIG-masterplanned EuropaCity district, set to be built on the outskirts of Paris. More
White concrete towers are reflected in a series of pools in Steven Holl's competition-winning design for the Le Musée des Collectionneurs in Angers, France. More
Artist Sterling Ruby has designed the paint-splashed interiors of Calvin Klein's new Paris headquarters. More
Dominique Coulon & Associés has completed a sports centre for a school in Strasbourg, featuring a pair of double-height halls that project upwards from a concrete-and-glass base. More
Philippe Starck has revealed plans to build a 14-storey hotel in the French city of Metz, with an 18th-century-style house on the roof. More
Skidmore Owings and Merrill has proposed a 180-metre skyscraper in Paris that is designed to be zero-energy, and accessible via a garden bridge leading from the River Seine. More
Our latest Dezeen x MINI Living video features a proposal by Malka Architecture to improve the energy efficiency of a Parisian apartment building, by attaching boxy, parasitic extensions to its exterior. More
UNStudio has won a competition to design a new cinema and cultural centre with weathering steel walls and green roofs as part of BIG's EuropaCity masterplan on the outskirts of Paris. More
Dutch firm OMA has revealed its design for a six-sided courthouse in Lille, France, which will feature sheer facades of coloured glass. More
A 1910s barge, fitted out by Le Corbusier to be a homeless shelter for the Salvation Army, has sank during flooding of the Seine river in Paris. More
Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira has completed a church in the Brittany region of France, featuring a sculptural composition of intersecting concrete forms. More
The French operator of the Channel Tunnel has given the Boris bridge proposal a boast, by writing a letter to the UK prime minster in support of a second permanent connection between England and France. More
Stacked white, concrete volumes conceal the vibrant red, pink and orange interior of this theatre in the former mining town of Freyming-Merlebach by Dominique Coulon & Associés. More
The escalators of Parisian department store Le Bon Marché appear to have been tied in a knot in this installation by Argentian artist Leandro Erlich. More
Paris-based Atelier Lavit built this treehouse around the trunk of a century-old oak in Raray, France, basing its design of criss-crossing timbers on a bird's nest. More
Parisian artists and gallery owners have penned an open letter opposing the installation of a sculpture by Jeff Koons, describing the monument as "shocking and unwelcome". More
A tower with undulating, tree-covered canopies by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto forms part of this competition-winning €275 million masterplan for a new neighbourhood in Nice, France. More