Instead of applying coloured pigments to these vases, Scottish designer Dean Brown has placed the powder in glass tubes and suspended it away from the undecorated surfaces (+ slideshow). More about Glazing pigments and vases kept separate for A Matter of Colour exhibition
A plywood storage wall stores and displays furniture, ingredients and cooking apparatus at this Paris culinary workshop by architecture studio Septembre (+ slideshow). More about Tools and furniture hook onto a plywood wall in Paris cookery classroom by Septembre
Installations formed by blending coloured lights, and a lamp based on jellyfish were produced by Dutch designer Dennis Parren for the Biennale Internationale Design Saint-Etienne 2015 (+ movie). More about Dennis Parren creates colourful lighting installations for Saint-Etienne design biennial
A wavy roof shelters paths and patios as it meanders through the woodland surrounding this timber-clad school in the French town of Briis-sous-Forges (+ slideshow). More about MU Architecture and Archicop's French school winds around trees with a wiggly roof
Paris firm LAN Architecture has renovated a group of Brutalist housing blocks in Bordeaux, France, adding sliding polycarbonate windows that create an ever-changing facade (+ slideshow). More about LAN Architecture reclads Bordeaux tower blocks with translucent windows that slide back and forth
MVRDV's Winy Maas explains how the hollow centre he created at the heart of a Paris office block allows passersby a privileged view into the movements of a financial services company, in the latest movie from our exclusive series (+ movie). More about Winy Maas: an "open heart" reveals the inner workings of MVRDV's Pushed Slab office block
An old submarine base in Bordeaux provided the site for this docklands housing complex by Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés, where homes and gardens are arranged on either side of a glazed atrium (+ slideshow). More about Housing at old Bordeaux submarine base boasts climate-controlled atrium filled with gardens
Photographer Alicja Dobrucka recently stayed at and photographed Sainte Marie de La Tourette, the 1960s Dominican convent near Lyon, France, designed by Le Corbusier. We spoke to Dobrucka about her trip to the building that "looks and feels very much like a Baroque bunker" (+ slideshow + interview). More about Alicja Dobrucka photographs Le Corbusier's "random and eccentric" La Tourette
A layer of glass louvres wraps this Paris sports centre by Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes, forming a semi-transparent facade that controls the amount of light, heat and ventilation entering the building (+ slideshow). More about Jules Ladoumègue Sports Centre features a facade of moving glass shutters
A team headed up by British firm Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has been selected to design a new conservation and storage centre for the Musée du Louvre, housing 250,000 works of art. More about Rogers Stirk Harbour to design conservation facility for Musée du Louvre
This beachside cafe and toilet block by French studio Link Architectes is built into a grassy bank by the Loire River near Saint-Étienne, France (+ slideshow). More about Beachfront facilities building by Link Architectes nestles into a slope near Saint-Étienne
The research arm of Dutch studio OMA created a 1990s-style nightclub in Paris to host a one-off event for fashion brand Miu Miu (+ slideshow). More about AMO designs pop-up Miu Miu Club for fashion event in Paris
Narrow strips of pine stripe the facades of this housing development on the outskirts of Paris, making it look like a timber cage has been lowered over the upper floors of each building (+ slideshow). More about Paris housing blocks by Tectône Architectes are encased by timber louvres
Dezeen promotion: a life-size plane crash constructed from wood and a field of giant dandelions are among the 10 sculptures installed across the mountainous Sancy region in France as part of this year's Horizons arts and nature festival (+ slideshow). More about Horizons 2015 installations include wooden plane crash and dandelion field
Paris is to get its first skyscraper for over 40 years after Herzog & de Meuron won planning permission for its 180-metre-high Tour Triangle. More about Paris to get first skyscraper since the 70s as Herzog & de Meuron's triangle tower approved
Walls made from a traditional combination of stone and hemp-based plaster contrast with concrete, steel and glass details at this renovated house in the French village of Douvaine (+ slideshow). More about FRAR transforms a dilapidated French house and barn into a holiday home
The sheltered entrance to this craggy school canteen building in France is fronted with a "forest" of slender white columns (+ slideshow). More about Le Roc Canteen by D'Houndt+Bajart is designed as a cross between a treehouse and a cave
Foster + Partners has added a glass-fronted winery framed by tree-shaped columns to the historic Château Margaux wine estate outside Bordeaux (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners adds a new winery to the Château Margaux estate
Students from Swiss university ÉCAL are the latest designers to refit an apartment in Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse housing block in Marseille. More about ÉCAL students take over Appartement N°50 at Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse
Over 100 products designed by Dieter Rams are the subject of an exhibition at a Paris gallery, which explores the German designer's philosophy of "less but better" (+ slideshow). More about Paris exhibition aims to illustrate Dieter Rams' principles of good design