French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes has completed the Marie Marvingt Gymnasium in northern France, creating barn-like volumes clad in timber planks to help it blend in with its agricultural surroundings. More about Ateliers O-S Architectes draws on agricultural architecture for French gymnasium
French studio Chatillon Architectes has transformed a 1950s post office in Brittany into flats, adding an extension with a glass-brick facade. More about Chatillon Architectes turns Brest Post Office into flats with glass-brick facade
Le Corbusier's Maison La Roche provides a rich historical backdrop for the first international show from Brazilian design exhibition Aberto, on display at the World Heritage-listed home in Paris. More about Aberto exhibition at Maison La Roche celebrates Le Corbusier's enduring ties to Brazil
A crimson, pink and orange entrance pops against the white exterior of Multi-childcare Crèche in north-eastern France, completed by local studio Dominique Coulon & Associés. More about Dominique Coulon & Associés creates colour-blocked creche in France
Milan-based Dimore Studio took cues from Gio Ponti and the Bauhaus in this apartment renovation inside the Latitude 43 building in the French Riviera. More about Dimore Studio brings Mediterranean modernism to Saint-Tropez apartment
Two French baroque mansions and a 19th-century factory have been transformed into Locke Hotels' latest outpost in Paris, designed by interiors studio Fettle. More about "Dramatic arboretum" forms centrepiece of Locke hotel in Paris
A full-height void creates a passageway through the middle of the Gros Bao restaurant in Marseille, France, designed by architects Neri&Hu to reference Shanghai's traditional alleyways. More about Neri&Hu designs bao restaurant to evoke Shanghai's street life
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing Philippe Starck's surreal nine-storey Maison Heler hotel in Metz, France, topped with what appears to be a 19th-century mansion. More about "We all need a bit of silliness" says commenter
Designer Philippe Starck has unveiled the surreal nine-storey Maison Heler hotel in Metz, France, which is topped with what appears to be a 19th-century mansion. More about Philippe Starck reveals surrealist hotel topped with 19th-century mansion
Our Art Deco Centenary series rounds off where it began, with the 1925 exposition in Paris. We take a look at 10 stand-out structures built for the landmark event, which catapulted art deco onto the world stage. More about Ten art deco structures that encapsulate the 1925 Paris Exposition
Continuing our Art Deco Centenary series, we take a look at Paris's Le Louxor movie theatre, a trove of Egyptian revival in the birthplace of cinema. More about Le Louxor cinema in Paris is "an art deco fantasy straight out of Egypt"
Architecture studio Caprini & Pellerin has renovated an art deco casino in the French resort of Cannes, introducing modern features such as an organically shaped marble bar to complement the Belle Époque interior. More about Restored Casino Royal Palm recreates the "symmetry and boldness" of the 1920s
Design studios Nendo and Arep have designed the latest generation of France's TGV train, introducing an "almost animal-like" nose and the red, white and blue colour scheme of the country's national flag. More about Nendo and Arep revamp France's high-speed TGV train "from nose to seat"
French studio Amelia Tavella Architectes has used irregular blocks of granite to clad the Edmond Simeoni School and Cultural Space, referencing its craggy surroundings in Corsica. More about Amelia Tavella Architectes completes granite-clad school on craggy Corsican coast
Iranian-French architect India Mahdavi has created an armchair clad with not one but 10 yellow plug sockets by designer Omer Arbel, unveiled today at Paris's Matter and Shape design fair. More about India Mahdavi's Smiley armchair turns plug sockets into decoration
French studio Dominique Perrault Architecture has dug a deep cylindrical shaft to house Paris' Villejuif-Gustave Roussy metro station, which is topped with a transparent roof to allow light to enter from above. More about Dominique Perrault designs Paris metro station as "inverted skyscraper"
Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has revealed its design for Fan d'Issy, a geometric building with angular, fan-like facades that will be located in the Paris commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux. More about Studio Libeskind unveils mixed-use building with angular plant-covered facades in Paris
Deep-set windows and reading nooks puncture the rammed-earth walls of this school extension in France, completed by local studio NTSA Architectes. More about NTSA Architectes draws on "age-old know-how" for rammed-earth school extension
Creative director Rudy Guénaire has completed an interior in Reims, France for his own restaurant, inspired by the iconic modernist interiors and colours of California. More about Rudy Guénaire designs PNY restaurant as an ode to modernist California
Designer Willo Perron has created a curving runway for the Spring-Summer 2025 show for fashion house Chanel, which took place in the newly restored Grand Palais in Paris. More about Willo Perron creates sculptural Chanel runway in restored Grand Palais