Crèche Binet by Béal & Blanckaert
A brightly striped facade of colour-coated windows, mirrors and coloured panels encases this nursery in north Paris (photos by Julien Lanoo). More about Crèche Binet by Béal & Blanckaert
A brightly striped facade of colour-coated windows, mirrors and coloured panels encases this nursery in north Paris (photos by Julien Lanoo). More about Crèche Binet by Béal & Blanckaert
Paris architects Nadau Lavergne have completed a round wooden theatre and matching circular restaurant for a campsite in the south of France. More about Restaurant and Theatre for La Rive Domain by Nadau Lavergne
An assortment of windows are randomly scattered across the timber facade of this budget hotel outside Le Mans, France. More about Kyriad Hotel by Kilo Architectures
JDS Architects have won a competition to design a youth centre for Lille, France. More about Lil/Euralille Youth Centre By JDS Architects
Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela Fashion brand Maison Martin Margiela have completed their first hotel interiors at the Maison Champs Elysées in Paris. More about Maison Champs Elysées by Maison Martin Margiela
Paris studio 1024 Architecture have completed a cafe made from scaffolding and shipping containers on an island on the Seine in Paris. More about Les Grandes Tables de L'île by 1024 Architecture
French studio FREAKS freearchitects have inserted a rectangular timber tunnel inside this Paris cosmetics shop. More about Heliocosm by FREAKS freearchitects
Visitors enter this nursery in northeast France through a curving concrete orifice. More about Nursery in Sarreguemines by Michel Grasso and Paul Le Quernec
London studio Farshid Moussavi Architecture has won a competition to design a housing complex for the western outskirts of Paris. More about Housing for Jardins de l’Arche by Farshid Moussavi Architecture
French studio Explorations Architecture have completed a social housing block beside one of the narrowest streets in Paris. More about Passage de la Brie Housing by Explorations Architecture
Behind the sliding doors of a corrugated steel shed near Nantes, France, is an artist’s studio with a double-height atrium and translucent rear wall. More about Mosquito Coast Factory by Benoît-Marie Moriceau and Gaston Tolila
French studio Explorations Architecture have completed a sports hall in Tours, France, with a curving timber roof that sags in the middle. More about Monconseil Sports Hall by Explorations Architecture
Swiss architects HHF and French architects AWP have won a competition to design a series of follies for a new park outside Paris. More about Parc des Bords de Seine by HHF Architects and AWP
Copper louvres shade the glazed upper storeys of a police station in France that emerges from behind a cobbled stone wall. More about Police Station of Provins by Ameller, Dubois & Associés
Paris architects Nadau Lavergne have completed a rusted steel winery on a World Heritage Site in the south of France. More about Chateau Barde-Haut by Nadau Lavergne
Stairs lead past lumpy cork-covered walls to a rooftop swimming pool at a house in the south of France by architect Raphaëlle Segond. More about Maison Beauvallon by Raphaëlle Segond
A shelving unit displaying children's clothes doubles up as a plywood playhouse with a sliding staircase, swinging doors and removable furniture. More about Pop-Out House by Mut Architecture and Benjamin Mahon
Architect Jean-Baptiste Bouvet has completed a hillside swimming pool that steps down to a terrace overlooking the scenic French landscape. More about Pool on the slope by Jean-Baptiste Bouvet
Skincare products at Aesop's latest store in Paris are displayed on 427 steel caps that would normally be used in the city's plumbing network. More about Aesop Le Marais by Ciguë
Criss-crossing metal beams surround a first floor reading room at a multimedia library near Paris. More about Médiathèque Romain Rolland by Philippe Gazeau