Interior designer Dorothée Meilichzon has transformed the Experimental Chalet Val d'Isère hotel in the village of Val d'Isère, France, with interiors informed by skiing and the surrounding mountains and forests. More about Dorothée Meilichzon designs Alpine hotel interiors with giant ski bed heads
The final project on our list of the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century is the restoration of the Grand Palais in Paris by Chatillon Architectes, bookending our series with two powerful stories of reuse and renewal. More about The Grand Palais was the most significant building of 2024
Chunky grain silos informed the shape of the enveloping alcoves at Simple Coffee, an all-stainless-steel Paris cafe designed by local studio Mur Mur Architects. More about Mur Mur Architects fills Paris coffee shop with silo-style steel seating
Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we look at the updating of three 1960s housing blocks in Bordeaux, which put social housing retrofit at the top of the architectural agenda. More about Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin's Transformation of 530 Dwellings was the most significant building of 2016
Chunky columns wrap the exterior of Wood Up, an apartment block in Paris by French studio Local Architecture Network with a glued-laminated and cross-laminated timber structure. More about LAN "deliberately exposes" mass-timber structure of Paris apartment block
The colours and style of the 1970s influenced this renovation of a compact Paris apartment, designed by New York-based The House Special Studio. More about The House Special Studio brings 1970s nostalgia to Paris pied-à-terre
Swiss architecture studio Atelier Archiplein has refurbished and extended La Villa house in Annecy, France, renewing the home's dated interiors. More about Atelier Archiplein updates 1960s lakeside villa in France
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a trio of buildings completed by David Chipperfield Architects that are part of a riverside development in Lyon, France. More about "Social housing is not the place for minimalism" says commenter
Local studio Carmen Maurice Architecture has wrapped a semi-circular winery around an old mill on a vineyard in northern France, its plan mirroring the cyclical process of winemaking. More about CMA turns historic mill into "beacon" for Wine Storehouse on French vineyard
French studio Local Architecture Network has completed a series of commercial and residential blocks for the Amédée Saint-Germain district in Bordeaux, using pale stone and arched motifs to complement neighbouring historic structures. More about Stone-clad blocks fill mixed-use Bordeaux district by LAN
British studio David Chipperfield Architects has completed a social housing block, an office building and a mixed-use high-rise as part of a masterplan in Lyon led by Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron. More about David Chipperfield adds social housing and offices to Lyon riverside development
The restored interiors of the landmark Notre-Dame cathedral have been revealed, days ahead of its official reopening in Paris. More about Notre-Dame restoration revealed ahead of reopening
A collection of stiffened felt chairs designed by Italian designer Gaetano Pesce prior to his death earlier this year was presented by New York gallery Salon 94 Design at Design Miami's Paris edition. More about La Famiglia is Gaetano Pesce's last-ever furniture collection
Architecture firm Studio Gang has sought to "amplify social connections" at its first French project, the John W Boyer Center in Paris , a "vertical campus" created using mass timber for the University of Chicago. More about Studio Gang completes mass-timber academic building in Paris
Seven French designers and artists have worked with a mycelium-based biomaterial called Reishi to create products including folding screens, desks and lighting fixtures. More about Mycelium Muse exhibition celebrates "variations and irregularities" of mycelium fabric
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station by Kengo Kuma and Associates. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station by Kengo Kuma
Design studio Policronica has transformed the interior of Hotel Elysée Montmartre in Paris, relying almost exclusively on a single species of wood. More about Policronica crafts Parisian hotel interior using "invasive wood"
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris, which is wrapped by vertical wooden louvres. More about Kengo Kuma completes Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris
French firm Toledano + Architects has renovated an apartment in the seaside town of Biarritz, adding a raised sleeping area that looks out towards the nearby lighthouse through a large bay window. More about Toledano + Architects adds wavy mezzanine to compact Biarritz apartment
French studio Uchronia has completed the interiors for Cafe Shin in Paris, which features a central coffee counter topped with a washi-paper roof to emulate a traditional Korean house. More about Uchronia designs Cafe Shin to be "halfway between Paris and Seoul"