Steven Holl Architects have collaborated with Brazilian architect Solange Fabião on this wave-shaped museum of the sea in Biarritz, France, which opened this week. More about Cité de l’Océan et du Surf by Steven Holl and Solange Fabião
Following our previous story about a labia-like staircase, these images by French photographer Stefan Tuchila illustrate the womb-like orbs created by artist Anish Kapoor in the Grand Palais, Paris. More about Leviathan by Anish Kapoor
This apartment block with a pleated facade of golden aluminium by French studio [BP] Architectures faces the Place de la Bastille, Paris. More about Housing and gallery on Bastille Place by [BP] Architectures
This group of schools outside Paris by French architects Dominique Coulon & Associés has walls, ceilings and details picked out in bright orange. More about Josephine Baker schools by Dominique Coulon & Associés
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has added stacked layers of white marble to create a podium in this Romanesque church in France. More about St Hilaire church in Melle by Mathieu Lehanneur
French designer Matali Crasset has created this Paris hotel in collaboration with Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chatelet, where visitors check-in, order food and exchange tips on the city with other guests via the hotel's online system and a plethora of screens throughout the building. More about HI matic by Matali Crasset with Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chatelet
An exhibition of work by London architect Zaha Hadid has opened inside her Mobile Art Pavilion (see our earlier story), which has found its permanent home in Paris having toured New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong since 2008. More about Une Architecture at the Mobile Art Pavilion by Zaha Hadid
Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these pictures of an archives centre designed by Paris studio LAN Architecture, which has an exterior of stainless steel studs set into earth-coloured concrete to reflect the colour and texture of the surrounding French landscape. More about EDF Archives Centre by LAN Architecture
Stained glass panels perforate the exterior wall of this church in Paris by ENIA Architects, creating rectangles of colour on the interior of the double-height nave. More about Notre Dame Rosary Church by ENIA Architects
French practice Moussafir Architectes have completed this refurbishment and extension of a house in the Parisian suburbs, adding deep larch wood window frames. More about Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes
The walls, floor and ceiling of this store in Paris by Melbourne practice March Studio are covered by 3,500 pieces of wood. More about Aesop Saint-Honoré by March Studio
This orange cube with two large round holes carved out of it is a design showroom in Lyon, France, by Paris studio Jakob + Macfarlane. More about The Orange Cube by Jakob + Macfarlane
Paris studio Opus 5 Architects have completed this island house in Brittany, France, featuring a glazed façade with sections covered by stone screens. More about Belle Iloise House by Opus 5
Architect Carlos Barba of French studio AR+TE Architectes has completed this nursery school with an undulating roof in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France. More about Le Petit Prince Nursery School by Carlos Barba
Paris studio Plan01 Architects have completed a crematorium in Rennes, France, featuring a series of circular structures surrounded by a ring of granite blocks. More about Rennes Métropole Crematorium by Plan01
This angular structure looping around a central courtyard is an office building in Saint-Etienne by French studio Manuelle Gautrand Architecture. More about La Cite des Affaires by Manuelle Gautrand
This five-towered residential extension to the orangery of an eighteenth century castle in Yvelines, France, is by architect Christian Pottgiesser. More about Maison L by Christian Pottgiesser
This multi-purpose sports hall by Parisian studio AP 5 Architects has shutters in the facade to open the lower part of the building. More about La Halle du Robin by AP 5 Architects
Here are some photos of the recently-completed mixed-use urban block Le Monolith in Lyon, France, masterplanned by Dutch studio MVRDV and designed by five different architects. More about Le Monolith by MVRDV
Atelier 9.81 of France have inserted a perforated canopy in between a row of houses to create a covered pedestrian walkway in Tourcoing, France. More about Pedestrian Crossing by Atelier 9.81