A circular conversation pit sits at the heart of Seaside House, the renovation of a 1930s coastal cabin near Bordeaux by Studio Razavi. More about Studio Razavi adds circular conversation pit to coastal French home
Paris studio MXarchitecture has built 2in1 Houses, a pair of three-bedroom homes that butt up against each other on a suburban plot in the east of the French capital. More about MXarchitecture installs back-to-back homes in Paris suburb
Local studio Hauvette & Madani looked to the work of Japanese architect Tadao Ando when designing this wood-lined house in Paris, set within a lush garden. More about Hauvette & Madani uses "architecture as a frame for nature" in Parisian home
Architecture studio Atelier Tropisme Mécanique has completed two homes on the grounds of a 17th-century manor house in France with walls clad in local Armorican granite. More about A.TM creates two minimalist homes in "architectural dialogue" with French manor
Local practice Bétyle Studio has transformed a former agricultural building in Marseille, France, into a compact home featuring rooms separated by glass blocks that allow light to filter through. More about Bétyle Studio transforms historic French farm building with wood and glass partitions
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
French studio Déchelette Architecture has completed Casa Franca, a townhouse and artists' studio in Paris distinguished by a large wall of rammed earth. More about Rammed-earth wall fronts Parisian townhouse by Déchelette Architecture
French studio Barrault Pressacco has completed the 102LET house outside Montpellier, mimicking the area's suburban architecture to conceal an interior defined by bright, open spaces. More about Barrault Pressacco critiques "copy and paste" housing with home in southern France
A green-steel structure and walls of exposed blockwork and plywood feature inside this house and artist's studio in Paris by local practice Jean Benoît Vétillard Architecture. More about Exposed materials and colourful accents define Maison Nana in Paris
Architecture practice Studio Guma has overhauled an old farmhouse in Normandy, retaining its stone and timber structure to "evoke the rural history" of the site. More about Studio Guma converts stone farmhouse into "family sanctuary" in Normandy
A series of red-concrete cylinders were used to update the layout, circulation and lighting of this house in Versaille, renovated by French studio Atelier Delalande Tabourin. More about Concrete "wells" illuminate French home renovated by Atelier Delalande Tabourin
French studio Olivia Fauvelle Architecture has used glazed tiles and concrete lintels to transform the outbuilding and courtyard of a house in the south of France. More about Green tiles line Maison Jericho extension in Marseille
Architect Odile Decq has completed a house in France with walls of translucent glass, to create the optimal lighting conditions for a client with vision impairment. More about Odile Decq builds all-glass Maison de Verre for client with vision loss
French studio Ciguë has elevated this timber-clad home in Saint Julien le Petit, France, above its rural site using slender, removable steel foundations. More about Ciguë uses steel foundations to elevate lightweight home in rural France
Local architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard has converted a 19th-century house in Paris's La Défense into a contemporary home featuring a double-height dining room that looks onto a central courtyard. More about The Island is a nature-inspired Paris home designed around a courtyard garden
Architecture studio 2m26 has completed this small wooden guesthouse with matching furniture in southwestern France. More about La Petite Maison is a tiny guesthouse in France made out of wood
Multidisciplinary design studio Services Généraux has created a series of renderings that reimagine the interiors of a dilapidated home in the French countryside. More about Maison is a fictional French home dressed with design-focused furnishings
French architecture studio Atelier Ordinaire has completed a prefabricated house in the Bourgogne region featuring an interior lined with knotted timber boards to complement the surrounding nature. More about Atelier Ordinaire's house in Beaune is made almost entirely from wood
Full-height glazed walls are sandwiched between the meandering concrete floor slab and roof of this house built on a French lake, which can only be reached using a retractable bridge. More about AUM builds curving concrete and glass residence on the surface of a lake
Hikers can stay overnight for free at this elevated shelter on the outskirts of Bordeaux, designed by London-based Studio Weave to reference the form and materiality of traditional water towers. More about Studio Weave installs hikers' shelter on stilts beside a Bordeaux river