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  • A double-height dining room in a Parisian townhouse by Clément Lesnoff-Rocard

    The Island is a nature-inspired Paris home designed around a courtyard garden

    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

    Alyn Griffiths | 8 February 2021 | Leave a comment
  • La Petite Maison is a tiny guesthouse in France made out of wood

    Architecture studio 2m26 has completed this small wooden guesthouse with matching furniture in southwestern France. More

    Kristine Klein | 11 April 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Maison by Services Généraux

    Maison is a fictional French home dressed with design-focused furnishings

    Multidisciplinary design studio Services Généraux has created a series of renderings that reimagine the interiors of a dilapidated home in the French countryside. More

    Natasha Levy | 17 October 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Atelier Ordinaire's house in Beaune is made almost entirely from wood

    Atelier Ordinaire's house in Beaune is made almost entirely from wood

    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

    Alyn Griffiths | 16 July 2018 | Leave a comment
  • AUM builds curving concrete and glass residence on the surface of a lake

    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

    Alyn Griffiths | 4 September 2017 | 1 comment
  • Studio Weave design a hiking shelter called Le Haut Perché

    Studio Weave installs hikers' shelter on stilts beside a Bordeaux river

    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

    Alyn Griffiths | 4 July 2017 | 7 comments
  • Mountain House by Studio Razavi Architecture

    Studio Razavi reinterprets traditional chalet architecture with Mountain House in the Alps

    By pairing raw concrete with warm timber, French office Studio Razavi hoped to give a contemporary feel to this Alpine chalet home, while also complying with strict local architecture guidelines. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 12 June 2017 | 1 comment
  • SPE House by ELLENA MEHL Architects

    Ellena Mehl Architects disguises Provençal extension with grass roof and terraced landscape

    To subtly extend a traditional Provençal farmhouse on the French Riviera, Ellena Mehl Architects has nestled a connecting building with stone and glass facades into a stepped hillside. More

    Lizzie Crook | 2 June 2017 | Leave a comment
  • Benoit & Roselyne house by Dixneufcentquatrevingtsix

    Sculptural extension to French farmhouse protects its interiors from harsh summer sun

    Paris studio Dixneufcentquatrevingtsix has completed a concrete extension to a traditional farmhouse in France's Provence region, featuring very few openings in its faceted facades. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 28 April 2017 | 2 comments
  • The Barn by Antonin Ziegler

    Antonin Ziegler covers abandoned barn in zinc plates to create rustic home in northern France

    Zinc plates protect the ageing wooden structure of this barn in the French village Notre-Dame-de-Bliquetuit, which was been transformed into a house with its own spa by Antonin Ziegler. More

    Jessica Mairs | 19 April 2017 | 3 comments
  • Huge circular skylight punctures terrace canopy in south of France house

    A huge, round opening is carved above the outdoor dining area of this house in southern France by Pascual Architect, which also features large glass doors that swing open to the garden. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 21 March 2017 | 4 comments
  • Marly House by Karawitz architects

    Larch-covered prefab house designed by Karawitz to bring city feel to Paris suburbs

    Lofty interiors and a folded black steel staircase feature behind the larch-clad walls of this gabled house, designed by Karawitz and situated outside Paris. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 17 March 2017 | 1 comment
  • M6B2 Tower of Biodiversity by Maison Edouard François

    Edouard François creates plant-covered housing block to disperse seeds across Paris

    Plants grow up the exterior of this green apartment tower in Paris, France, which was designed by local firm Maison Edouard François to spread seeds across the city. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 17 November 2016 | 5 comments
  • 23 housing units in Paris by Karawitz Architects

    Boxy balconies and spiral staircase feature at Parisian apartment block by Karawitz

    Parisian studio Karawitz has completed a housing block overlooking the Ourcq canal, which features balconies framed by light-grey boxes and an external corkscrew staircase. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 7 November 2016 | 1 comment
  • Berges Paris by Odile + Guzy Architectes

    White latticework covers Parisian apartment block by Odile Guzy Architectes

    Angular balconies extending from the front of this apartment block in Paris are framed by white concrete screens featuring a perforated pattern that resembles brickwork. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 16 October 2016 | 3 comments
  • Maison à Colombages by 05AM Arquitectura

    05 AM Arquitectura updates 19th-century house in France with marble accents

    Marble details offset the traditional features of this 19th-century house near Paris, which has been renovated by Spanish studio 05 AM Arquitectura. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 14 October 2016 | Leave a comment
  • Steel and glass extension added to traditional stone house in Paris by Atelier Lame

    Atelier Lame has added a steel-framed extension to an old stone house in a Parisian suburb, as part of a renovation that creates ample storage for an avid CD and record collector (+ slideshow). More

    Eleanor Gibson | 22 September 2016 | 6 comments
  • Maison La Roche by Le Corbusier

    Le Corbusier's Maison La Roche-Jeanneret was designed for his brother and a close friend

    World Heritage Corb: next in our series on the 17 Le Corbusier buildings that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List is Maison La Roche-Jeanneret in Paris – designed to provide a home for the architect's brother and a separate residence and gallery for a friend with a collection of cubist art (+ slideshow). More

    Eleanor Gibson | 5 August 2016 | 5 comments
  • Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier

    Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye encapsulates the Modernist style

    World Heritage Corb: one of the most important buildings by architect Le Corbusier from the 17 that have been to UNESCO's World Heritage List is Villa Savoye, the top-heavy weekend retreat created as a Modernist version of the French country house (+ slideshow). More

    Eleanor Gibson | 31 July 2016 | 2 comments
  • Today we like: French houses

    Today is Bastille Day, a French national holiday that celebrates the country's reinvention as a republic. It commemorates the storming of the Bastille in Paris on 14 July 1789 – a symbolic moment for the French Revolution.

    We're joining the celebrations with a look back at some of the best French houses from our archive, including a dilapidated barn turned into a holiday home using traditional hemp-based plaster (pictured) and a villa designed to look like a bump in the landscape. See more French houses on Dezeen »

    Anna Winston | 14 July 2016 | Leave a comment
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