Corrugated aluminium clads this extension to a house in Nantes, France, by local studio Mabire-Reich, which also boasts a decked terrace covering its entire roof (+ slideshow). More about Mabire-Reich's Landscape House features metal walls and a sloping roof terrace
This narrow house in Strasbourg, France, by New York-studio The Very Many features a translucent glass wall and an indoor slide for the younger residents (+ slideshow). More about Narrow MaHouse by The Very Many features a staircase with a built-in slide
Windows are dotted across the facades of this photographer's house in Brittany, France, allowing sunlight to illuminate different parts of the interior through the day (+ slideshow). More about Square windows puncture Alireza Razavi's monolithic House for a Photographer in Brittany
This house near the French town of Caen spirals around an internal courtyard to provide privacy for the owners in an area surrounded by new homes (+ slideshow). More about Maison Spirale wraps around a central courtyard to offer residents privacy and light
Grass ramps over the curving form of this house in the French countryside, which was designed by architect Julien De Smedt as a contemporary alternative to the region's "pastiche chalets" (+ slideshow). More about French villa designed by Julien De Smedt to look like a bump in the landscape
A pair of terraces are hidden behind the board-marked concrete facade of this townhouse in Marseille, which was designed by ACAU Architects for a young family. More about Marseille house by ACAU Architects features board-marked concrete and an angular window
Half brick, half corrugated iron, this house in the northern French countryside by Yoda Architecture aims to meld together the local urban and agricultural typologies (+ slideshow). More about Yoda Architecture pairs perforated brick with corrugated iron for a rural French home
A timber sunshade folds in on itself to form a balcony for this nautical-inspired house overlooking the Mediterranean sea near Saint-Tropez, designed by London architecture office Jak Studio (+ slideshow). More about Timber sunshade becomes a viewing deck for retreat near Saint-Tropez by Jak Studio
This house in France's Massif Central region features a lower storey inserted into a disused sand mine and a glazed upper storey offering views of the surrounding volcanic landscape (photos by Zooey Braun + slideshow). More about Werner Sobek's Y1 House comprises two stacked blocks on top of a former sand mine
French studio Marchi Architectes has completed an asymmetric gabled house featuring a room that functions as a courtyard and a generous corridor that doubles as an art gallery (+ slideshow). More about Chestnuts House in France features a courtyard room and a private art gallery
Walls made from a traditional combination of stone and hemp-based plaster contrast with concrete, steel and glass details at this renovated house in the French village of Douvaine (+ slideshow). More about FRAR transforms a dilapidated French house and barn into a holiday home
Paris studio CUT Architectures has returned to the house it extended in 2011 to create a glazed study featuring a yellow staircase that integrates a desk (+ slideshow). More about CUT Architectures adds a second concrete-framed extension to a French home
Four concrete boxes make up this holiday home by Paris architect Pascal Grasso, which nestles into a verdant hillside on the southern coast of France (+ slideshow). More about Concrete Maison Le Cap house features mirrored glazing to reflect the seaside scenery
This blackened plywood box added by architect Antonin Ziegler to one end of a rural home on France's northern coast provides a private library and garage for its inhabitants (+ slideshow). More about Blackened timber reading room extends a coastal home in northern France
Pale wooden window frames contrast with the black-stained cedar facades of this extension to a detached house in Nantes by French studio Bertin Bichet Architectes (+ slideshow). More about Nantes house extension contrasts blackened wood facades with pale window frames
This small house in the French city of Tours by local architecture office Atelier 100architecture features a material palette of zinc panels, plaster and wooden boards that references its historical neighbours. More about Atelier 100architecture slots contemporary house into French medieval city centre
A mixture of large and small windows puncture the cedar-clad facade of this house by French studio Atelier Delphine Carrère, to both frame views and maintain privacy (+ slideshow). More about Big and small windows balance views with privacy at Atelier Delphine Carrère's Villa Chiberta
French architecture studio Marion Bernard Agency added a geometric concrete structure into the back yard of a Marseille townhouse to transform the neglected space into an outdoor living room (+ slideshow). More about Garden room added to Marseille townhouse by Marion Bernard Agency
French architect Noémie Meney retained as much of the original structure as possible when converting this 1930s garden building into a summer guesthouse. More about Noémie Meney creates modern summer house inside French garden pavilion
French architect Noel Dominguez has added a timber-clad residence with an angular penthouse to the former garden of a townhouse on the outskirts of Paris (+ slideshow).
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