Tectoniques sets ochre-coloured concrete house into French hillside
Architecture studio Tectoniques has built a house from concrete dyed with ochre that emerges from the ground in Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or, France. More
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Studio Razavi completes "introspective" Apartment XVII in historic Lyon neighbourhood
Studio Razavi has abandoned excessive decoration for simple plaster walls and arched niches inside this Lyon apartment, which is meant to channel a sense of calm. More
Laisné Roussel creates white mesh tower featuring two plant-covered slides
Dezeen promotion: Parisian architecture studio Laisné Roussel took cues from greenhouses to design this white metal tower filled with plants for the first architecture biennale in Lyon, France. More
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Sound-amplifying stadium by Populous provides Lyon venue for Euro 2016
The firm behind the London Olympic stadium has built a new home for French football team Olympique Lyonnais, featuring an enormous fabric roof that amplifies the noise of the fans (+ slideshow). More
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MVRDV to transform La Part Dieu shopping centre in Lyon
Rotterdam firm MVRDV has unveiled its plans to overhaul La Part Dieu retail complex in Lyon, which feature an "evaporating" facade and a rooftop park. More
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Jakob + MacFarlane adds sinuous green skin and curved chasms to Euronews headquarters
Built in Lyon's docklands, Jakob + MacFarlane's new headquarters for international news channel Euronews features an acid-green facade punctured by two huge egg-shaped holes (+ slideshow). More
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Alicja Dobrucka photographs Le Corbusier's "random and eccentric" La Tourette
Photographer Alicja Dobrucka recently stayed at and photographed Sainte Marie de La Tourette, the 1960s Dominican convent near Lyon, France, designed by Le Corbusier. We spoke to Dobrucka about her trip to the building that "looks and feels very much like a Baroque bunker" (+ slideshow + interview). More
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Coop Himmelb(l)au's Musée des Confluences opens on a river peninsula in Lyon
Austrian studio Coop Himmelb(l)au has completed a faceted steel and angular glass building to house a natural history museum in Lyon, France (+ slideshow). More
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Herzog & de Meuron unveil first buildings of Lyon masterplan
News: Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have revealed designs for the first eight buildings of their 35-hectare masterplan for La Confluence, an extension of the city centre in Lyon, France (+ slideshow). More
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Garden flat in Lyon photographed before and after a party
French studio Dank Architectes wanted to make this minimalist apartment they designed near Lyon look "more alive" in the photographs, so they staged scenes depicting the days before and after a messy party. More
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Paul Chevallier School by Tectoniques
This wooden nursery and elementary school complex in Lyon by French architects Tectoniques has hilly rooftops carpeted with plants that feature walkways for students to explore (+ slideshow). More
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Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners to design terminal at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport
News: London architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) have been appointed to design a new terminal at Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport at Lyon in France. More
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Variations On a Dark City by Espen Dietrichson
The buildings of Lyon are pulled apart in these impossible photographs by Norwegian artist Espen Dietrichson. More
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Camper store in Lyon by Studio Makkink & Bey
Dutch designers Studio Makkink & Bey have completed a store for shoe brand Camper in Lyon with staircases that seem to go on forever. More
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DI-VA House by Tectoniques
French architects Tectoniques have completed a townhouse in Lyon that is entirely black at the front but has three oversized windows at the rear. More
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The Orange Cube by Jakob + Macfarlane
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
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Le Monolith by MVRDV
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
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Monolith by Erick van Egeraat
Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat has collaborated with French architects Combarel-Marrec, Manuelle Gautrand and Pierre Gautier, plus Dutch architect Winy Maas to complete this building in Lyon, France, featuring a façade in wood and glass. More
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I-WAY by Cyrille Druart
This building in Lyon by Paris designer Cyrille Druart houses motor-racing simulators. More
