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
Featuring buildings equipped with meandering balconies and terraces that fan out like leaves, this roundup collects 10 of the most dramatic sculptural balconies published on Dezeen. More about Ten buildings that make a sculptural feature of their balconies
Balconies fan out like leaves from the mixed-use L'Arbre Blanc tower, which Sou Fujimoto has completed in Montpellier with Nicolas Laisné, Dimitri Roussel and OXO Architectes. More about Balconies branch out from Sou Fujimoto's tree-like tower in Montpellier
News: French architect Marc Mimram has been selected to create a new train station in Montpellier – a building that will bridge over the railway line and feature an intricate pleated roof (+ slideshow). More about Marc Mimram designs "delicate pleated roof" for Montpellier's new TGV station
News: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has unveiled plans for a tower block shaped like a pine cone with balconies sprouting outwards in all directions, as part of a series of "modern follies" underway in Montpellier, France (+ slideshow). More about Sou Fujimoto designs nature-inspired tower for Montpellier "modern follies" project
News: Danish architecture firm BIG has won a competition to design a new Museum of the Human Body in Montpellier, France. More about BIG wins competition to design Museum of the Human Body in Montpellier
London firm Farshid Moussavi Architecture has won a competition to design an apartment block in Montpellier with designs for a tower made from a stack of rippling floor plates. More about Lot 2, Jardins de la Lironde by Farshid Moussavi Architecture
Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have completed a school for hotel management in Montepellier, France, clad in anodized aluminum triangles and punctured by 5000 unique triangular windows. More about Lycée Georges Frêche by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
Architect Jean Nouvel has completed a design showroom in Montpellier where furniture and homewares are caged behind chain link fencing. More about RBC Design Centre Montpellier by Jean Nouvel
Different views of a courtyard were framed by this temporary installation in Montpellier, France, by Dutch architecture office Paul Scales and French architecture and design studio Atelier Kit (+ slideshow). More about Reframe by Paul Scales and Atelier Kit
Zaha Hadid has completed a streamlined concrete and glass building for three government departments in Montpellier, France (+ slideshow). More about Pierres Vives by Zaha Hadid
London architects Yes We Can Architecture have sent images of a project they built last summer out of hula hoops. More about Qui est “in”, Qui est “out” by Yes We Can Architects