Steps connecting the gradually rising floors of this Paris house by Moussafir Architectes can be glimpsed through the cut-out shutters on its glazed facade (+ slideshow). More about Maison Escalier by Moussafir Architectes
French architects Dumazer & Lafallisse have converted a former gallery in Paris into an optician's. More about La Galerie de Lunettes by Dumazer & Lafallisse Architectes
French architects Djuric Tardio have designed a wooden tipi that could be mass-produced to provide miniature nurseries in the parks of Paris. More about Sticks by Djuric Tardio Architectes
The new Paris store for fashion designer Stella Cadente is a tunnel lined in gold. More about Stella Cadente Paris by Atelier du Pont
Slidehow: architects Foster + Partners have been granted permission to build two 320-metre-high towers beside the Seine, just outside Paris. More about Hermitage Plaza by Foster + Partners
Shiny corrugated metal clads the two cascading stacks of apartments that make up this block in Paris by architect Stephane Maupin. More about M Building by Stephane Maupin
French architects Agence Search have won a competition to design a Paris shopping mall with proposals involving giant elliptical lattices. More about Beaugrenelle Shopping Mall by Agence Search
Jars of colourful preserves are treated like precious antiques at this Paris jam shop by French architects Noël Dominguez and Agathe Delecourt. More about La Chambre aux Confitures by Noël Dominguez and Agathe Delecourt
The display system at this Japanese souvenir shop in Paris is just key rings hung on screws in the walls. More about Bukiya by Archiee
This concrete social-housing block in Paris has artists' studios on the ground floor and an oval-shaped opening in the roof. More about 8 dwellings, 4 artist studios and 1 retail area by Charles-Henri Tachon
The pitched roof atop this Paris house won’t keep out the rain – it’s actually a pergola for growing fruit over a roof terrace. More about Eco-Sustainable House by Djuric Tardio Architectes
Workshops clad in timber batons sit atop this children’s centre outside Paris by French architects SOA. More about Gavroche centre for children by SOA Architectes
A brightly striped facade of colour-coated windows, mirrors and coloured panels encases this nursery in north Paris (photos by Julien Lanoo). More about Crèche Binet by Béal & Blanckaert
Danish architects BIG and Paris studio OFF have won a competition to design a research centre for Sorbonne Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris. More about Research Centre for Université Pierre et Marie Curie by BIG and OFF
Belgian fashion designer Martin Margiela Fashion brand Maison Martin Margiela have completed their first hotel interiors at the Maison Champs Elysées in Paris. More about Maison Champs Elysées by Maison Martin Margiela
Paris studio 1024 Architecture have completed a cafe made from scaffolding and shipping containers on an island on the Seine in Paris. More about Les Grandes Tables de L'île by 1024 Architecture
French studio FREAKS freearchitects have inserted a rectangular timber tunnel inside this Paris cosmetics shop. More about Heliocosm by FREAKS freearchitects
London studio Farshid Moussavi Architecture has won a competition to design a housing complex for the western outskirts of Paris. More about Housing for Jardins de l’Arche by Farshid Moussavi Architecture
French studio Explorations Architecture have completed a social housing block beside one of the narrowest streets in Paris. More about Passage de la Brie Housing by Explorations Architecture
Swiss architects HHF and French architects AWP have won a competition to design a series of follies for a new park outside Paris. More about Parc des Bords de Seine by HHF Architects and AWP