Iranian-French architect India Mahdavi has created an armchair clad with not one but 10 yellow plug sockets by designer Omer Arbel, unveiled today at Paris's Matter and Shape design fair. More about India Mahdavi's Smiley armchair turns plug sockets into decoration
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features plans for a geometric building with angular fan-like facades by Studio Libeskind. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Studio Libeskind's angular plant-covered building in Paris
French studio Dominique Perrault Architecture has dug a deep cylindrical shaft to house Paris' Villejuif-Gustave Roussy metro station, which is topped with a transparent roof to allow light to enter from above. More about Dominique Perrault designs Paris metro station as "inverted skyscraper"
Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has revealed its design for Fan d'Issy, a geometric building with angular, fan-like facades that will be located in the Paris commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux. More about Studio Libeskind unveils mixed-use building with angular plant-covered facades in Paris
Indian fashion designer Rahul Mishra has presented couture pieces embroidered with the "geometry of human dwellings" for his latest collection at Paris Couture Week. More about Rahul Mishra adorns couture pieces with skyscrapers at Paris Couture Week
Designer Willo Perron has created a curving runway for the Spring-Summer 2025 show for fashion house Chanel, which took place in the newly restored Grand Palais in Paris. More about Willo Perron creates sculptural Chanel runway in restored Grand Palais
The final project on our list of the 25 most significant buildings of the 21st century is the restoration of the Grand Palais in Paris by Chatillon Architectes, bookending our series with two powerful stories of reuse and renewal. More about The Grand Palais was the most significant building of 2024
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced a major renovation of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, which will add a second entrance and dedicated exhibition space for the Mona Lisa. More about "New grand entrance" to be added to Musée du Louvre in biggest renovation for 35 years
Chunky grain silos informed the shape of the enveloping alcoves at Simple Coffee, an all-stainless-steel Paris cafe designed by local studio Mur Mur Architects. More about Mur Mur Architects fills Paris coffee shop with silo-style steel seating
Chunky columns wrap the exterior of Wood Up, an apartment block in Paris by French studio Local Architecture Network with a glued-laminated and cross-laminated timber structure. More about LAN "deliberately exposes" mass-timber structure of Paris apartment block
The colours and style of the 1970s influenced this renovation of a compact Paris apartment, designed by New York-based The House Special Studio. More about The House Special Studio brings 1970s nostalgia to Paris pied-à-terre
Promotion: lifestyle brand Cybex has opened a monochrome flagship store in Paris as part of its continuing retail expansion strategy – nearly 20 years after the brand was founded. More about Cybex unveils Paris flagship store with "unique monochromatic design DNA"
The restored interiors of the landmark Notre-Dame cathedral have been revealed, days ahead of its official reopening in Paris. More about Notre-Dame restoration revealed ahead of reopening
A collection of stiffened felt chairs designed by Italian designer Gaetano Pesce prior to his death earlier this year was presented by New York gallery Salon 94 Design at Design Miami's Paris edition. More about La Famiglia is Gaetano Pesce's last-ever furniture collection
Architecture firm Studio Gang has sought to "amplify social connections" at its first French project, the John W Boyer Center in Paris , a "vertical campus" created using mass timber for the University of Chicago. More about Studio Gang completes mass-timber academic building in Paris
Seven French designers and artists have worked with a mycelium-based biomaterial called Reishi to create products including folding screens, desks and lighting fixtures. More about Mycelium Muse exhibition celebrates "variations and irregularities" of mycelium fabric
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station by Kengo Kuma and Associates. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station by Kengo Kuma
Design studio Policronica has transformed the interior of Hotel Elysée Montmartre in Paris, relying almost exclusively on a single species of wood. More about Policronica crafts Parisian hotel interior using "invasive wood"
Japanese studio Kengo Kuma and Associates has unveiled the Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris, which is wrapped by vertical wooden louvres. More about Kengo Kuma completes Saint-Denis Pleyel Station in northern Paris
French studio Uchronia has completed the interiors for Cafe Shin in Paris, which features a central coffee counter topped with a washi-paper roof to emulate a traditional Korean house. More about Uchronia designs Cafe Shin to be "halfway between Paris and Seoul"