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Today we like: French houses

Today is Bastille Day, a French national holiday that celebrates the country's reinvention as a republic. It commemorates the storming of the Bastille in Paris on 14 July 1789 – a symbolic moment for the French Revolution.

We're joining the celebrations with a look back at some of the best French houses from our archive, including a dilapidated barn turned into a holiday home using traditional hemp-based plaster (pictured) and a villa designed to look like a bump in the landscape. See more French houses on Dezeen »

Architecture

Architecture

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Lighting

Lighting

Poise lamp by Saif Faisal slides up and down to adjust light levels

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Residential

Residential

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Design

LaSelva and Iván Zúñiga design range of concrete home accessories

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Architecture

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Architecture

Architecture

Patrik Schumacher discusses first meeting with "intense and intriguing" Zaha Hadid

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Architecture

Architecture

Muhammad Sahrum proposes hot-desking and games in conceptual 21st-century embassy

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Furniture

Furniture

Fritz Hansen releases limited-edition Poul Kjærholm furniture for 60th anniversary

Danish furniture brand Republic of Fritz Hansen will rerelease a Poul Kjærholm lounge chair and coffee table to celebrate the products' 60th anniversary (+ slideshow). More

Architecture

Architecture

Philippe Starck and Luc Arsène-Henry build steel wine cellar for Château les Carmes Haut-Brion

French designer Philippe Starck has teamed up with architect pal Luc Arsène-Henry to create a cellar for a Bordeaux wine estate, designed to to look like a "raw metal blade plunged in the terroir" (+ slideshow). More