Cultural Centre in Nevers by Ateliers O-S Architectes
Bleachers climb over the roof of this timber-clad community centre in France by Ateliers O-S Architectes (+ slideshow). More
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Flying Houses by Laurent Chéhère
The residential buildings of Paris appear to be sailing through the sky like kites in these dream-like images created by French photographer Laurent Chéhère (+ slideshow). More
Marne-la-Vallée Central University Library by Beckmann-N'Thépé Architectes
This university library in Paris by French practice Beckmann-N’Thépé Architectes has a knobbly concrete facade that looks like blocks of earth. More
Quivering wire crossing by bureau faceB wins Paris bridge competition
News: French practice bureau faceB has won a competition to design a bridge across the Seine in Paris with plans for a wobbling crossing of stretched steel cables. More
Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry by Chartier-Corbasson Architectes
The deep-framed windows of this office building by French studio Chartier-Corbasson Architectes burst through mossy walls and piles of stone beside a 100-year old mansion in Amiens. More
Basket Apartments by OFIS Arhitekti
This student housing building in Paris by Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti was designed to resembled a stack of wooden baskets. More
Cafe Craft by POOL
Freelance writers and journalists can work for as long as they want without being pestered by waiting staff at this black and white Parisian cafe by local design studio POOL. More
École Centrale Engineering School by OMA
OMA has won a competition to design a new campus for the École Centrale school of engineering in France by proposing a 'superblock' of separate buildings within a single gridded structure (+ slideshow). More
Slideshow: Solarge Town and Community Building by Arcau
World Architecture Festival 2012: architects Arcau won the civic and community category at the World Architecture Festival this week for a community building in the French town of Pornic that references traditional local storehouses for salt. More
UFO by Ross Lovegrove
British designer Ross Lovegrove has installed a silver spaceship in the rafters of a railway station in Lille, France. More
Aesop Tiquetonne by Ciguë
Glass bottles rest on rows of hand-made iron nails along the walls of this Aesop skin and haircare shop in Paris by French designers Ciguë (+ slideshow). More
Gue(ho)st House by Berdaguer & Péjus
French artists Christophe Berdaguer and Marie Péjus have converted an old house in France into a visitor centre by giving it a ghostly cloak of polystyrene and paint. More
Department of Islamic Arts at Musée du Louvre by Mario Bellini and Rudy Ricciotti
An undulating golden plane blankets the new Islamic art galleries at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, which opened to the public this weekend (+ slideshow). More
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
Bastide Niel on Miroir d'Eau in Bordeaux by MVRDV
Architects MVRDV have shown residents of Bordeaux their plans to extend the city by inviting them to walk between rows of model houses on stilts (+ slideshow). More
Lycée Georges Frêche by Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas
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
RBC Design Centre Montpellier by Jean Nouvel
Architect Jean Nouvel has completed a design showroom in Montpellier where furniture and homewares are caged behind chain link fencing. More
Une Maison sur la Maison by THE Architectes
A mysterious black gable frames two new bedrooms on the roof of a house in the outskirts of Paris. More
L'Observatoire by CLP Architectes
This woodland observatory by architecture collective CLP Architectes is a patchwork of square wooden panels and windows. More
Water Light Graffiti by Antonin Fourneau for DigitalArti Artlab
Spraying a wall with water creates graffiti with tiny points of light instead of paint in this installation by French artist Antonin Fourneau (+ movie). More