Aesop's Paris offices converted into temporary treatment rooms
The Rue Saint-Honoré offices of skincare brand Aesop have been transformed by Benjamin Paulin into a temporary space for facial appointments and treatments. More
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Soft-hued jewellery store designed for owner with love of gold and pink
French studios Java Architecture and Atelier Brunoir tempered their preference for "soberness and order" to deliver this jewellery store interior for a Parisian client who could not get enough gold and pink. More
Ubalt Architectes creates compositions with custom furniture in minimalist Paris flat
White accordion partitions, thin marble counters and furniture made from coloured mirrors feature in this petite apartment overlooking the rooftops of Paris. More
NP2F Architectes squeezes football and tennis courts onto narrow Paris site
French studio NP2F Architectes has squeezed a football field, tennis court and running track onto a long strip of land in Paris's Saint-Paul area. More
Slender wood-clad footbridge by DVVD arcs over Paris' Boulevard Périphérique
A+Awards: another of this year's winners at the Architizer A+Awards is a wood-sided bridge that connects Paris with the suburb of Aubervilliers. More
Sliding shutters cover Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes' Parisian apartments
White metal louvres covering the facade of this apartment block in Paris can be drawn across windows and balconies to screen against the sun and street. More
Edouard François creates plant-covered housing block to disperse seeds across Paris
Plants grow up the exterior of this green apartment tower in Paris, France, which was designed by local firm Maison Edouard François to spread seeds across the city. More
Paris apartment updated with slender white staircase and dark green kitchen
A white metal-framed staircase connects the two floors of this Parisian apartment, which local studio Les Ateliers Tristan & Sagitta has overhauled to make room for the clients' two young children. More
BIG wins Paris Metro competition with looping station design
Danish firm Bjarke Ingels Group has teamed up with French studio Silvio d'Ascia Architecture to design a loop-shaped station for a new stretch of the Paris Metro. More
Boxy balconies and spiral staircase feature at Parisian apartment block by Karawitz
Parisian studio Karawitz has completed a housing block overlooking the Ourcq canal, which features balconies framed by light-grey boxes and an external corkscrew staircase. More
Pezo von Ellrichshausen uses octagonal drums to build skinny tower
There is only enough room for one person inside this tall skinny pavilion that Chilean studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen has built in the Jardin des Tuileries in Paris. More
OMA, MAD and Studio Gang compete for Tour Montparnasse redesign
OMA, MAD and Studio Gang are among seven teams vying to overhaul Paris' Tour Montparnasse – a 209-metre tower that caused such uproar on completion that it sparked a 42-year skyscraper ban in the city. More
White latticework covers Parisian apartment block by Odile Guzy Architectes
Angular balconies extending from the front of this apartment block in Paris are framed by white concrete screens featuring a perforated pattern that resembles brickwork. More
Stepped shelving creates extra storage in Bookshelf House by Andrea Mosca
Stepped bookshelves help to divide and characterise this house just outside of Paris, renovated by Italian architect Andrea Mosca. More
05 AM Arquitectura updates 19th-century house in France with marble accents
Marble details offset the traditional features of this 19th-century house near Paris, which has been renovated by Spanish studio 05 AM Arquitectura. More
Brown ceramic shingles cover Nomade Architectes' village-inspired nursery near Paris
Earth-coloured ceramic tiles cover the roofs and walls of this nursery located on the outskirts of Paris, which is designed by French studio Nomade Architectes to look like a cluster of buildings. More
Graffiti-covered Les Magasins Généraux warehouse in Paris transformed into BETC offices
Advertising agency BETC has taken a huge derelict flour and grain warehouse on the banks of the Canal de l'Ourcq in Paris and transformed it into offices boasting a large roof garden and plant-filled courtyards. More
Studio Razavi inserts sculptural furniture block into 19th-century Parisian apartment
French office Studio Razavi has inserted a multifaceted black block into the centre of an apartment in Paris, creating a new layout while also offering a contrast to Haussmann-era details (+ slideshow). More
Le Corbusier's Immeuble Molitor provides residents with "sky, trees, steel and concrete"
World Heritage Corb: a 1930s apartment building in Paris designed by French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, intended to afford residents a contemporary lifestyle, is among his projects recently added to UNESCO's World Heritage List (+ slideshow). More
Le Corbusier's Maison La Roche-Jeanneret was designed for his brother and a close friend
World Heritage Corb: next in our series on the 17 Le Corbusier buildings that have been added to UNESCO's World Heritage List is Maison La Roche-Jeanneret in Paris – designed to provide a home for the architect's brother and a separate residence and gallery for a friend with a collection of cubist art (+ slideshow). More