Centre d'Examen du Permis by Samuel Delmas Architectes
These photographs by Julien Lanoo show a French driving-test centre by Samuel Delmas Architectes, which is camouflaged to look like a fence. More
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Tour Végétale de Nantes by Edouard François
Plants adapted to thrive in rocky crevices will take over the facade of this tower for Nantes by French architect Edouard François. More
Parc des Expositions by OMA
OMA have won a competition to design a gateway building for Toulouse, France, with a 40,000 square metre column-free exhibition hall. More
Neighbourhood Centre by Colboc Franzen & Associés
Visitors can climb a staircase over the roof of this spiralling community centre in Lille by French architects Colboc Franzen & Associés. More
Nomad by 1/100
This disco-cum-caravan is one of five timber-clad cabins installed by Swiss architects 1/100 in the garden of the Quai Branly Museum, Paris. More
College Levi-Strauss by Tank Architectes
Beneath a wide skylight, a white spiralling staircase descends the three storeys of this high school in Lille by French architects Tank. More
Cité de l’Océan et du Surf by Steven Holl and Solange Fabião
Steven Holl Architects have collaborated with Brazilian architect Solange Fabião on this wave-shaped museum of the sea in Biarritz, France, which opened this week. More
Leviathan by Anish Kapoor
Following our previous story about a labia-like staircase, these images by French photographer Stefan Tuchila illustrate the womb-like orbs created by artist Anish Kapoor in the Grand Palais, Paris. More
Housing and gallery on Bastille Place by [BP] Architectures
This apartment block with a pleated facade of golden aluminium by French studio [BP] Architectures faces the Place de la Bastille, Paris. More
Josephine Baker schools by Dominique Coulon & Associés
This group of schools outside Paris by French architects Dominique Coulon & Associés has walls, ceilings and details picked out in bright orange. More
St Hilaire church in Melle by Mathieu Lehanneur
French designer Mathieu Lehanneur has added stacked layers of white marble to create a podium in this Romanesque church in France. More
HI matic by Matali Crasset with Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chatelet
French designer Matali Crasset has created this Paris hotel in collaboration with Patrick Elouarghi and Philippe Chatelet, where visitors check-in, order food and exchange tips on the city with other guests via the hotel's online system and a plethora of screens throughout the building. More
Une Architecture at the Mobile Art Pavilion by Zaha Hadid
An exhibition of work by London architect Zaha Hadid has opened inside her Mobile Art Pavilion (see our earlier story), which has found its permanent home in Paris having toured New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong since 2008. More
EDF Archives Centre by LAN Architecture
Photographer Julien Lanoo has sent us these pictures of an archives centre designed by Paris studio LAN Architecture, which has an exterior of stainless steel studs set into earth-coloured concrete to reflect the colour and texture of the surrounding French landscape. More
Notre Dame Rosary Church by ENIA Architects
Stained glass panels perforate the exterior wall of this church in Paris by ENIA Architects, creating rectangles of colour on the interior of the double-height nave. More
Maison Leguay by Moussafir Architectes
French practice Moussafir Architectes have completed this refurbishment and extension of a house in the Parisian suburbs, adding deep larch wood window frames. More
Aesop Saint-Honoré by March Studio
The walls, floor and ceiling of this store in Paris by Melbourne practice March Studio are covered by 3,500 pieces of wood. More
The Orange Cube by Jakob + Macfarlane
This orange cube with two large round holes carved out of it is a design showroom in Lyon, France, by Paris studio Jakob + Macfarlane. More
Belle Iloise House by Opus 5
Paris studio Opus 5 Architects have completed this island house in Brittany, France, featuring a glazed façade with sections covered by stone screens. More
Le Petit Prince Nursery School by Carlos Barba
Architect Carlos Barba of French studio AR+TE Architectes has completed this nursery school with an undulating roof in Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, France. More