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post updated 13 January 2025

French Architecture Design – chronological list

13 January 2025
Astrolabe Office Building, Rennes, Brittany, northwest France
Design: ALTA

Images © Charly Broyez
Astrolabe Office Building, Rennes

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5 November 2024
Cœur Atlantis, Massy, Vilgénis, Paris
Architects: KCAP

photo : Maxime Verret
Coeur Atlantis Residences, Massy

19 September 2024
Place de la Madeleine, Paris
Architects: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten GmbH

photo : Cyrille Weiner
Place de la Madeleine, Paris renovation

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5 July 2024
Robert Poujade Pedestrian Bridge, Toulouse
Architecture: Grimshaw and ppa architectures

photo : Marc Mondange
Robert Poujade Pedestrian Bridge, Toulouse
The Robert Poujade pedestrian bridge, part of the Grand Parc Garonne urban development project led by the Toulouse Metropole was officially opened on 22 June by the Mayor of Toulouse. The bridge is one of four that will eventually connect the Île du Ramier and the city, offering accessible routes through the city’s new ‘green lung’ on the Garonne.

15 May 2024
Les Jardins de Verchant Apartments, Eureka district, Castelnau-le-Lez, Montpellier
Architecture: NBJ Architectes

photo : Paul Kozlowski
Les Jardins de Verchant: Apartments, Montpellier

27 March 2024
New Bibliothèque nationale de France conservation centre, Amiens
Design: TVK and Carmody Groarke

photo © Jeudi Wang
Bibliothèque nationale de France Amiens
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) and OPPIC (Ministry of Culture for France) have announced a team comprising TVK and Carmody Groarke as the winner of an international competition for the BnF’s new conservation centre and national press conservatory on the former Amiens hospital north site.

7 March 2024
Alta Tower, Le Havre, France
Design: Hamonic+Masson & Associés

photo © Hamonic+Masson & Associés
Alta Tower, Le Havre, France twisting building
A 55-metre-tall residential tower, designed by architects Hamonic+Masson & Associés for client SOGEPROM, has just completed in Le Havre, France. Named Alta Tower, its twisting geometry and concrete frame make a bold and expressive statement at the heart of French architect Auguste Perret’s celebrated post World War II redevelopment of the city, close to Oscar Niemeyer’s curvaceous Le Volcan leisure centre.

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28 September 2023
The Planétarium, Strasbourg
Architecture: frenak+jullien, Cardin Julien, and m+mathieu
The Planétarium, Université de Strasbourg

Laherrère centre Pau

L House in Dinard, Brittany property

23 August 2023
Rammed Earth Winery in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Southeast France
Architects: JSPA Design

image : JSPA Design
Rammed Earth Winery – Châteauneuf-du-Pape building
JSPA Design presents Rammed Earth Winery in Châteauneuf-du-Pape, a multi-faceted project in a predominantly rural and agricultural area of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, southeast France. The goal of the project was to create a wine cellar, extend an existing winery to increase its production capacity, create a shop, and develop new public event spaces.

3 August 2023
Project Europa, Levallois-Perret, Paris
Design: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
Project Europa Levallois-Perret

26 July 2023
RELIC, Metz
Design: Karolina Halatek

photo : Karolina Halatek
Relic Architectural Installation Metz
RELIC is a monumental and pyramidal light installation, an immersion in light and fog. The artwork consists of circular metal steps traversed by a vertical beam of white light, from which artificial fog emanates.

5 July 2023
Altiplano, ZAC Aerospace, Toulouse, southern France
Design: KCAP and V2S
Altiplano Development Toulouse

29 June 2023
A New Wine Press, Crouttes-sur-Marne, commune in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, northern France
Architects: Thierry Bonne Architecte

photo : Philippe Dureuil
Wine Press in Crouttes-sur-Marne
The project, managed by Champagne Bourgeois Diaz, involved building a wine press and a wine-tourism room on top of an existing vinification cellar.

2 June 2023
AGUR Headquarters Building, ZAC Melville Lynch, Anglet, southwest France
Design: IDOM

photograph : F Pardos
AGUR Headquarters Building Bayonne
The new headquarter building of AGUR, a water distribution company, is located in the ZAC Melville Lynch area of Anglet, southwest France. The setting is exceptional: a wild forest extends over a large hill, at the foot of which is a stream that adds to beauty of the landscape.

25 January 2023
Ravet, Chambéry, Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeastern France
Design: Hérault Arnod

photo : Cyrille Weiner
Q-Park Ravet, Chambéry
Designed for QPark by Hérault Arnod architectes, in collaboration with artist Krijn de Koning, Ravet is a new 499-space car park with a curved and translucent volume. The structure is located on the edge of the historic district and provides users with a panoramic view of the city of Chambéry and the mountains beyond.

11 January 2023
Arena Du CO’Met, Orléans, north-central France
Architecture: Populous

photo © Didier Depoorter
Arena Du CO’Met, Orléans
Populous has completed its work on Arena Du CO’Met, the final part of a major new sports and cultural complex that has been created in the French city of Orléans, located on the banks of the River Loire, 75 miles southwest of Paris.

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French Architecture News 2022

9 Dec 2022
Michelin’s Canopy, Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, southeast France
Design: Encore Heureux Architectes, Construire and Base

photo : Nicolas Trouillard
Michelin HQ Canopy, Clermont-Ferrand
Implanted on the Carmes site of Clermont-Ferrand since the company’s inception in the late 19th century, Michelin’s Canopy acquired its status as the company’s headquarters in the 2000s. The headquarters’ innovative new reception area symbolizes Michelin’s reinvention, conceived to face 21st century challenges head-on; a design and operation that were conceptualized from a circular economy perspective, mindful of environmental impacts.

6 Nov 2022
Mountain House II, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, southeast France
Design: studio razavi architecture

photo © Simone Bossi Photographer
Mountain House II Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
The Mountain House II was commissioned as a primary residence by a family of four moving to France from the UK. This rural French property is located in the lower Alps, a more rural landscape than ski-oriented regions.

17 Oct 2022
Espace Mayenne, Laval, Mayenne, western France
Design: Hérault Arnod Architectures

photo : Cyrille Weiner
Espace Mayenne, Laval
Espace Mayenne is a multifunctional facility including a large sports and entertainment venue with a capacity of 4,500, a gymnasium with a climbing wall for international competitions, and a conference hall. In addition to these three main venues can be found other spaces, such as partner lounges, offices and cloakrooms for artists and sportsmen.

14 Oct 2022
Ascension Paysagère, Rennes, Brittany
Design: MVRDV

photo © Ossip van Duivenbodee
Ascension Paysagère, Rennes

2 Oct 2022
Anne-de-Bretagne bridge, Nantes
Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

rendering : Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Pont Anne-de-Bretagne Nantes
The bridge, which will be extensively planted with vegetation and will be based on the existing bridge to provide a space up to three times wider. It will accommodate a square, promenade areas, a garden, soft traffic lanes and the tramway that will serve the future university hospital.

14 Sep 2022
Sports Centre, Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées department, Occitanie region, southwestern France
Architectes: IDOM

photo : Pedro Pegenaute
Sports Centre, Tarbes
This French architecture project is the result of an ideas competition for the transformation of an old military industry building from the early 20th century into a large sports center. The new building, oriented north-south, measures 125 m long by 85 m wide, organized into a 20 m high central building and two 13 m high side buildings.

11 Sep 2022
Vineyard Extension, Aix-en-Provence
Design: Mahos architectes

photographs : Studio Module & David Maurel
An Extension on a Aix-en-Provence Vineyard

6 July 2022
A House with a View, Sainte-Marie-de-Ré, Poitou-Charentes, west of France
Architecture: Martins | Afonso atelier de design

photograph : Mickaël Martins Afonso
A House with a View, Sainte-Marie-de-Ré

4 July 2022
Heudebouville School, Normandy, northwestern France
Design: Hemaa Architectes

photograph : Sergio Grazia
Heudebouville School, Normandy
In a remarkable site whose backdrop is the hillsides of the Seine Valley, this new school is attached to the Norman village of Heudebouville (France). Discover an architectural style inspired by Normandy.

29 June 2022
Tiffany Temporary Pop-Up Store, Avenue Montaigne, Paris
Design: OMA

photo : Benoit Florençon, Courtesy OMA
Tiffany Temporary Store

28 June 2022
Crous University Refectory, Cergy-Pontoise, Paris
Architecture: Graal architecture

photo © Clément Guillaume
Crous University Refectory Cergy-Pontoise

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French Architecture News Winter – Spring 2022

17 May 2022
Syctom Sorting Center, Nanterre, south west of Paris
Design: Le Dévéhat Vuarnesson Architectes

photo : Guillaume Guerin
Syctom Sorting Center Nanterre Building

5 May 2022
Émergence Lafayette, Lyon, southern France
Design: SUD Architectes, ITAR Architectures and Wilmotte & Associés

photograph © Gaela Blandy
Émergence Lafayette Lyon Buildings

21 April 2022
New housing program in the Empalot district, Toulouse, southern France
Design: CoBe Architecture et Paysage

photo : Cédric Colin
Empalot District Housing Toulouse
A few metro stations from the heart of Toulouse, along the Garonne, Empalot is a district of the city being renewed, close to the city center, mainly composed of housing complexes of the 1950s, with generous public spaces. It is one of the city’s gateways.

14 April 2022
Project Berkeley-Oxford, ZAC Via Silva, Cesson Sévigné, Ille-et-Vilaine department, Rennes, Brittany, northwest France
Design: ALTA Architectes – Urbanistes

photo © Stephane Chalmeau
Project Berkeley-Oxford, Cesson Sévigné

11 April 2022
Ilot Queyries, Bordeaux, southeast France
Architects: MVRDV

photography : agrob-buchtal.de/ OssipArchitectuurfotogr, Rotterdam
Ilot Queyries, Bordeaux Housing
The Dutch architecture firm MVRDV has completed a residential complex in Bordeaux: Ilot Queyries is unusual in many respects, but its striking ceramic outer skin is the most special. The building sculpture is located to the east of the River Garonne, opposite the architectural highlight of France’s largest cathedral.

17 March 2022
Aperture, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
Design: Chevallier Architectes

photo : Solène Renault pour Chevallier Architectes
Aperture Chalet, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

24 February 2022
SAFRAN Housing Units, ZAC Coeur de Poulfanc, Séné, Morbihan department, Brittany, north-western France
Design: ALTA Le Trionnaire – Le Chapelain

photo © G. Chevrier
SAFRAN Housing Units in Séné, Brittany
The site of the ZAC Coeur de Poulfanc in Séné presents an exceptional quality of landscape. Its gentle topography (seen to the right of the site) and its woodland framing make it a very characterful site. These elements are highlighted by the architecture and volumetry of the buildings.

27 January 2022
Tours Val de Loire Airport Area Masterplan, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Loire Valley, northwest France
Design: Lafayette, in collaboration with KCAP, Etablissement, Elioth, Suez, Ville en Œuvre, Mint and E.Co

image © Filippo Bolognese Images – Lafayette
Tours Val de Loire Airport Area Masterplan
After a year of competitive dialogue, the team led by Lafayette, in collaboration with KCAP, Etablissement, Elioth, Suez, Ville en Œuvre, Mint and E.Co, has won the 700-hectare masterplan for the area around Tours Val de Loire Airport in France, competing against two other international teams.