French architecture: buildings in France

French Architecture : Buildings

Key modern architectural project designs in France. Contemporary West European built environment updates.

France Architecture : links

post updated 24 October 2026

Paris Architecture Design – chronological list

French Architecture News – latest properties

French Architecture : news + key projects (this page)

French Buildings : A-Z

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27 November 2025
Parc des Loges Childhood and Sports Center, Évry-Courcouronnes
Architects: HEMAA

15 June 2025
Changing Room and Restroom Pavilion, Brétignolles-sur-Mer, Southern France
Design: Magnum architectes & urbanistes

photo : Juan Cardona

18 April 2025
Wood-concrete house in Aubervilliers
Design: MANO

9 February 2025
Aurore Pavilion, La Défense, Paris
Architects: Nicolas Sisto

9 February 2025
M45 Office Building, Villeurbanne, Lyon, south of France
Architecture: Triptyque

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

Images © Charly Broyez

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Diriger aux Bâtiments de Francais

e-architect select the best examples of French Architecture.

Architecture in France

We have 7 pages of French Architecture selections.

French Architecture : news + key projects (this page)

French Buildings : A-C

French Architectural Designs : D-F

French Building Developments : G-J

French Architecture Designs : K-L

French Building Designs : M-R

French Architecture Developments : S-Z

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French Architecture News 2024

Architecture News for France arranged chronologically:

22 July 2024
Paris 2024 Olympic Village building, Saint-Denis, Paris
Architects: Triptyque, France / Brazil

photo : Salem Mostefaoui
Paris 2024 Olympic Village Building

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

photo : Marc Mondange
Robert Poujade Pedestrian Bridge, Toulouse

6 June 2024
La Défense station, La Défense, Paris
Architects: Grimshaw

image courtesy of architects practice
La Défense station Paris building

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

8 May 2024
Grande Armée – l1ve
Architects: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten GmbH
Grande Armée – l1ve, Paris office building, France

Saint-Just Social Residence
Saint-Just Social Residence, Paris, France

5 May 2024
Europa, Levallois-Perret, North of Paris
Architects: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten GmbH
Europa Office Building Levallois-Perret

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

photo © Jeudi Wang
Bibliothèque nationale de France Amiens

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France Architectural Design

France Architectural Updates Archive for 2023

21 November 2023
La Serre, Issy-les-Moulineaux
Design: MVRDV

image © ENGRAM
La Serre, ZAC Léon Blum, Issy-les-Moulineaux

4 October 2023
Renovation of Vaincre la Mucoviscidose Association Offices, Paris
Design: William Gonord Architecte and Julien Plessis (Métrotope architecture)
Renovation of Vaincre la Mucoviscidose Association Offices

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

18 August 2023
93 Petit Apartments, Ile-de-France, North of Paris
Architrcts: studio razavi architecture
93 Petit Apartments

7 August 2023
Félix Eboué, Paris
Design: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
Félix Eboué Paris

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

18 July 2023
Francilian House, Hauts-De-Seine
Architects: Hemaa Architectes

photograph : Sergio Grazia
Francilian House, Hauts-De-Seines
A technical and historical analysis of the existing structure showed that the house had undergone a number of transformations, in particular volumetric extensions which, over time, had seriously damaged the original structure.

29 June 2023
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

27 Jan 2023
The Sequoias, Massy, district of Vilgénis, Northwest Paris
Architects: PietriArchitectes

photo : Hugo Hébrard
The Sequoias Apartments, Massy
PietriArchitectes is delivering a project for the city of Massy located in the department of Essonne (91). As part of an urban complex designed by Leclercq Associés, this project, called The Sequoias, has the particularity of establishing itself in an environment rich in biodiversity.

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

photo : Cyrille Weiner
Q-Park Ravet, Chambéry

More contemporary Paris Architecture News on e-architect soon.

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French Building News in 2022

France Building Updates Archive for 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

7 Dec 2022
36 Ferragus Housing, Aubervilliers
36 Ferragus Housing, Aubervilliers

1 Dec 2022
ODESA EXPO 2030
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects
ODESA EXPO 2030, Paris Exhibition

8 Nov 2022
Gaîté Montparnasse, Paris
Architects: MVRDV
Gaité Montparnasse Paris Buildings

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

4 Nov 2022
Bibliothèque Nationale de France Building Renewal, Paris
Design: Atelier Bruno Gaudin Architectes
Bibliothèque nationale de France Richelieu, Paris

21 Oct 2022
Rive de Seine tower, Paris
Design: LAN – Local Architecture Network
Rive de Seine tower

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

photo : Pedro Pegenaute
Sports Centre, Tarbes

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

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

31 Aug 2022
Lycée Franco-Allemand School, Buc
Architecture: Behnisch Architekten
Lycée Franco-Allemand School Buc

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

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

photo : Benoit Florençon, Courtesy OMA
Tiffany Temporary Store

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

21 Jun 2022
Marriott Paris Airport Hotels, Roissy-en-France
Design: Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
Marriott Paris Airport Hotels, Roissy-en-France

17 May 2022
Syctom, Nanterre
Architects: Le Dévéhat Vuarnesson Architectes (LVA)
Syctom Sorting Center Nanterre Building

17 May 2022
Morland Mixité Capitale, Paris
Design: David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
Morland Mixité Capitale Paris

4 May 2022
Villa M, Paris
Architects: Triptyque Architecture
Villa M, Paris Tropical Building

14 Apr 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 Apr 2022
Ilot Queyries, Bordeaux, southeast France
Architects: MVRDV

photography : agrob-buchtal.de/ OssipArchitectuurfotogr, Rotterdam
Ilot Queyries, Bordeaux Housing

2 Mar 2022
Cali Uptown, Paris
Architecture: Studio UNLTD
Cali Uptown Restaurant

1 Mar 2022
Apartment XVIII, Paris
Architecture: studio razavi architecture
Apartment XVIII overlooking the Luxembourg Garden

24 Feb 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

22 Feb 2022
The Sways, Issy-les-Moulineaux
Lighting Design: Yann Kersalé and BOA light Studio
The Sways, Issy-les-Moulineaux Building

16 February 2022
Réhabiliatation of the Ghana Embassy, Paris
Design: Serero Architectes
Ghana Embassy Paris Building Renewal

27 Jan 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

25 Jan 2022
Nicolai Paris, Paris
Architecture: noa* network of architecture
Nicolai Paris, 4th Arrondissement Apartment

14 Jan 2022
Porte de Clichy Station, Paris
Design: Atelier Zündel Cristea architecture
Porte de Clichy Station Paris Building

13 Jan 2022
Œuvre des Jeunes Filles Aveugles de Saint-Paul, Paris
Design: Atelier Zündel Cristea architecture
Œuvre des Jeunes Filles Aveugles de Saint-Paul

13 Jan 2022
Moët Hennessy, Paris
Architecture: Barbarito Bancel Architectes
Moët Hennessy New Workspaces

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France Architectural Designs 2021

France Architecture Designs in 2021

16 Nov 2021
Sonia Delauney Residence, Mouans-Sartoux
Sonia Delauney Residence Mouans-Sartoux

26 Jun 2021
Institute of Sustainable Mobility and Transport
Institute of Sustainable Mobility and Transport

25 Jun 2021
Saint-Corneille Library, Compiegne

13 Mar 2021
Westside Office Building, Rennes

15 Feb 2021
Johnny Depp’s French Village
Johnny Depp’s French Village

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Modern French Building Designs in 2020

France Building Designs in 2020

27 Oct 2020
Théâtre “Legendre” in Evreux
Design: OPUS 5 architectes

photo : Luc Boegly
Théâtre Legendre Evreux

16 Oct 2020
I Park Housing, Montpellier
I Park Housing, Montpellier

2 Aug 2020
House H2, Corsica
House H2 on Corsica

10 Mar 2020
Garden Tennis Club of Cabourg, Normandy
Garden Tennis Club of Cabourg in Normandy

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French Architecture

We’ve selected what we feel are the major French Buildings, famous architecture in chronological order:

Eiffel Tower, Paris (1889)
Villa Savoie, Poissy (1929)
Villa Stein, Garches (1927)
Unité d’Habitation, Marseille (1952)
Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp (1955)
Maisons Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine (1956)
La Tourette Monastery, Lyon (1957)
Pompidou Centre, Paris (1976)
The Pantheon, Paris (1790)
The Louvre Museum Pyramid, Paris (1989)
Arab du Monde lnstitute, Paris (1988)
Carré d’Art, Nîmes (1993)
Millau Viaduct, Gorge du Tarn (2005)

Comments on the French architecture selection welcome. These French buildings aren’t merely chosen for their fame – we have left out the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe – but because each one achieved a high level of architectural performance.

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