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post updated 28 April 2025

French Architecture Design – chronological list

Paris Architecture Design – chronological list

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

photo : Antoine Duhamel

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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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

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

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

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
Design: Baumschlager Eberle Architekten
Project Europa, Levallois-Perret

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.

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.

More contemporary Paris Architecture News on e-architect soon.

Paris Building News in 2022

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

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

36 Ferragus Housing, Aubervilliers
36 Ferragus Housing, Aubervilliers

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

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

29 June 2022
Tiffany Temporary Pop-Up Store, Avenue Montaigne
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

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

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

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

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

France Architectural Designs

France Architecture Designs Archive, chronological:

7 Oct 2013
Jean-Claude Carrière Theatre, Montpellier, southern France
Design: A+Architecture

photo © Marie-Caroline Lucat
Jean-Claude Carrière Theatre
This a colourful new timber building in a lovely mature landscape site in the south of France. The style is based on the harlequin – the external faces and some of the interior is decorated with a diagonal timber lattice. The building promotes sustainable, low-energy design.

4 Oct 2013
Albert Einstein High School, Bagnols sur Cèze
Design: NB Architectes

photo : Paul Kozlowski
Albert Einstein High School
The High School Albert Einstein, Brassens site, is a vast building of the 1960s. Built following a strict and repetitive pattern, it is composed of large linear buildings from 60 to 80 m length and large metallic workshops surrounded by large dilated and unattractive space. Site’s analysis shows several functional gaps.

30 Sep 2013
MUCEM Museum, Marseille, southern France
Design: Rudy Ricciotti

photo : Gabrielle Voinot
The Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations Marseille
The Museum is organised on three levels with an array of exhibitions, an auditorium and a bookstore. The rooftop is a particular feature and is set to become an iconic venue for the city with beautiful panoramic views of the sea and harbour. At night a lighting scheme designed by Yann Kersalé creates a magical atmosphere with shades of blue and turquoise.

23 Aug 2013
Montlouis-sur-Loire Housing, northern France
Design: Renaud BROISSAND architect DPLG

photo © David BOUREAU and Courtesy of R. BROISSAND
Montlouis-sur-Loire Housing
These residential buildings are part of an ambitious urban study for the creation of a new town center – the Zone d’Aménagement Concertée (ZAC), a special planning district known as the “Heart of the City” – in this northern French town of 12,000 inhabitants. A vast area of land was made available before beginning this urban development project, which comprises a diverse range of residences and services surrounding a landscaped public park.

19 Aug 2013
Municipal Offices in Lacq, northern France
Design: Architect Gilles Bouchez

photo © Arthur Péquin pour DuPont™ Corian® – all right reserved
Municipal Offices in Lacq
Architect Gilles Bouchez has devised an ingenious and eye-catching solution to the problem of solar gain on the south facing side of his design for the new municipal office building in Lacq, France.

2 May 2013
Presqu’ile de Caen Redevelopment, north west France – exclusive to e-architect
Design: MVRDV

image from architects office
Caen Masterplan
La Grande Mosaique, MVRDV selected to transform 600ha former industry in Caen, Normandy. SPLA, the public development agency for the transformation of the Presqu’ile de Caen, has chosen MVRDV out of 3 competitors to transform the 600ha area consisting of former industry and ports.

17 Apr 2013
EuropaCity, Paris / Roissy, northern France
Design: BIG

image from architect
EuropaCity France
The new urban center EuropaCity is located between Paris and Roissy in France’s most populated region Île-de-France. EuropaCity will offer a mixture of retail, culture and leisure on an unprecedented scale around the defining theme of the European urban experience, diversity and culture.

French Building – Recent Designs

2 Apr 2013
Refuge du Goûter, Saint Gervais Les Bains, southeast France
Design: Déca-Laage + Groupe-H

photo : Gudrun Bergdahl
Alps Building in France
To withstand the winds, we studied fluids mechanics and the aerodynamic properties of the exterior structure. The research on convex structures by the architecture office led them to decide on an ellipse form, which, once projected into three dimensions, became a spheroid.

21 Mar 2013
Le Temps Machine, Joué-le-Tours, north west France
Design: Moussafir Architectes

photo © Hervé Abbadie
The Time Machine France
An unusual conversion iof an existing building: the architects suggested maintaining the patio and some significant fragments of the structure, including that of the concert hall – an identity-shaping element of the old building. Highly prominent on the facade, this prow-like form once contained the audience seating.

22 Feb 2013
Lycée René Goscinny, Alpes-Maritimes, southeast France
Design: José Morales architecte

photo : Philippe Ruault
Lycée René Goscinny
The project site is part of an already settled area where valleys have been deeply sculpted by water over time. The building has been designed to reflect the story of that environment and seeks to tie in with all of these interwoven rich territories.

French Architecture

We’ve selected what we feel are the major French Buildings, 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.

French Office Buildings