30 May 2013
La Luciole, Alençon, Normandy, northern France
Design: Moussafir Architectes

photo : Luc Boegly
La Luciole Alençon
Situated on the edge of Alençon, in the rural landscape of Lower Normandy, La Luciole – French for “firefly” – resulted from the efforts of its passionate director-programmateur. Founded in 1994, this concert facility has carved itself a reputation, attracting renowned musicians to its tiny performance hall.

new photos 12 Dec 2012
Louvre Lens Museum, northern France
Design: SANAA / Imrey Culbert / Catherine Mosbach

photograph © Hisao Suzuki
Louvre Lens Museum
This is major new French building principally desiged b the world-famous Japanese architecture office of SANAA in their typically austere architecture style. Like the recent Centre Pompidou-Metz building designed again by a Japanese architect (Shigeru Ban) it shows the French state pushing out culture from Paris into the peripheral cities in the country, an interesting and beneficial project.

23 Nov 2012
Lons le Saunier Médiathèque & Cinémas, eastern France
Design: Du Besset-Lyon Architectes

photograph © Philippe Ruault
Lons le Saunier Médiathèque
Next to the mediathèque, three existing buildings – the church, the Hotel de Balay and the wall of the prison – formed an impressive and severe urban setting made up of simple lines, great mineral surfaces and imposing masses. Unfortunately, the relation that these three constructions maintain could not be experienced from the street. Obviously, a new building, a fourth element, was needed to open and liven up the urban structure.

23 Apr 2012
La Maison des Etudiants, Grenoble, southeast France
Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes

photo © André Morin
La Maison des Etudiants
La Maison des Etudiants is a student residence built in the 1930s. It is an eight-storey building, sober in style and with a plain facade, part of the skyline of the Grands Boulevard, a distinctive urban feature of the city of Grenoble. Originally, the building had fairly spacious rooms but only basic facilities, with communal showers and bathrooms.

French Architectural Designs

Architecture Designs in France, K-L, alphabetical:

La Grande Motte Montpellier
Design: N+B Architectes

photograph : Paul Kozlowski
La Grande Motte Montpellier

Le Monolithe, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
Design: MVRDV architects

image © Philippe Ruault
Le Monolithe Lyon

le Nouveau Longchamp à Paris
Design: Dominique Perrault

picture © Dominique Perrault
le Nouveau Longchamp à Paris

Les 2 Alpes Cultural center, Les 2 Alpes
Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes

photo © André Morin
Les 2 Alpes ski station

Lille Metropole museum
Manuelle Gautrand

photo : Max Lerouge
Lille Metropole museum

Lille Museum of Modern Art, n. east France
2hD Architects

image from architect
Lille Museum of Modern Art – Pavilion

Lille Office Building
LAN Architecture

picture from architect
Lille Office Building

Limoges Concert Hall Building
Design: Bernard Tschumi Architects

photo : Christian Richters
Limoges concert hall

Lironde Gardens, Montpellier
Christian de Portzamparc

photo from architect
Lironde Gardens, Montpellier

Lisieux Médiathèque
Du Besset-Lyon Architectes

picture from architect
Lisieux Médiathèque

Lons le Saunier Building
Du Besset-Lyon Architectes

image from architect
Lons le Saunier

More French Architecture Designs online soon

French Buildings – No Images

French Buildings – K-L:

Le Parc du Millénare, Aubervilliers
–
Design: Arte Charpentier

Les Bois des Moutiers, Normandy
1898
Design: Edwin Lutyens Architect

Lycée Polyvalent, Fréjus
–
Design: Foster & Partners

More French Architecture Developments online soon

French Architects

Location: France, western Europe

French Houses

Somme Buildings

Villa in the Var: French home

French Music Hall Building – design by Hérault Arnod Architectes

Buildings / photos for the French Architecture Design pages welcome