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French Building Designs

Architectural Developments across France, Europe

post updated 29 July 2024

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Building Designs in France

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We’ve picked the most interesting of French Building Designs. The focus is on contemporary French building designs.

French Architecture : news + key projects

French Buildings : A-C

French Architectural Designs : D-F

French Building Developments : G-J

French Architecture Designs : K-L

French Building Designs : M-R (this page)

French Architecture Developments : S-Z

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Recent additions to this page:

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

photo : Marc Mondange
Robert Poujade Pedestrian Bridge, Toulouse

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

photo © Jeudi Wang
Bibliothèque nationale de France Amiens

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

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

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

photo : Cyrille Weiner
Q-Park Ravet, Chambéry

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

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

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

2 Jul 2013
Paul Chevallier School Complex, Lyon, south France
Design: Tectoniques Architects

photo : Renaud Araud
Paul Chevallier School Complex
The Paul Chevallier school complex is situated in Rillieux-la-Pape, a northern suburb of Lyon. At 5,034 m2, it is an unusually large project; and this indicates the growing attractiveness of the area. The complex currently comprises a nursery school and an elementary school. In 2014, a gym will be added, which will also be available for community activities. The site occupies an entire block, close to the centre of the district.

22 Jan 2013
New Law Courts of Caen, north west France
Design: BE Hauvette Paris and Atelier d’Architecture Pierre Champenois

image from architects studio
New Law Courts of Caen
Concerning urbanistic planning, the law courts of Caen redefines a new domain in the centre of the City. The design of BE Hauvette Paris and Atelier d’Architecture Pierre Champenois for this public building was recently presented to the public. It comes with a quadratic shape which comprises several duties and responsibilities: The cube underlines by its form the importance of jurisdiction by the means of architecture.

10 Dec 2012
Mozart ZAC Housing, Lyon, southern France
Tectoniques

photo : Renaud Araud
Mozart ZAC Housing
For Tectoniques, this project represents a relatively recent process of reflection and production – that of collective housing in an urban landscape. The team is familiar with the theme of habitats: accommodation for elderly and/or dependent people, tourist residences or private houses. But this is their first design for urban social housing.

5 Dec 2012
Public Toilets in Tête d’Or Park, Lyon, southern France
JS Architecture Urbanisme

photo : Franck Fleury
Tête d’Or Park Lyon
Jacky Suchail Architecture Urbanisme has recently installed eight new public toilets in the Tête d’Or. They are easily visible and conveniently located on the perimeter of the park and at strategic points within it.

17 Sep 2012
Music School Louviers, Normandy, northern France
Design: Opus 5

photograph : Luc Boegly
Music School Louviers
The antique convent of the Penitents, in the city center of Louviers – Normandy, is a very exceptional example of “cloister on water”, made of a complex assembly of successive constructions.

16 Jul 2012
Médiathèque Romain Rolland, Paris
Philippe Gazeau architecte

picture : Philippe Ruault
Médiathèque Romain Rolland
The Romainville multimedia library is located in the heart of a dormitory town that is being completely renovated. The town planners wanted to open up the district by fragmenting the housing blocks, creating a central plain to provide a large park and two facilities. The new building floats between two ‘flying carpets’.

2 Jul 2012
maison L, Yvelines, northern France – RIBA Awards 2012 Winner
Architect: architecturespossibles

photo : George Dupin
maison L Yvelines
The brief suggested the L-shaped general plan and the use of an indigenous stone for retaining walls. But it did not suggest half burying a series of interconnecting cave-like rooms, nor the five three-storey board-marked concrete towers that poke out of the rockery roof. This is where the genius of the architect comes in.

20 Jun 2012
Maison de l’Économie Créative et de la Culture en Aquitaine, MÉCA, Bordeaux, southwest France
Design: BIG + FREAKS freearchitects

image from architects
MÉCA Bordeaux
Team BIG+FREAKS freearchitects, dUCKS scéno, Khephren Ingénierie, VPEAS, ALTO Ingénierie, Vincent Hedont, PBNL, Mryk & Moriceau, Ph.A wins the competition to design a new 12 000 m2 cultural center on the riverfront of Bordeaux, merging three cultural institutions into one single building.

30 May 2012
Musée des Beaux-arts Rheims, northeast France
David Chipperfield Architects

image © David Chipperfield Architects
Musée des Beaux-arts Rheims
The new Musée des Beaux-arts is situated on the periphery of a long green space, arising from the town fortifications, between the old and new town. The Gallo- Roman gate and the modernist market hall, located in its vicinity, are evidence of Reim’s architectural history from antiquity to modern times.

17 May 2012
Musée de la Romanitée Narbonne, southern France
Foster + Partners

image : Foster + Partners
Musée de la Romanitée Narbonne
Following an international competition, Foster + Partners, working with museum designer Adrien Gardere, is designing a new museum for Roman artefacts in the city of Narbonne. As a vital Roman port, Narbonne has an impressive legacy of buildings, ancient relics and archaeological sites.

11 Apr 2012
Musée des Beaux-arts Reims, north east France
X-TU Architects

image from architects
Musée des Beaux-arts Reims
Competition for the Arts Museum of Reims
Total floor area: 13,700 m² SHON
Cost: 35,000,000 €

8 Mar 2012
Marseille Vieux Port Masterplan, southern France
Foster + Partners

image : Foster + Partners
Marseille Vieux Port Masterplan
Marseille’s Vieux Port, one of the great Mediterranean ports, is about to be transformed. Work has started on Michel Desvigne’s and Foster + Partners’ competition-winning masterplan for its regeneration. The project will reclaim the quaysides as a civic space, creating new informal venues for performances and events and removing traffic to create a safe, semi-pedestrianised public realm.

We have 7 pages of French Building Design selections.

French Architecture : news + key projects

French Buildings : A-C

French Architectural Designs : D-F

French Building Developments : G-J

French Architecture Designs : K-L

French Building Designs : M-R (this page)

French Architecture Developments : S-Z

New French Building Designs

Contemporary Building Designs in France, alphabetical:

MBA Building, Paris
David Chipperfield Architects

picture : David Chipperfield Architects
MBA Building Paris

Mantes-la-Jolie Aquacenter, nr Paris
Agence SEARCH

photo © Michel Denancé
Mantes-la-Jolie Aquacenter

Marché Permanent, Béthune
Architects: Zvi Hecker

image from architect
Béthune Architecture–

The Metaphone – Oignies, northeast France
Hérault Arnod Architectes

image : Thomas Seriès – Labtop, Hérault Arnod
The Metaphone – Oignies

Millau Viaduct
Foster + Partners

photo © Nick Weall
Millau Viaduct

Mine site 9-9bis – Oignies
Hérault Arnod Architectes

building image : Labtop-rendering
Oignies building

Modern Music Centre Evreux, North France
Hérault Arnod Architectes

image : Labtop-rendering
Modern Music Centre Evreux

Monolith in Lyon
Designed by Erick van Egeraat + others

image © Designed by Erick van Egeraat
Monolith in Lyon

Multiplex Europalaces Gaumont, Rennes
Christian de Portzamparc

image from architect
Rennes building

Nantes Tripode Buildings, Nantes
Christian de Portzamparc

image from architect
Nantes Tripode

New General Building of Council of Europe
Art & Build Architect

picture from architect
New General Building of Council of Europe

The Orange Cube
Jakob + Macfarlane

photo : Nicolas Borel
The Orange Cube Lyon

Origami Building, Paris
Manuelle Gautrand

© Manuelle Gautrand Arch. photo Vincent Fillon
Origami Building

Orleans Médiathèque
Du Besset-Lyon Architectes

image from architect
Orleans Mediatheque

Pajol sports centre, Paris
Brisac Gonzalez Architects

photo : Sally Spencer Davies
Pajol sports centre

Paladru Archaeology Museum and Park
Hérault Arnod Architectes

image © André Morin
Paladru Archaeology Museum

Parc des Expositions, Toulouse
OMA

image © OMA
Parc des Expositions Toulouse

The Phare, Paris
Morphosis

image from architect
The Phare

Pierre Vives Project, Montpellier
Zaha Hadid

picture from ZHA
Pierre Vives

Renaissance Paris Wagram Hotel
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc

image from architect
Renaissance Paris Wagram Hotel

Rossignol Global Headquarters, Grenoble
Hérault Arnod Architectes

building image : Labtop-rendering
Rossignol Grenoble

Rungis Médiathèque
Du Besset-Lyon Architectes

image from architect
Rungis Mediatheque

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French Building Designs – No Images

French Buildings – M-R:

Maison Carré, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne
1956-59
Alvar Aalto

Millau Viaduct, Gorge du Tarn, south France
2005
Foster + Partners
One of the greatest – if not The Greatest – bridges in the world

Mixed-use project, Quartier de l’Amphitheatre, Metz
2007-
Erick van Egeraat Architects

Musée Champollion, Figeac
2007
Agence Moatti et Rivière

Musée Fabre, Montpellier
2007
Agence d’architecture Brochet Lajus Pueyo / Atelier d’Architecture Emmanuel Nebout

Museum, Metz
2005-08
Shigeru Ban with Jean de Gasties & Gumuchdjian Architects

Provincial Capitol Building, Toulouse
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Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates

Reims University Library
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Chabanne & Partners architects

Rouen Stadium
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Dominique Perrault Architectes

Rudin House, Leymen
1997-98
Herzog de Meuron Architects

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