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French Building Developments

Architectural Projects across France, Europe Built Environment – Key Contemporary Properties

post updated 29 July 2024

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Building Developments in France

We’ve selected the best examples of French Building Developments. Our focus is on contemporary French building developments.

French Architecture : news + key projects

French Buildings : A-C

French Architectural Designs : D-F

French Building Developments : G-J (this page)

French Architecture Designs : K-L

French Building Designs : M-R

French Architecture Developments : S-Z

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French Building Designs from G-J

Recent additions to this page:

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 Sep 2018
Headquarters of Métropole Rouen Normandie
Headquarters of Métropole Rouen Normandie

10 May 2018
Grand Musée d’Art Nantes Wins RIBA Award for International Excellence 2018
Design: Stanton Williams Architects

photo © Nick Hufton
Grand Musee d Art Nantes
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the RIBA Awards for International Excellence and the 2018 RIBA International Emerging Architect, including this elegant and beautifully proportioned alteration and major extension for Nante’s Musee d’Arts.

26 Mar 2018
Glass House, Cap d’Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, southeastern France
Architects: David Price Design

photo :Hervé Hôte
Glass House on the French Riviera
British designer David Price, who works out of offices in Provence and on the Côte d’Azur, together with his Anglo-French-American team, has completed a show-stopping ‘Glass House’ for a British client on the Cap d’Antibes.

2 Mar 2018
Gymnasium of the Louis de Cormontaigne High School, Metz
Architects: agence ENGASSER & associés

photo : Mathieu Ducros
Gymnasium of the Louis de Cormontaigne High School
The new gymnasium is located on the site like a ship’s bow, facing the Louis de Cormontaigne High School building, a three-story structure housing the classrooms between the Moselle River and the canal and facing the motorway, which is the site’s main acoustic challenge.

15 Apr 2013
Higher Education and University Center in Le Havre, northern France
Design: Baumschlager Eberle

photo : Sebastien Morel
Ecoles – Université Le Havre
The building is made of two twin elements, side by side, centralizing three establishments: the campus of Sciences-Politiques for undergrad education and the two schools SPI (Sciences for engineers) and INSA-Civil engineering. The architects eventually proposed to group together the three institutions in two different entities unified in one single building.

3 Apr 2013
INRA Research Laboratory, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France.
Design: Tectoniques Architectes

photo © Renaud Araud
INRA Research Laboratory
The Champenoux site in the Lorraine region is one of the five sites of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (National Agronomic Research Institute) in France. Located in the immense forest of Amance, it has added a new laboratories and offices building on the existing site.

International Cave Painting Centre, Dordogne, France
Design: Mateo Arquitectura

image from architect
International Cave Painting Centre in France – 12 Dec 2012
The Conseil Général de la Dordogne (France) recently organized a competition for the construction of Lascaux IV, a complete scale replica of the Lascaux cave, at Montignac, at the foot of the hill where the actual cave is situated.

Housing in la Courrouze, Rennes, north west France
Design: Philippe Gazeau

photo : Stéphane Chalmeau
Housing in la Courrouze – 9 + 4 Jul 2012
The BH2 programme is located at the north-east end of the ZAC mixed development zone, in the “Bois Habité” area. It is bounded by the Rue Claude Bernard to the east, and by the Boulevard de Cleunay to the north.

We have 7 pages of French Building selections.

French Architecture : news + key projects

French Buildings : A-C

French Architectural Designs : D-F

French Building Developments : G-J (this page)

French Architecture Designs : K-L

French Building Designs : M-R

French Architecture Developments : S-Z

French Building Developments – Outwith Major Cities

Building Developments in France, G-J, alphabetical:

G3S – Grand Sports Arena, Brest
Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes

building image : Labtop-rendering
Brest Sports Arena

Gentilly Building, south Paris
Design: ecdm

picture from architects
Gentilly Building

GMCD, Grenoble
Design: Hérault Arnod Architectes

building image : Labtop-rendering
GMCD Grenoble

Grand Large Dunkirk
Design: ANMA/Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés

photograph : Stéphane Chalmeau
Grand Large Dunkirk

Groupe scolaire Lucie Aubrac, Nanterre
Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes

photograph from architects
Groupe scolaire Lucie Aubrac, Nanterre

Gymnastics Building, southeast France
Heams et Michel

picture © Serge Demailly
Gymnastics Building Tourrette Levens

Hoenheim Nord Terminus, Strasbourg
Zaha Hadid Architects

image from architect
Hoenheim Nord Terminus

Hotel Loisium, Alsace
Design: Steven Holl Architects

image from BM
Loisium Hotel Alsace

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French Buildings – G-J:

Glass Museum – Cristal Saint Louis, Saint-Louis-Lès-Bitche, Vosges forest
2007
Lipsky + Rollet

Grand Musée d’Art, Nantes
2009-
5 architects shortlisted
Grand Musée d’Art Nantes : international design competition

House of Environment for Ecological Park “Izadia”, Anglet
2007
atelierphilippemadec

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Location: France, western Europe

Buildings / photos for the French Architecture Developments page welcome