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Key Southern French property developments. New Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur buildings & built environment updates.

post updated 22 February 2026

Marseille Architectural News

Marseille Architecture Designs – chronological list

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New Marseille Buildings, chronological:

post updated 1 September 2023
La Crique Apartments, at the base of the Montagne de l’Aigle
Architect: PietriArchitectes

photograph : Luc Boegly

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Marseille Building News

7 Apr 2021
Antoine de Ruffi School Group
Design: TAUTEM Architecture and BMC2 Architectes

photo © Luc Boegly
In Marseille, at the entrance to the new and rapidly developing Euroméditerranée district, the firms of TAUTEM Architecture and BMC2 Architectes deliver the Antoine de Ruffi School Group. Housing 22 classroom and common areas, this mineral monolith features strict geometry and spectacular volumes.

15 Nov 2020
La Cité Radieuse Marseille, Le Corbusier

photograph : Anna Dziedzic
The songs were composed by Stefano Meneghetti who brought musicians of the calibre of Giuseppe Azzarelli, Massimiliano Donninelli, Yannick da Re and Cristian Inzerillo to work together with him.

25 Mar 2020
Manifesta 13 Marseille update

The current situation has an impact on the entire production chain of Manifesta 13 Marseille and therefore the date of opening that had been set in place.

Manifesta first and foremost wants to ensure that participants and team members are working safely towards the biennial and its three programmes, as well as having the necessary time and conditions in order to build these programmes properly and to maintain a high level of quality.

Manifesta’s staff, the Board and Artistic Team of Manifests 13 Marseille are currently investigating different scenarios in regard to new opening dates of the biennial, that were initially planned on the 7th of June for the public opening and on the 5th and 6th of June for press and professionals. After the 15th of April 2020, Manifesta will reanalyse the situation and aims to announce the new opening dates of the 13th edition of Manifesta.

Since last Monday the 16th of March 2020, Manifesta have temporarily closed down their two projects spaces in Marseille (Espace Manifesta 13 and Tiers QG) and have postponed all pre-biennial public events including the workshops of Le Tour de Tous les Possibles.

In addition to the exhibition has temporarily closed – Manifesta Revisited at Manifesta’s Headquarters in Amsterdam.

More Marseille Architecture News on e-architect soon.

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Marseille Architecture Design News

Marseille Architecture News 2018 – 2019

25 Mar 2019
Hexagone at Luminy University Campus in Marseille
Design: Rémy Marciano Architecte

image Courtesy architecture office
Transforming the original 1960s building into a “learning center” offers a new venue for student life, meeting and sharing on this Marseilles campus.

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6 Nov 2018
Maisonp Residence in Le-Puy-Sainte-Reparade, Bouches-du-Rhône department, southern France
Design: Pietri Architectes

photograph : Philippe Biolatto

More contemporary Marseille Architecture News online here at e-architect soon.

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Property Developments

Marseille Architecture News 2006 – 2017

24 Nov 2017
Marseille Airport Extension
Design: Foster + Partners

image from architecture office
The architectural competition winning entry for the new Marseille Airport extension was revealed at a grand ceremony in the presence of JC Gaudin, Mayor of Marseille; Renaud Muselier, President of the region; Martine Vassal, President of the Departmental Council; JL Chauvin, President of the Chamber of Commerce, and several other dignitaries.

18 Nov 2017
FAV 2018 Festival des Architectures Vives

photo © photoarchitecture.com

8 Oct 2017
MaisonA in Aix-en-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, southern France
Design: Pietri Architectes

photograph : Mathieu Ducros
MaisonA is nestled on the side of the hill on the plot. This modern French building is discreet, but its pure lines show great strength of character.

2 Oct 2017
La Barquière Housing Project in Marseille
Design: Pietri Architectes

photo © Mathieu Ducros
La Barquière is a 62-housing project located in the 9th district of Marseille (France). The urban neighbourhood offers to the project a unique setting.

page updated 10 Aug 2017
Mucem Conservation and Resources Centre
Design: Corinne Vezzoni et Associés

photo © David HUGUENIN
In 2004, the Ministry of Culture launched a competition for the Mucem Conservation and The source Centre (CCR) on the brownfield site of La belle de mai, near Saint-Charles station in Marseille.

26 Apr 2017
Vitrolles Media Library in France, avenue des Salyen, 13127 Vitrolles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Southern France
Architect: Jean-Pierre Lott

photo : Aldo Amoretti
The media library project has a dual façade: a ground floor aligned with the street – exterior wall all in glass – an open invitation to enter, and a floor above comprised of a great undulating veil of white concrete with openings resembling lattice work. Located in the heart of the district of Les Pins, the new building symbolizes the renewal of the town center.

19 Apr 2017
FAV 2017, Festival des Architectures Vives

image from from Festival des Architectures Vive
A school of Architecture is invited each year to participate at the FAV. For this edition the Higher Technical School of Architecture of San Sebastián was invited.

FAV 2016, Festival des Architectures Vives

6 Nov 2016
Médard Museum in Lunel and the Maritime Museum in Sète, Hérault, Languedoc Roussillon region Sète
Design: C+D Architecture

image courtesy of architects
Médard and the Maritime Museums
The region has supported the towns in the financing of these cultural amenities. Benefiting from new funds, the two museums stand out from the rest because of the way their architecture has been restored – they are both diametrically opposite in historical terms – and because of the content of their respective collections.

page updated 10 Oct 2016
Marseille Grand Mosque Building
Design: Bureau Architecture Méditerranée

image Courtesy architecture office
This project integrates into its surroundings by respecting the urban fabric and existing buildings listed on the register of historic monuments. The use of the same type of stone, the preservation of existing buildings and respect for alignments all give the building an almost discreet character.

11 May 2016
Aix University in Aix-en-Provence, 29 Avenue Robert Schuman, 13100 Aix-en-Provence
Design: Dietmar Feichtinger Architects

photograph : Sergio Grazia
A major gesture is not always needed. In further developing a campus that dates originally from the 1960s Dietmar Feichtinger shows that added value can be better achieved through restraint, carefully positioned cubes, and subtle facade rhythms than by the use of showy sculptural symbols.