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Emilio Ferro’s Threshold Makes a 19th-Century Chapel Behave Like an Artwork
A beam of white light that retracts when the chapel closes is not an effect — it is…
Uchronia Designs a Café Shin That Remembers Its Own History in Its Walls
Café Shin Marais by Uchronia is not the third location of a Parisian café concept — it is…
At Louis Vuitton SS27, Pharrell Williams Proved the Set Is the Collection
Louis Vuitton‘s Men’s Spring/Summer 2027 show, staged on 23 June 2026 at the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris,…
Fujiko Nakaya’s Fog Is the Only Thing at the Bourse de Commerce That Can Make Tadao Ando’s Concrete Disappear
The only object in the Rotonde de la Bourse de Commerce capable of making Tadao Ando‘s concrete cylinder…
Leandro Erlich Fills the Grand Palais With Fourteen Things That Look Exactly Like Architecture — And Aren’t
Leandro Erlich has spent three decades constructing replicas of the most trusted objects in architecture — elevators, staircases,…
Forty Years After Christo Wrapped It, JR Cracks the Pont Neuf Open with the World’s Largest Immersive Installation
Forty years after Christo and Jeanne-Claude wrapped the Pont Neuf in 40,000 square metres of champagne-coloured fabric, French…
Rotating Larch Louvers Turn a Paris Suburb House Façade Into a Kinetic Street Event
A boundary wall left standing becomes the foundation of a house — not metaphorically, but structurally and conceptually.…
Coralie Gruit Uses Raw Concrete and Bold Color to Merge Two Bagnolet Apartments
French architect Coralie Gruit has recently transformed two stacked units in a 2000s-era building in Bagnolet, France, into…
Uchronia Transforms a Bordeaux Mansion Into a 1960s-Inspired Athletic & Bath Club
Nestled within a historic private mansion in the heart of Bordeaux’s prestigious Golden Triangle, the Athletic & Bath…
Jessica Mille Merges Kaiten Dining With Audiophile Culture at Matsuri Marseille
Designed by French architect Jessica Mille, the newly unveiled Matsuri Marseille restaurant on Rue Paradis is an immersive…
Mesnil Architectures Peels Back the Layers of a Former Repair Workshop to Create a Tactile Pyrenean Home
Mesnil Architectures has reimagined a nondescript former workshop in Laruns, France, transforming a fragmented structure into a unified,…
Ney & Partners Cantilevers Sinusoidal Steel Footbridge From 19th-Century Albi Viaduct
Ney & Partners has completed the Foot and Bicycle Bridge Albi, a slender steel intervention cantilevered from a…
Paola Pivi Deconstructs Sicilian Lemon Trees to Create “New Life” Constellations at Perrotin Paris
Italian artist Paola Pivi returns to Perrotin Paris with “Live Again,” a multifaceted exhibition that transforms the gallery’s…
Atelier Apara Wraps Lacquered “Green Cube” at the Heart of 1970s Sarette Apartment in Paris
The renovation of the Sarette apartment in Paris by Atelier Apara breathes new life into a 1970s residential…
Boman Wraps Nanteuil School Extension in a Subtle Green Palette
Paris-bassd practice BOMAN has completed Nanteuil Primary School, a new educational volume in Montreuil, France, that integrates four…
Atelier FCA Restores a Burgundian Winemaker’s Cottage as a “House of Time Regained”
In the heart of the Burgundian village of Deux Rivières, a medieval settlement defined by the rhythmic flow…
Crosby Studios References the Female Form for Nike X Skims Paris Pop-up
A convergence of athletic performance and anatomical grace has taken shape in the heart of Paris, where the…
onze04 Arquitectes Tops a Multi-Sports Pavilion in France With a Translucent Textile “Lantern”
A strategic urban incision defines the new Marie-José Pérec and Joséphine Baker Sports and Cultural Center, a project…
BAR Repurposes a Historic Station Pavilion as a Circular Market and Civic Hub in Pont-De-Buis
The reimagining of the town center in Pont-de-Buis, France, serves as a poignant study in how architecture can…
ZYVA Studio Designs “Underwater Stage” for 40-Square-Metre Apartment in Marseille
In the sun-drenched port of Marseille, France, the boundaries between literary fiction and interior architecture have blurred within…
Pharrell Williams Designs “Drophaus” Prefab Home for Louis Vuitton FW26 Show
A vision of the “imminent-future” took center stage at Le Jardin d’Acclimatation in Paris, where Louis Vuitton Men’s…