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Chatillon Architectes renovated Grande Nef de l’Île-des-Vannes
Grande Nef de l’Île-des-Vannes

For 2024 Paris Olympics, Chatillon Architectes restores an arena by Anatole Kopp, Pierre Chazanoff, and Lucien Metrich

Simone Veil Bridge with people walking on it
Normcore

OMA’s Simone Veil Bridge opens in Bordeaux, France, in honor of one of the EU’s most important leaders

exterior of Centre Pompidou
The Spirit of ‘68

Moreau Kusunoki and Frida Escobedo reveal Centre Pompidou 2030 renovation plans

exterior of Centre Aquatique Olympique
Ecozone

VenhoevenCS and Ateliers 2/3/4 design Centre Aquatique Olympique in Saint-Denis, part of the banlieue’s “reurbanization”

South of France

Pietri Architectes clads La Porte Bleue with a grid of concrete arches

a solar panel-covered parking lot
Let There Be Shade

New French law requires most large parking lots to be blanketed with solar canopies

Array of windows on a facade
Nursed Back to Health

Avenier Cornejo architectes wrap a Parisian nursing home in Kolumba brick

a curvy pavilion nestled in a rolling countryside
Uncorked

Oscar Niemeyer’s final drawn work comes to life at Château La Coste in Provence

The long, boxy Neutron Research Centre against the mountains of the alps
Shine On Like A Neutron

The white aluminum facade of the Neutron Research Centre shines in front of the French Alps

White stone arches leading out from a church, designed by kengo kuma
Arch-Typical

Kengo Kuma will reinvigorate a medieval French cathedral with a new sculptural entryway

Exterior of E-1027, a white, modernist concrete volume with cantilevering decks
Modernisme Chaleureux

Eileen Gray’s iconic E-1027 villa reopens to the public after extensive renovation

Image of the Orangery Gardens at Versaille
Off With Their Wallets

The Palace of Versailles opens as an ultra luxurious hotel for a princely sum

a tower with a twisting metal facae
Withering Heights

Luma Arles opens in Provence with all eyes on Frank Gehry’s polarizing centerpiece

Looking in between two large honey colored walls
Honey Sweet

Honey-colored, load-bearing concrete highlights the collection at the Narbo Via museum

The pont du gard aqueduct over france
We Came We Saw We Same-Day Delivered

Amazon’s plan to build a warehouse near UNESCO-designated Pont du Gard draws outrage

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal
Building Up, Not Tearing Down

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal win the 2021 Pritzker Prize

colorful sculptures at a italian sculpture park
Tongue Slides and Nipple Windows

MoMA PS1 announces first New York retrospective of Niki de Saint Phalle

a view of an airport from above
Volte-face

France nixes construction of fourth terminal at Charles de Gaulle Airport

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