Fab 40: Franklin Azzi, Paris

A new timber tower brings wood architecture into sharp focus in Paris and highlights ways to craft buildings that are both sustainable and look great: we spoke to project architects LAN, and explore the genre through further examples

By Amy Serafin Published 19 October 24

This overhauled chalet in the French Alps blends traditional forms with a highly bespoke interior

By Jonathan Bell Published 6 October 24

La Grande Motte and its utopian modernist dreams, as seen through the lens of photographers Laurent Kronental and Charly Broyez, who spectacularly captured the 20th-century resort community in the south of France

By Ellie Stathaki Published 25 September 24

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain has plans for a new building in Paris, working with architect Jean Nouvel

By Ellie Stathaki Published 17 September 24

Tempe à Pailla is a modernist villa in the French Riviera brimming with history, originally designed by architect Eileen Gray and extended by late British painter Graham Sutherland

By Tianna Williams Published 5 September 24

Lee Ufan Arles opens in the south of France, a collaboration between the famed Korean artist and Japanese architect Tadao Ando

By Amah-Rose Mcknight Abrams Published 16 July 24

Plans for the Centre Pompidou 2030 vision were recently announced, revealing a design refresh of the iconic Paris structure; we caught up with its lead architects Moreau Kusunoki to hear more

By Ellie Stathaki Published 3 July 24

The Grand Paris Express is a system of new rapid transit lines across the French capital, with each station designed by a different architect – and it's currently under construction

By Amy Serafin Published 23 June 24