France
French village library by Studio 02 Architectes presents a gridded facade of wood and glass
Olafur Eliasson’s immersive light installations inhabit Gehry’s Fondation Louis Vuitton
MenoMenoPiu Architects proposes capsule hotel along the Seine
Concertina shutters shade the windows of Naud & Poux’s Paris retirement home
MVRDV’s Pushed Slab office block has a huge hole in its middle
Philippe Prost’s elliptical concrete memorial marks the centenary of World War I
Nantes house extension contrasts blackened wood facades with pale window frames
Numen/For Use creates inhabitable “corporeal” installation with sticky tape
RH+ creates daycare centre with a crumpled facade
Atelier 100architecture slots contemporary house into French medieval city centre
Sou Fujimoto stacks aluminium boxes to form “nomadic” house installation in Paris
Benedetto Bufalino transforms a former apartment into a tennis court
Mining museum by V2S contrasts a traditional stone wall with a metal box
Metallic polygonal roof tops La Madeleine library by Tank Architectes
Mont-de-Marsan education centre comprises wooden boxes hovering over a forest floor
Refurbished Paris swimming pool features blue bleachers and an outdoor sunbathing deck
Herzog & de Meuron’s triangular tower rejected by Paris councillors
MLZD and Sollberger Bögli win competition to design new Lausanne football stadium
Diller and Scofidio create “mischievous” leak inside Jean Nouvel’s glass gallery
Didier Faustino adds “explosive architectural installation” to André Bloc’s 1950s villa
Colboc Franzen’s Parisian social housing matches the proportions of its 1930s neighbours
Ron Arad is one of few contemporary designers with art collector appeal, says French auctioneer
Philippe Starck’s new home is the prototype for a new prefab housing collection
