Diriger aux Bâtiments de Francais

Latest Projects:
Hall (Aurillac); Housing (Montpellier); Tripode (Nantes); Tour Carpe Diem (Paris)


Recent Developments:
Pajol (Paris); The Phare (Paris); Concert Hall (Limoges); Pierre Vives (Montpellier)


Key Contemporary French Buildings:
Arranged by city / area alphabetically - with the French capital first

PARIS

Paris Buildings

Apartment buildings, Rue des Suisses
2000
Herzog de Meuron

Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris XIIIe
1868
Henri Labrouste

Bibliothèque Nationale François Mitterand, Paris XIIIe
1995
Dominique Perrault Architects

Canal+ Headquarters
1992
Richard Meier Architects

Centre George Pompidou, Paris IVe
1977
Richard Rogers / Renzo Piano

French building

Cité de la Musique, La Villette, Paris IXXe
1995
Christian de Portzamparc Architect

Cite des Sciences
1986
Ian Ritchie Architects

Photo: Ian Ritchie Architects
Cite des Sciences

CNIT Building, La Défense
1958
Robert Camelot & Bernard Zherfuss, Architects

College Maximilien Perret, Alfortville
1997
Massimiliano Fuksas Architects

Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain
1995
Jean Nouvel, Architect with Emanuel Cattani et Associés
Cartier Foundation

Hotel Concorde Lafayette, Paris XVIIe
1974
Guillaume Gillet, Henri Guibout, Serge Maloletenkov, Architects

lnstitut du Monde Arabe, Paris V
1988
Jean Nouvel, Architect

Institut du Monde Arabe

La Grande Arche de La Défense, Paris XVe
1989
Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, Architect

Le Pantheon de Paris, Paris Ve
1790
Jacques Germain Soufflot

Louis Vuitton Foundation for Creation
2007-
Architects: Frank Gehry
Louis Vuitton

Maison de le Roche
-
Le Corbusier, Architect

Maison de L'UNESCO, Paris VIIe
1958
Marcel Breuer & Pier Luigi Nervi


Maison de Verre
1932
Pierre Chareau, Architect
French house

Maison Ozenfant, Paris XIV
1922
Le Corbusier, Architect

Musée du quai Branly
2006
Jean Nouvel, Architect


Musée du Louvre, Paris Ie
1876
various architects

Louvre Paris

Opéra de la Bastille, Paris XIIe
1989
Carlos Ott, Architect

Opéra Garnier, Paris IXe
1875
Charles Garnier

Pajol sports centre
2010
Brisac Gonzalez Architects

Photo: Sally Spencer Davies
Architecture Competition win
Paris sports building

Palais de Tokyo, Paris XVI
2002
Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal

Parc de la Villette, Paris IXXe
1993
Bernard Tschumi

Pavilion Suisse, Cité Universitaire
1932
Le Corbusier, Architect

The Phare
2012
Morphosis

Paris Tower Building

Philharmonie de Paris
2012
Atelier Jean Nouvel
Paris Philharmonic

Pyramide du Louvre, Paris Ie
1989
I.M. Pei & Partners

Louvre Pyramid

Rue de Meaux Housing
1991
Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Rue des Suisses - Maison, Paris XIV
2000
Herzog & De Meuron

Sacre Coeur, Montmartre

Paris Building

Tour Carpe Diem
2008-
Robert A.M. Stern Architects

studio amd for Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Tour Carpe Diem

Tour Eiffel, Paris VIIe
1889
Gustave Eiffel

Surely the most famous structure in France
Eiffel Tower

Tour Montparnasse, Paris XVe
1973
Beaudoin, Cassan, De Marien, Saubot; A. Epstein & Sons International, Inc., Architects
French skyscraper

Tristan Tzara - Maison
1927
Adolf Loos, Architect

UNESCO Space for Contemplation
1996
Tadao Ando Architects

Villa Dall'Ava, Saint Cloud
1990
Rem Koolhaas

French Architects : Paris



French Architecture - continued:

BORDEAUX
Bordeaux Architecture

Law Courts
1998
Richard Rogers Partnership

Maison at Bordeaux
1998
Rem Koolhaas

French house photo: Hans Werlemann
Bordeaux house

Pessac housing
1926
Le Corbusier

LILLE
Arts centre
2004
NOX

Lille Grand Palais
1994
Rem Koolhaas

LIMOGES
Concert Hall
2007
Bernard Tschumi Architects

Limoges Concert Hall photo by Christian Richters from Bernard Tschumi Architects 2007
Limoges concert hall

Faculty Extension
1997
Massimiliano Fuksas

LYON
Lyon Architecture

Musée des Confluences
2007
Coop Himmelbau

La Tourette Monastery
1957
Le Corbusier

Lyon-Satolas Airport Railway Station
1994
Santiago Calatrava Architects

MARSEILLES
Marseilles Architecture

CMA CGM Headquarters - project
(2005)
Zaha Hadid Architects

EuroMed Center
2005-09
Massimiliano Fuksas Architects

Unité d'Habitation
1952
Le Corbusier

MONTPELLIER
Montpellier Buildings

Lironde Gardens
2009
Atelier d'architechture Christian de Portzamparc

Montpellier Housing

Pierre Vives
2007-
Zaha Hadid

Montpellier building

ZAC Port Marianne development
2007
Du Besset-Lyon Architectes

Montpellier apartments

NANTES
Aplix factory building, Le Cellier
1997-99/2000
Dominique Perrault Architectes

Nantes Tripode
2010
Atelier d'architechture Christian de Portzamparc

Nantes Tripode

NIMES
Carré d’Art Nîmes
1993
Foster & Partners

Némausus Public Housing
1981-87
Jean Nouvel Architects

REIMS
University Library
2007
Chabanne & Partners architects

RENNES
Multiplex Europalaces Gaumont
2008
Christian de Portzamparc

Rennes building

ROUEN
Rouen Stadium
2007-09
Dominique Perrault Architectes

STRASBOURG
Car Park and Terminus
-
Zaha Hadid Architects

European Court of Human Rights
-
Richard Rogers Partnership

OTHER
French Architecture



Villa in the Var: French house

French architect : Ledoux

Saint-Étienne building : Cité du Design

Picardie house : Amiens

Provence villa : Bargemon

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Paris Airport


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