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Diriger aux Bâtiments de Francais We have 2 pages of French Architecture selections with links to hundreds of individual project pages. This page lists the principal French buildings in the major cities. The second page (linked below in bold) lists key French buildings outwith the major cities. We aim to select buildings in France that are either of top quality or interesting or ideally both. French Building - Latest Designs + Building AdditionsNarbonne Museum, southern FranceFoster + Partners  image : Foster + Partners Musée de la Romanitée Narbonne - 17 May 2012 Following an international competition, Foster + Partners, working with museum designer Adrien Gardere, is designing a new museum for Roman artefacts in the city of Narbonne. As a vital Roman port, Narbonne has an impressive legacy of buildings, ancient relics and archaeological sites. The centrepiece of the museum is a collection of more than 1,000 ancient stone relief funerary blocks excavated nearby. Their display forms a natural barrier at the heart of the simple, rectilinear building, separating the public galleries from the more private restoration spaces. Visitors will be able to glimpse the work of the archaeologists and researchers through its mosaic of stone and light, and the flexible display framework allows the reliefs to be easily reconfigured and used as an active tool for learning. Scenographic Huts, Briançon, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, south east France - 4 May 2012 Hérault Arnod Architectes  image : Hérault Arnod Architectes At the request of Isabelle de Beaufort, we have created a stage set for her “Neige de Culture” project on the Serre-Chevalier ski slopes. The aim of “Neige de Culture” is to provide themed cultural itineraries on subjects such as the history of the Romans in the Alps or from Vauban to Briançon. The stories that unfold during these itineraries are underpinned by stage scenery elements such as huts, totem poles and triangulation rocks. Modern Music Centre Evreux, Northern France - 4 May 2012 Hérault Arnod Architectes  image : Labtop-rendering This Contemporary Music Centre is a new kind of musical complex, consisting of two auditoriums of very different kinds, linked by a public space called the deck, running from one side of the building to the other. It is designed on the principle that, instead of being mere consumers of entertainment, people can construct their own evening, which requires a distinctive spatial layout. La Maison des Etudiants, Grenoble, south east France - 23 Apr 2012 Hérault Arnod Architectes  photo © André Morin La Maison des Etudiants is a student residence built in the 1930s. It is an eight-storey building, sober in style and with a plain facade, part of the skyline of the Grands Boulevard, a distinctive urban feature of the city of Grenoble. Originally, the building had fairly spacious rooms but only basic facilities, with communal showers and bathrooms. The Metaphone - Oignies, north east France - 23 Apr Hérault Arnod Architectes  image : Thomas Seriès - Labtop, Hérault Arnod The Metaphone is the contemporary keystone of the whole project, embodying the site’s new musical and acoustic role. An architecture of materials, sound and light, it is the emblematic space of 9 – 9bis BT01 Offices Building, Oignies - 23 Apr Hérault Arnod Architectes  photo © André Morin The first completed part of the 9/9bis mine conversion project in Oignies is this small office building. It is the first part of “Bois du Métaphone”, a set of structures intended for offices and a hotel. Musée des Beaux-arts Reims, north east France - 11 Apr 2012 X-TU, Architects  image from architects Competition for the Arts Museum of Reims Total floor area: 13,700 m² SHON Cost: 35,000,000 € The Scarab Building, central France - added 5 Apr SAREA Alain Sarfati Architecture  photo : Philippe Ruault Architecture can be a magnet, "a strange magnet"; especially if it concerns a public utility, if the establishment hosts cultural, sporting and economic events or is used quite simply for entertainment. Through its form and radiance and the image it gives out, the place created from symbolic identity becomes a medium of social connection. This is what the Scarab, a creation by ALAIN SARFATI for the Urban Community of Roanne, offers. Gentilly Building, south Paris - 16 Mar ecdm  picture from architects Groupe scolaire Lucie Aubrac, Nanterre, north west Paris - 16 Mar Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes  photograph from architects The school is distinguished by its spatial organization and design of the facades of their surroundings. The free form differentiates the building from its environnement of rigid social housing characterizing the area ‘Province de France’ in Nanterre. La Grande Motte Montpellier, south east of Montpellier - 12 Mar N+B Architectes  photograph : Paul Kozlowski La Grande Motte city, situated at the edge of the Mediterranean Sea, benefits from a soft and moderate climate. The project of construction of new offices for the technical services of the city of La Grande Motte takes place in a very widely afforested ground. It is a remarkable environment, thanks to the natural elements that surrounds it. Marseille Vieux Port Masterplan, southern France - 8 Mar Foster + Partners  image : Foster + Partners Marseille’s Vieux Port, one of the great Mediterranean ports, is about to be transformed. Work has started on Michel Desvigne's and Foster + Partners’ competition-winning masterplan for its regeneration. The project will reclaim the quaysides as a civic space, creating new informal venues for performances and events and removing traffic to create a safe, semi-pedestrianised public realm. French Building - Recent DesignsBeaugrenelle Shopping Mall, Paris - 17 FebAgence Search  image from architects In today’s increasingly competitive environment, the architecture of shopping malls has come to play a fundamental role in their commercial success. Architecture can distinguish the shopping environment to create a sense of specificity, of differentiation. Zap'Ados, Calais, northern France - 16 Feb Bang Architectes  photograph : Julien Lanoo The builidng is located along a canal in the former industrial district of Calais. It continues the urban renewal initiated by La Cité de la Dentelle (by Moatti & Rivière Architects) located a hundred meters downstream. In this bleak urban landscape, the conversion of the existing industrial building has to be visible. Mantes-la-Jolie Aquacenter, nr Paris, northern France - 23 Jan Agence SEARCH  photo © Michel Denancé This new French building is emblematic of urban renewal in the Val-Fourré public housing projets. Located in the neighborhood “Quartier des Peintres”, known for its problematic social and urban environment, the new buildings are the latest in a series of programs dating back over a decade. Origami Building, Paris - 4 Jan Manuelle Gautrand  © Manuelle Gautrand Architect. photo Vincent Fillon French ArchitectureWe've selected what we feel are the major French Buildings, in chronological order:Eiffel Tower, Paris (1889) Villa Savoie, Poissy (1929) Villa Stein, Garches (1927) Unité d'Habitation, Marseille (1952) Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp (1955) Maisons Jaoul, Neuilly-sur-Seine (1956) La Tourette Monastery, Lyon (1957) Pompidou Centre, Paris (1976) The Pantheon, Paris (1790) The Louvre Museum Pyramid, Paris (1989) Arab du Monde lnstitute, Paris (1988) Carré d'Art, Nîmes (1993) Millau Viaduct, Gorge du Tarn (2005) Comments on the French architecture selection welcome. These French buildings are not selected due to their fame - we've left out the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe - but because each in its way achieved a milestone and signified strong creative achievement. 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