The French ministry of defense is leaving its building in the 7th arrondissement to move into new headquarters in the south of Paris. Paris’ Mayor wants to convert the old office to social housing. By September, the Defense ministry staff and central services of the armed forces will move into the “Balargone” — a play […]

The Parisian attic in the 6th arrondissement where Picasso worked for 20 years and painted “Guernica” will be preserved due to a legal agreement reached between heirs and hotel developers. Perched at the top of the Hôtel de Savoie, at 7 rue des Grands-Augustins, Picasso’s studio has been the battleground of fierce negotiations to prevent […]

Former Parisian warehouse located in the 19th arrondissement has delivered its first housing units. After 5 years of conversion work, what was once a large railway warehouse bordering the ring road in the northeast corner of Paris is nearing completion. Families have already moved in to the units, half of which will be low-income housing.

Paris selects 75 finalists to create or renovate sites throughout the French capital as part of its urban design competition “Réinventer Paris” Results of the first phase of the competition entitled “Réinventer Paris” or “Reinventing Paris” have been released. The project involved a request for proposals from 650 teams of architects and developers to reimagine […]

The city of Paris is inviting residents and architects to submit proposals for green car-free pedestrian zones on sections of the right bank. In 2014, Paris opened Les Berges de Seine on the left bank, near the Musee d’Orsay. The pedestrian zone is host to a range of activities, from bars and restaurants to rock climbing and urban […]

An ambitious project to renovate the Louvre post office building includes big plans both inside and out. A rarity in Paris, the Louvre post office is well known for its 7-days-a-week and near 24-hours-a-day service. Besides being the only post office with that claim, it is also the most frequented one in the city. But those […]

An innovative rooftop garden on Paris’ Galeries Lafayette is a fresh take on urban farming. Haute couture shoppers at Paris’ Galeries Lafayette will be surprised to know that hundreds of kilos of strawberries are floating on the roof above their heads. “Paris under the Strawberries” is an installation of walls of strawberries and other aromatic plants on the rooftop of […]

France’s highest administrative court reverses earlier rulings, finds that the proposed glass facade is sufficiently in harmony with Paris existing architecture.

Mayor Anne Hidalgo has inaugurated a 50m-high block tower, the first residential high-rise to be built in Paris since 1975.  It’s completion is a strong symbolic statement that it is now possible to build to ‘greater heights’ in the capital.

A short walk north of the Seine in the heart of Paris, the Les Halles neighborhood is home to 7000 residents and over 16,400 jobs. The Châtelet-Les Halles RER commuter rail and subway station is the largest transport hub in the Ile de France region, serving over 800,000 passengers per day.