In parallel with the flagship event of the Grand Palais, the International Fair of Contemporary Art is also exposed Hors les Murs. Contemporary sculptures and installations unfold in the Parisian urban landscape, from the Jardin des Tuileries to the Place de la Concorde. For its forty-sixth edition, the FIAC, in collaboration with the Victoria Miro Gallery, gives carte blanche to the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. As Halloween approaches, Place Vendôme, usually so serious, is adorned with a giant pumpkin, colorful and instagramable at will.

After the House of Trade Unions and the new School of Fine Arts installed in the former halls of Alstom, the program "Inspirations" reinvents the urban landscape of the island of Nantes (44). In this context, the FRES agency founded in 2004 by Laurent Gravier and Sara Martin Camara takes up the challenge of building a complex of 101 housing for Cogedim Atlantic. A contemporary building with fragmented volumes that responds brilliantly to the suburban urbanism of the historic district of creation.

Pli launches the first edition of the Pli Public Workshop (PPW), a contest for young architects, artists and designers to promote different approaches to architectural creation. The exhibition of selected projects will be held at the Pavillon de l'Arsenal (4th arrondissement) of 28 November 2019 January 5 2020. Curious, committed and multidisciplinary, this new generation of creators commands admiration. Review emerging talents to follow.

Close your eyes and think hard about La Défense (92). You will see its towers, its hordes of suits and ties and its large arch. A marked landscape that changes every two years in the autumn, not thanks to the dead leaves and the colors of the trees (few in this panorama) but thanks to Public Form, Biennial of the street furniture, which decorates the famous square of seated high in color!

If, at Muuuz, we like to find small nuggets in unexpected neighborhoods, it is impossible for us to miss the hotel Jardins du Faubourg, a five-star establishment located in the golden triangle of the capital. A project signed Arnaud Behzadi very "luxury, calm and pleasure".

Who said we had to wait for the university to benefit from a quality school? Certainly not the (very) young pupils of the new nursery school on Jeanne d'Arc Street (13th arrondissement). The kindergarten, designed by LA Architectures and Atelier Desmichelles, is a true ode to nature and warms the heart of the capital.

The ephemeral and intimate Private Choice collection gives pride of place to exceptional pieces. For its eighth edition, the exhibition is held in two historic Haussmann apartments and revolves around the theme "Affinities / Affinities". A confidential event that invites you to discover and acquire the latest innovations in art and design.

Last July, a brand new hotel opened in the 11e district of Paris. Called The Two Giraffes, the establishment already counts among the chic and sure addresses of the Capital. A temple of good taste renovated by the AR ARCHITECTURE agency which has already had the opportunity to welcome Gnarls Barkley between its walls. Just that...

Presented at Sergeant Paper, a hybrid spot between gallery and concept-store of BHV Marais (4th arrondissement), the series "Street View Journey" by the Japanese artist Nao Tatsumi offers a new meaning to Google Street View. Inspired by these digital landscapes, the painter throws them on the canvas offering them a dreamlike pastel treatment.

Young agency that nothing stops, TRACKS has recently delivered a cinema with unique identity in Riom (63). An impressive monolith of concrete, the Arcadia is the result of a subtle work of materials and is part of an architectural tradition Auvergne. Delivered at the end of 2018, the project has just received the CNC Innovative Room Award. Back on a dark room in the process of becoming iconic.

Ah, the myth of the Parisian apartment, its wrought iron balcony, its squeaky parquet floors or its elegant moldings ... Yet even these dwellings with timeless charm sometimes require a bit of fresh air. And it is certainly not the owners of this apartment 9ème arrondissement who will say otherwise, they who entrusted the reconfiguration at the Atelier Pierre Louis Gerlier.

When the Swedish furniture giant announced its collaboration with one of the hottest designers, the canvas and the (affordable) design enthusiast ignited. An association expected of which only lucky ones will be able to benefit. Return to the collection addressed to Millennials in the well-run campaign.

Here is an amazing collaboration! Nina Dodd knits when Joseph Ford photographs. Their series "Invisible Jumpers" combines their two talents and captures unusual scenes where the clothes imagined by the designer blend with the landscape.

We were waiting for it, it's now done: the name of the winner of the RIBA Stirling Award was unveiled last night. And the winner of the prestigious British award is none other than London studio Mikhail Riches who recently awarded Norwich City Council with 105 low-energy homes. Back on the project that seduced the famous institution.