Fashion revelation of recent years, the French designer Marine Serre takes up residence in the 19ème arrondissement, in a building designed by Jean-Paul Viguier. To create this showroom and these workshops in her image, the stylist uses Lemoal Lemoal Architects who imagine trays as minimalist as futuristic.

Associate an architect and a butcher, a crazy idea? Not if we believe the Lyon Shop Design, manifestation with amazing concept contributing to enhance the trade through the design of local shops, both the renovation and the creation of outlets. Designated by a jury from architecture and sales as well as by Internet users, the winners were unveiled last week in the Grand Refectory of Grand Hotel-Dieu, recently rehabilitated.

The Parisian agencies Core Architectures and studiokokumi are teaming up to rehabilitate an old shoe factory in two independent lofts. A new life given to a manufacturing building in the district of Mouzaia in the 19ème arrondissement which is anchored in the air of time while retaining its soul of yesteryear.

We announced it a few months ago, the magazine Pli launches the Pli Public Workshop, a competition to promote the new generation of architects and designers. Offering a program of assistance to the creation intended for the research and the production of a project, the PPW relies on a jury of experts to select 11 young creators whose work will be exposed to the Pavilion of the Arsenal next fall. And the winners are ...

At the heart of the Marseille effervescence (13), it seems complicated to combine places of escape and tranquility. And yet. The Hotel les Bordes de Mer, designed by the Yvann Pluskwa Architectures agency, gives back to the city's frenzy the air of a seaside resort. Focus.

In the office, storage spaces can quickly become cluttered, even bulky. Even in the most modern organizers, reconciling versatility and structure is not always easy. That's why the Facultative Works studio offers MTO, Multifunctional Transforming Organizer, a very convenient object that will quickly discipline the most messy.

Long considered a passing city, Lyon (69) is now one of the major French cities. Capital of European culture in 2013, land of the Festival of Lights, Biennale of Contemporary Art, and now hosting the World Cup Women's Football, Lyon has nothing to prove. It may still be a place worthy of its ambitions, between luxury and heritage. And that's where Jean-Philippe Nuel comes in.

Initiated last year, the "City Benches" project is part of the London Festival of Architecture and allows emerging designers and architects to invest the capital, following a competition organized by the City of London Corporation and the Cheapside Buisness Alliance. For the 2019 edition, five young talents reinterpret the seating and animate the public space.

"Did you know," the wide shots of Wes Anderson's Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) actually present 3-sized thumbnails? A feat in the universe of the model that the American architect and artist James Casebere did not wait to see happen for him too, create universes (almost) livable fantasy and colorful combining reduced models and photographic work.

Transform a small garage in Valencia (Spain) into a trendy and minimalist barber? Bet accepted for the Iberian agency of design Nada. Inspired by the "à la fresca" establishments that exploit the outside for more conviviality and informality, the studio imagines a hairdresser open on the street whose monochrome will certainly attract all the bearded of the city.

Inspired by the aerodynamics of the owner's car and the seaside site on which his latest project takes place, the French architect David Tajchman imagines a curving residence overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. A spectacular achievement that fits into a complex environment.

Based in Copenhagen (Denmark), the duo of designers Anne Louise Rasmussen and Maja Marie Halling amazes us with her experimental approach to textile design. Anthropomorphic and sculptural, their carpets break the codes with humor. Example with the Assemblies collection.

Land of Parisian cool, the Marais district (3ème arrondissement) hosts a new gastronomic spot with impressive volumes. Named Malro, in tribute to André Malraux - savior of the formerly unhealthy sector - the address offers a Mediterranean menu in a Californian-inspired setting, chic and warm.

In many cases, living in the Paris region involves a lot of sacrifices. Narrow spaces, quirky rooms and lack of outside are the daily lives of many Parisians. Constraints that did not want to bend the inhabitants of Vitry-sur-Seine (94) who entrusted the extension of their house and the creation of a terrace to the local agency Janez Nguyen Architects. What to breathe a little!