Install three separate buildings to accommodate 126 housing and rehabilitate at the same time the former Montrouge station in Paris (14e). This is the colorful proposal made by architect Louis Paillard. A crazy project, but whose success is based precisely on this grain of madness.

In Marseille (9e), the Barquière project conceived by the agency PietriArchitectes, has all the dream seaside residence: vast green terrain, pure and immaculate lines, large balconies ... What to live like on holiday 365 days a year!

Avenue Netter, in the 12e district of Paris, a brand new building designed by the agency FRES Architects plays with the codes of its Haussmann neighbors. Discover a case study in reinterpreting vernacular architecture.

In Saint-Denis (93), the architects of the Krauss workshop delivered in July 2017 a building of housing looking like a ship. Like a real boat, the realization offers different heights of bridge, thus giving bright views of the city.

With this building comprising six social housing units in the 19e arrondissement of Paris, Nomade's architects accomplished a double feat: that of carrying out a participative social housing project, which is also labeled Passive House. An exclusivity in the Capital.

In Montreuil (93), the agency NZI ARCHITECTES delivers a project for the least experimental composed of 26 participative housing designed with and for its future inhabitants. An achievement whose durability is a challenge, but which has the merit of constituting a real human adventure.

Delivered in 2017 in Chalon-sur-Saône this social housing project shows the real concern of architects Michaël Guzy and Julien Odile to offer an optimal living comfort to future users. The proof ? They won the competition by taking the opposite of the specifications provided, determined to propose the most adapted to the needs of the occupants.

In Saint-Etienne (42), a building challenges passers-by with its gigantic windows. An error of proportion? What nenni! This is the marked will of the LINK architects workshop that this gym is remarkable and noticed. A bold and successful choice.

As part of a vast operation conducted by the city of Chartres (28), aimed at renewing the district of the station, the Islet Casanova, designed by the architectural firm Group-6, has different faces. A welcome appearance for a mixed project!