Make something new with old, successful bet for the JCPCDR architects office which rehabilitates an apartment of the roaring twenties close to the Parc Monceau in Paris (17ème arrondissement) to make a place of life bathed in light.

Inaugurated yesterday, the White Tree seems well set to embody the Montpellier (94) of tomorrow. And for good reason, it took no less than four architects to carry out this colossal project. We thus find the experience and love of the spatial geometry of the Japanese Sou Fujimoto associated with new looks associates Nicolas Laisné and Dimitri Roussel as well as the founder of the French agency Oxo, Manal Rachdi.

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.

French designer Mathieu Lehanneur once again sets out to conquer the world of design with his unique furniture series, Inverted Gravity, presented at Art Basel - Design Miami (USA). A sculptural collection made of marble blocks arranged on bubbles of blown glass that would almost make us fall backwards!

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.

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 ...

Scheduled to inform residents of the region of Rennes (35) on current developments in the ZAC Blosne, the House Project is characterized by a strong architectural choice of its prime contractors, the local agency 2A DESIGN. Indeed, far from the usual morose prefabricated, the designers install the documentation center in ... empty containers. Result? A building as attractive as the projects it presents.

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.

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.