France

Renault's '4 Movements' accompanied the R4 E-Tech at the 2024 Paris Motor Show; the clutch of sleek machines will bring innovative electrification to air, sea and water

By Jonathan Bell Published 19 October 24

A new timber tower brings wood architecture into sharp focus in Paris and highlights ways to craft buildings that are both sustainable and look great: we spoke to project architects LAN, and explore the genre through further examples

By Amy Serafin Published 19 October 24

The newly opened Ducasse Baccarat restaurant – at the crystal house’s Paris mansion – offers not just a culinary experience but a cultural encounter

By Minako Norimatsu Published 19 October 24

This overhauled chalet in the French Alps blends traditional forms with a highly bespoke interior

By Jonathan Bell Published 6 October 24

Trudon ‘Absolu’, the house’s latest fragrance by Antoine Lie, blends orange blossom absolute with saffron, cardamom, tonka bean and guaiac wood

By Hannah Tindle Published 1 October 24

‘We Will Survive' at Mudac in Lausanne, introduces us to the ‘prepper movement’, and demonstrates that we are a resilient species. Or we are doing our utmost to be as prepared as is humanly possible for disasters of all scales

By Hugo Macdonald Published 27 September 24

‘My pieces have seductive intentions,’ says Lucas Bauer as his first jewellery collection, ‘Hyphos’, celebrates organic forms

By Hannah Silver Published 20 September 24

Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain has plans for a new building in Paris, working with architect Jean Nouvel

By Ellie Stathaki Published 17 September 24

Simone Rocha, among creatives invited by Wallpaper* guest editor Laila Gohar to share meaningful dining memories, recalls happy evenings at a mountainside haunt near Nice

By Hugo Macdonald Published 15 September 24

Tempe à Pailla is a modernist villa in the French Riviera brimming with history, originally designed by architect Eileen Gray and extended by late British painter Graham Sutherland

By Tianna Williams Published 5 September 24

For the 50th anniversary of Villa Benkemoun in Arles, a new exhibition critically explores the year of 1974 through contemporary and historic artworks that antagonise the optimism of its design

By Harriet Thorpe Published 4 September 24

Marion Vignal's non-profit Genius Loci seeks to discover new insights and reflections on heritage through artistic site specific experiences

By Harriet Thorpe Published 6 August 24

The French electric motorbike brand has created five sport-inspired editions as a way of marking Paris 2024 and the arrival of DAB Custom Studio

By Jonathan Bell Published 6 August 24

Cool off with the best ice cream in Paris: Wallpaper’s favourite scoops span from classics at chef Alain Ducasse's ‘glacerie’ to ice cream sandwiches at JJ Hings

By Nicola Leigh Stewart Published 31 July 24

Abstraction and functionalism inform two exhibitions from the maverick multidisciplinary French designer Ora ïto at St-Paul de Vence and Marseille

By Harriet Thorpe Published 29 July 24

Les Rencontres d’Arles 2024 presents over 40 exhibitions and nearly 200 artists, and includes the latest iteration of the BMW Art Makers programme

By Sophie Gladstone Published 16 July 24

Lee Ufan Arles opens in the south of France, a collaboration between the famed Korean artist and Japanese architect Tadao Ando

By Amah-Rose Mcknight Abrams Published 16 July 24

If you're heading to the South of France this summer, don't miss Design Parade Hyeres & Toulon 2024, the annual creative extravaganza spotlighting emerging talent in historical locations

By Harriet Thorpe Published 9 July 24

Plans for the Centre Pompidou 2030 vision were recently announced, revealing a design refresh of the iconic Paris structure; we caught up with its lead architects Moreau Kusunoki to hear more

By Ellie Stathaki Published 3 July 24

The Grand Paris Express is a system of new rapid transit lines across the French capital, with each station designed by a different architect – and it's currently under construction

By Amy Serafin Published 23 June 24

Hôtel de la Plage in Biarritz resurfaces with fresh interiors by Olivier Granet and architecture studio Gardera & Pastre

By Imogen Green Published 19 June 24

Hôtel de Crillon and The Skateroom anticipate skateboarding’s return at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a special collaboration

By Sofia de la Cruz Published 18 June 24

The Van Gogh Foundation presents ‘Van Gogh and the Stars’, anchored by La Nuit Etoilée, which explores representations of the night sky, and the 19th-century fascination with the cosmos

By Amy Serafin Published 17 June 24

Ridley Scott and family transform French farmhouses into holiday lets, the latest addition to the filmmaker’s Provençal wine estate, Mas des Infermières

By Stephanie Gavan Published 16 June 24