France
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in France - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to France.
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An art centre, Large, is the newest addition to Île Seguin, and its formerly industrial siteRCR Architectes is behind a new Île Seguin art centre, called Large – a space designed to celebrate art and community while breathing life into its site, a former Renault factory
By Amy Serafin Published
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Le Cornichon’s founders open new Paris nightspot, Le Poisson VolantBertrand Chauveau and Paul Henri reunite with Claves Architecture to turn Paris’ former L’International into a restaurant and nightclub
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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For sale, Savin Couëlle’s spectacular organic villa complex on a remote Corsican islandVilla Pieds Dans L'Eau is a masterpiece of 70s organic architecture, built into the rocky coastline of the Corsican island of Cavallo
By Jonathan Bell Published
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The best new hotels to book nowExplore the most stylish new openings in the world, from a Silver Lake church turned boutique hotel to a tropical luxury hideaway on a lesser-known Indonesian island
By Lindsay Cohn Last updated
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This grand alpine residence designed by Spinocchia Freund has us excited for winterThis sprawling private home is a 30,000 sq ft winter wonderland with ski-in, ski-out access, plus a spa, cinema and bowling alley to boot. Take the tour
By Anna Solomon Published
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Satisfy’s new Paris boutique isn’t your dad’s running storeThe popular French performance brand has teamed up with Ciguë to create its first-ever permanent retail location and coffee shop. No surprise, the queue already goes out the door
By Anna Fixsen Published
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Behind the scenes of Sofia Coppola’s ‘Marie Antoinette’, 20 years onCartier sponsor a major new exhibition at the Petit Trianon, as we go inside the Palace of Versailles to mark 20 years of Sofia Coppola's film ‘Marie Antoinette’
By Emi Eleode Published
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In Toulouse, this 1950s house by Bernard Calley and Georges Alet hits the marketFor €1.45m, a six-bedroom slice of avant-garde modernist architecture from the 1950s could be yours
By Tianna Williams Published
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Travel the world for these extraordinary spa treatmentsWhether it is a three-hour ritual in Kyoto or a full-day immersion in Sumba, these hotel spa experiences will make any journey worthwhile
By Margaux Lushing Published
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The best bookable cabins around the world for design loversArchitecture goes off-grid in our pick of the best cabin stays, from Ecuador’s cloud forest to the Norwegian treetops
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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This French woodland home by In Sinu melds with its leafy contextFrench practice In Sinu Architectes gains its place in the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2026 with a fairytale timber house in the woods
By Tianna Williams Published
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Wallpaper* checks into La Réserve Paris, an intimate escape in the heart of ParisBehind a Haussmann façade, an elegant mansion with just 40 rooms and suites offers a refreshingly personal take on Parisian luxury
By Lauren Ho Published
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Check into Hôtel de Crillon, Paris’ timeless palace hotelParis’ luxury hotel scene has evolved dramatically over the past decade, but Hôtel de Crillon remains one of the French capital’s defining addresses
By Lauren Ho Published
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Tour the Paris grande dame still writing its own mythologyMandarin Oriental Lutetia features literary history in its walls, Art Deco in its bones and Saint-Germain on its doorstep
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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These are the world’s best hotel pools worth planning a trip aroundFrom cliff-edge infinity pools to volcanic lagoons and desert swims, these design-led hotels make the outdoor pool the main event
By Sofia de la Cruz Last updated
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The artist-led Fonds Bustamante is Arles’ newest creative gemThe brainchild of Jean-Marc Bustamante, and designed by Charles Zana, the new art foundation has opened its doors in an old church building in the south of France
By Amy Serafin Published
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Surrounded by larch trees, a new Evian concert hall makes music ‘warm and silky’Titled La Source Vive, the new venue by Patrick Bouchain and Philippe Chiambaretta is an organic building set within the forest in rural France
By Amy Serafin Published
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Celebrating twenty years of Design Parade in the south of FranceA heat wave accompanied the revelrous opening days of the Design Parade festival, magnifying focus on the proudly regional festival’s question of how to live in the Mediterranean
By Harriet Thorpe Published
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London to Le Mans and back: a fitting farewell to Alpine’s awesome A110Production of the Alpine A110 is ceasing. Wallpaper* drove one to Le Mans to celebrate this contemporary sporting classic, in the company of Alpine Racing
By Guy Bird Published
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Airbus’ strange, whale-shaped BelugaST bows out after three decades of serviceOne of aviation’s most recognisable silhouettes has joined Concorde, the Super Guppy and the A380 at Toulouse’s Aeroscopia Museum
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Dior opens Monsieur Dior by Mauro Colagreco in Saint-TropezFrom astrology and gardens to couture and cuisine, Christian Dior’s eclectic world informs the three-Michelin-starred chef’s new Riviera restaurant
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Inside Luca Pronzato’s modernist house for culture: ‘The challenge was not to create another hotel’The founder of We Are Ona translates his world of temporary dinners and design-led happenings into an ambitious new hospitality concept in Arles, France
By Sofia de la Cruz Published
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Seek these design goings-on in the south of France sun this summerEverything you need to know about the major exhibitions in design, art and architecture happening from Saint-Tropez to Montpellier this summer
By Harriet Thorpe Published
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A brutalist bolthole for sale in one of France’s most iconic concrete apartment complexesArchitecture de Collection are offering up a brutalist duplex in the heart of Gailhoustet and Renaudie’s Etoiles d’Ivry in Ivry-sur-Seine
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Burberry is having a south of France summer with a takeover of the historic Hôtel Belle RivesThe British house brings its distinctive check to the Côte d'Azur institution, which is where F Scott Fitzgerald worked on his final novel, ‘Tender Is the Night’
By Jack Moss Published
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Pigalle’s former rock temple, Bus Palladium, reopens as a hedonistic new hotelCheck in, tune up at Hôtel Bus Palladium. The five-storey reinvention by Studio KO brings a new energy to a cult address
By Stephanie Gavan Published
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Tired of your neighbours? Rent one of these luxurious villas off the beaten trackThese architectural retreats offer the perfect invitation to unplug and unwind, from a restored Tuscan farmhouse to a Vietnamese residence with its own private beach
By Sofia de la Cruz Published


