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The Plastic We Live With by Luzinterruptus, Luzinterruptus installation, Luzinterruptus Bourdeaux, plastic bag light installation, plastic bag art, plastic bag ban art, FAB Festival de Bourdeaux

Historic French building stuffed with plastic bags looks ready to explode

A shockingly large number of plastic bags appeared to fill a historic stone building to near bursting in Bordeaux...

Métropole Rouen Normandie by Jacques Ferrier Architecture, Métropole Rouen Normandie, iridescent architecture, iridescent buildings, Monet-inspired architecture, double skin facade France, solar-powered Metropole building, colored glass with metal oxide

Iridescent Monet-inspired Métropole building catches the light on the River Seine

Fish scale-like colored glass clads the iridescent headquarters of Métropole Rouen Normandie, a stunning new landmark...

Dunkirk, Dunkerque, France, public transit

Dunkirk, France offers free public transit to all

The small coastal city of Dunkirk in northern France is perhaps most famous, at the moment, for its portrayal in...

Forêt Blanche by Stefano Boeri, Forêt Blanche Paris, Forêt Blanche Balcon sur Paris, Forêt Blanche France, French Vertical Forest, Vertical Forest architecture, James Corner Field Operations in Paris

France’s first Vertical Forest will add a “hectare of forest” to Paris’ skyline

Stefano Boeri Architetti’s Vertical Forests continue to take root around the world, with the latest project planned...

Paris, France, Mairie de Paris, Henri Garat, Car Free Day, Paris Sans Voiture, car free, no cars, bicycle, bicycles, city, city streets, air quality, air pollution, traffic

Paris banned all cars for a day to highlight pollution issues

Pedestrians and cyclists cheered yesterday as Paris closed all of its streets to cars. The government held a Car...

Prism Cabin, temporary lake cabin, pyramid-shaped cabin, wooden cabin near Bordeaux, Lou Andréa Lassalle, Refuges Périurbains, Zebra3

Meditative lakeside Prism Cabin reveals Bordeaux through stained-glass windows

This pyramid-shaped cabin in France features beautiful stained glass windows and lookout towers that offer unique...

François Gissy, Circuit Paul Ricard, France, trike, trikes, water rocket trike, rocket trike, rocket trikes, water rocket, bottle rocket, bottle rockets, water, rainwater, tricycle, tricycles, speed

Man hits 162 mph on homemade rocket trike propelled by rainwater

Did you ever have the chance to make a bottle rocket in grade school? Daredevil athlete François Gissy applied...

Saint Martin, Saint Barthelemy, Hurricane Irma, Hurricane Jose, global warming, climate change, food insecurity, crime, weather,

Desperation and fear mount in Irma-ravaged Caribbean

Over the past few days, Hurricane Irma has devastated islands in the Caribbean, Cuba, and parts of Florida. The...

France, carbon neutral, ban oil and gas, green energy, Russia, coal, nuclear, clean energy, solar, fossil fuels,

France aims to become the first country to ban all fossil fuel production

To meet its carbon neutral goal by 2050, the French government plans to phase out all oil and gas production in...

Frank Gehry, Gehry Partners, LUMA Arles, green tower, France, Selldorf Architects, Bas Smets, cultural complex, rehabilitation, artist's studio, stainless steel, LUMA Foundation

Frank Gehry's twisting, mountainous skyscraper takes shape at LUMA Arles

New photos of Frank Gehry's tower at LUMA Arles show a mountainous, twisting structure taking shape on the 16-acre...

Cylinder House, Lyon, modular architecture, modular design, France, undulating facade, glass faacade, Town and Concrete, Cyril Lancelin, green architecture

Modular Cylinder House weaves its way through a forest in France

This remarkable Cylinder House designed for Lyon, France, takes modular architecture to the next level. Cyril Lancelin,...

Energy Observer, France, Paris, Victorien Erussard, Jérôme Delafosse, boat, boats, catamaran, catamarans, clean energy, clean technology, renewable energy, solar, solar power, solar energy, solar panels, wind, wind power, wind energy, wind turbine, wind turbines, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel, hydrogen fuel cell, seawater, green transportation, sail, sailing

Self-sufficient hydrogen boat embarks on 6-year journey around the world

The world watched in anticipation as the groundbreaking Solar Impulse 2 plane circumnavigated the globe last year....

President Trump, President Macron, Paris Climate Agreement, Climate Change, Global Warming, Paris Accord, United States, France,

Trump may reverse decision on the Paris climate accord, says French President Macron

When President Trump announced plans to exit the Paris Climate Agreement, the decision drew criticism from US states...

Martell pavilion, temporary pavilion, France, Fondation Martell, SelgasCano, translucent material, temporary installation, Onduline, green architecture, glass fiber, polyester sheets, multipurpose space

A tremendous translucent 'forest' pops up in a French courtyard

The courtyard of Fondation Martell in Cognac, France has been transformed into a translucent forest made of glass...

boardwalk, bordeaux, cabins, circular plywood, france, hiking, Zebra3/Buy-Sellf, landscape, Les Guetteurs, off-grid, off-grid cabin, owls, plywood, shingles, timber, plywood, pallet architecture, Refuges Périurbains,

Adorable owl cabins let you camp inside for free and off the grid in France

A giant trio of adorable timber owls has popped up in rural France—and you can sleep inside them for free! Perfect...

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