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Pedestrians and cyclists cheered yesterday as Paris closed all of its streets to cars. The government held a Car Free Day and the streets filled with bikers, walkers, and roller-bladers instead of smog. [...]

This pyramid-shaped cabin in France features beautiful stained glass windows and lookout towers that offer unique views of the surrounding landscape. Visual artist Lou Andréa Lassalle designed the Prism Cabin to allow occupants...

Did you ever have the chance to make a bottle rocket in grade school? Daredevil athlete François Gissy applied those principles to a homemade water rocket trike, which he then zipped around the Circuit Paul Ricard at Le...

Over the past few days, Hurricane Irma has devastated islands in the Caribbean, Cuba, and parts of Florida. The Category 5 hurricane has since downgraded to a tropical storm, but the damage it caused will take years to recover...

To meet its carbon neutral goal by 2050, the French government plans to phase out all oil and gas production in the country and its overseas territories by 2040...

New photos of Frank Gehry's tower at LUMA Arles show a mountainous, twisting structure taking shape on the 16-acre site in France. The tower will house a variety of functions, including research facilities, workshop and seminar...

This remarkable Cylinder House designed for Lyon, France, takes modular architecture to the next level. Cyril Lancelin, French architect and founder of creative studio Town and Concrete, imagines the house as a large cluster...

The world watched in anticipation as the groundbreaking Solar Impulse 2 plane circumnavigated the globe last year. Now, the "Solar Impulse of the Seas" has set sail, aiming to demonstrate in a fresh way that clean energy...

When President Trump announced plans to exit the Paris Climate Agreement, the decision drew criticism from US states and nations around the world. Now, it seems the president may be having second thoughts - according to French...

The world watched with bated breath as the groundbreaking Solar Impulse 2 plane circumnavigated the globe. Now, the "Solar Impulse of the Seas" has set sail, aiming to demonstrate in a fresh way that clean energy can power...

The courtyard of Fondation Martell in Cognac, France has been transformed into a translucent forest made of glass fiber-reinforced polyester sheets. Spanish architecture firm SelgasCano designed the Pavillon Martell as a...

Environment minister unveils five-year-plan to fulfil country’s commitments under Paris Agreement Chloe Farand from the UK Independent France plans to ban all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040, the country’s...

A giant trio of adorable timber owls has popped up in rural France—and you can sleep inside them for free! Perfect for summer camping in Bourdeaux, these beautiful cabins are the work of Bruit du Frigo partner Zebra3/Buy-Sellf...

 Just one day after we found out that Volvo intends to stop selling cars with exclusively internal combustion engine drivetrains by 2019, France’s minister of the environment Nicolas Hulot has detailed a plan to...

New French president Emmanuel Macron aims to make his country carbon neutral by 2050. To work towards that goal, France's new environment minister Nicolas Hulot just unveiled several measures. Perhaps one of the most dramatic...