Outsider Architecture in France

Discover 29 places tagged “outsider architecture” in France.

La Maison Sculptée.

Amanlis, France

La Maison Sculptée

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

La Tete Carrée Library

La Tete Carrée Library

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

The windows from inside.

Chapelle de la Santonne

One man's desire to transcend art led to the construction of this outsider chapel.

Bourg-la-Reine, France

Francois Hennebique's Concrete Manor

The man who introduced reinforced concrete to the world demonstrated its genius by using it to build his own house.

Dénezé-sous-Doué, France

La Cave aux Sculptures

Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.

Arles's Cryptoporticous

A unique underground structure dating back to the 1st century BC.

Jules Lavirotte’s 29 Avenue Rapp

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

Le Manège de Petit Pierre in La Fabuloserie Museum

A small world of mechanical magic and metal merry-go-rounds in an outsider art museum.

Sainte-Enimie, France

Utopix

Live-in sculpture begun by one family in 1979.

(Flickr/zopeuse)

Jardin Rosa Mir

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Cosswiller, France

Heliodome

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

Montpellier, France

Villa Des Cent Regards

100-windowed castle turned art gallery, built by one dedicated mason.

Théoule-sur-Mer, France

Pierre Cardin's Bubble House

Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.

Dives-sur-Mer, France

La Maison Bleue

Personal garden filled with mosaics made of recycled garbage.

Louveciennes, France

The Standing Stones House

One of the last realized projects of an influential, self-taught, French Modernist architect Jacques Couëlle.

An idyllic setting for a love nest

L'Etoile de l'Amour

Fur-lined metal pod dangling in the French countryside.