Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we look at the updating of three 1960s housing blocks in Bordeaux, which put social housing retrofit at the top of the architectural agenda. More about Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin's Transformation of 530 Dwellings was the most significant building of 2016
French studio Local Architecture Network has completed a series of commercial and residential blocks for the Amédée Saint-Germain district in Bordeaux, using pale stone and arched motifs to complement neighbouring historic structures. More about Stone-clad blocks fill mixed-use Bordeaux district by LAN
Dutch studio OMA has completed a wide bridge across the River Garonne in Bordeaux, France, which is intended to double as a public space for the city. More about OMA unveils "anti-iconic" Simone Veil Bridge in Bordeaux
A 36-metre-tall concrete silo has been converted into a dramatic hotel lobby at Bacalan Block – the transformation of a former factory site in Bordeaux into a mixed-use development by Colboc Sachet Architects. More about Vestiges of industry inform hotel complex on former factory site in Bordeaux
Architecture studio A6A has converted a former model-making workshop in Bordeaux into a studio for itself that is defined by pared-back materials and spaces. More about A6A creates "haven in the middle of the city" for its Bordeaux studio
The medieval commune St Emilion forms the backdrop to a low-lying winery that British architecture studio Foster + Partners has completed for French wine producer Le Dôme. More about Foster + Partners nestles Le Dôme winery in French vineyards
Architecture studio MVRDV has completed the Ilot Queyries housing development in Bordeaux, France, which folds around a large red courtyard. More about MVRDV slots red-walled courtyard into irregularly shaped French housing
A huge "urban living room" forms the heart of the looping MÉCA cultural hub, which BIG and FREAKS have completed beside the River Garonne in Bordeaux, France. More about BIG and FREAKS complete looping MÉCA cultural centre in Bordeaux
Hikers can stay overnight for free at this elevated shelter on the outskirts of Bordeaux, designed by London-based Studio Weave to reference the form and materiality of traditional water towers. More about Studio Weave installs hikers' shelter on stilts beside a Bordeaux river
House-shaped structures sit atop towers and are arranged around landscaped gardens at this residential development in Bordeaux by local firm Marjan Hessamfar & Joe Verons Associates (+ slideshow). More about Gabled penthouses sit atop apartment blocks at Bordeaux housing scheme
French designer Philippe Starck has teamed up with architect pal Luc Arsène-Henry to create a cellar for a Bordeaux wine estate, designed to to look like a "raw metal blade plunged in the terroir" (+ slideshow). More about Philippe Starck and Luc Arsène-Henry build steel wine cellar for Château les Carmes Haut-Brion
This huge bulbous building by XTU Architects creates a wine museum on the Bordeaux riverfront (+ slideshow). More about Bordeaux wine museum by XTU Architects features bulging gold-striped body
French architect Jean Paul Viguier has won a competition to design a new housing and office complex in Bordeaux, proposing a trio of timber-framed towers that will be among the tallest of their kind in the world. More about Jean Paul Viguier selected ahead of Sou Fujimoto for timber-framed tower complex in Bordeaux
Galvanised metal cladding gives this housing development in Bordeaux a factory-like aesthetic that references its setting in a once industrial neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More about Fabre/deMarien's Tirepois apartments feature metal cladding and recessed windows
Paris firm LAN Architecture has renovated a group of Brutalist housing blocks in Bordeaux, France, adding sliding polycarbonate windows that create an ever-changing facade (+ slideshow). More about LAN Architecture reclads Bordeaux tower blocks with translucent windows that slide back and forth
An old submarine base in Bordeaux provided the site for this docklands housing complex by Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés, where homes and gardens are arranged on either side of a glazed atrium (+ slideshow). More about Housing at old Bordeaux submarine base boasts climate-controlled atrium filled with gardens
Foster + Partners has added a glass-fronted winery framed by tree-shaped columns to the historic Château Margaux wine estate outside Bordeaux (+ slideshow). More about Foster + Partners adds a new winery to the Château Margaux estate
Herzog & de Meuron has completed a monumental new stadium in Bordeaux framed by 900 slim white columns, one of the key venues for next year's Euro football championship (+ slideshow). More about Herzog & de Meuron's Bordeaux Stadium is framed by a forest of slender columns
Perforated metal panels create a semi-opaque surface around this elevated playground structure in Bordeaux, which contains slides, climbing nets and a trampoline (+ slideshow). More about BASE adds a metal-clad playpark to a Bordeaux housing estate
Architecture firm Brisac Gonzalez has designed a multi-storey car park in Bordeaux where vehicles sit prominently between ground-floor shops and roof-top housing. More about Bordeaux car park by Brisac Gonzalez will "introduce activities after hours"