Region: Côte ouest

Matabiau

Near the Canal du Midi, the Matabiau district is particularly popular with pure city dwellers.

This district, mainly linked to the Matabiau station, is a cosmopolitan area. It still benefits from a few small local shops and there are also many international food restaurants. The school network is very well developed, as is the transport sector.

As for real estate, the pleasant streets, many of which are classified, offer attractive townhouses and flats in quality residences or renovated houses. A project of metropolitan scale, called Toulouse Euro-Sud-Ouest, is currently being finalised in the district. It will include a total of around 1 million m2 of housing, offices, shops, shopping centres and leisure facilities, surrounding a multimodal hub around the Toulouse-Matabiau station and the future Marengo station.

The heart of the project is the Occitanie Tower: a skyscraper with glass walls and vertical gardens, which will be 150 metres high and have 40 floors. It is expected to be delivered in 2021-2022.

Les Chalets

The Chalets or Chalets-Concorde district is a district of Toulouse, located in the immediate vicinity of the historic center.

Large neo-Gothic mansions were built here (notably the Job family mansions, the house known as the Verrier or Castel-Gesta); they are located next to more dense and popular housing blocks, low houses known as toulousaines, characteristic of the city’s suburbs, and bourgeois residences with gardens, of which the eponymous rue des Chalets offers some characteristic examples.

The district is very lively with many restaurants, cafés and shops.

Les Carmes

A small village in the heart of the big city, the Carmes district is organized around a very lively and colorful market, the most important in Toulouse.

It is located between the Place du Salin and the Place d’Esquirol, and is one of the most popular districts in Toulouse.

This district takes its name from the convent of the Grands Carmes which is composed of the Carmes church, a chapel, a cloister and a garden. Inaugurated in 1892, the metal market of Carmes, former halls was built according to the plans of Charles Cavé, it was demolished in 1964 and replaced by the market-park of Carmes signed by the architects Georges Candilis, Shadrach Woods, Alexis Josic, Jean-Marie Lefèvre.

Rue des Filatiers and rue Bouquières are the most important streets in the district. Pedestrian, they are lined with small stores with flowered fronts and pretty animated cafés. You can admire the facades of houses in corundage, Renaissance style windows such as the house of the goldsmith Hélie Guéraud or the Lamothe house.

Les Amidonniers

Nestled between the Garonne River and the Brienne Canal, Les Amidonniers is a neighborhood in the northwest of the city. Formerly a working-class neighborhood, it has now become a residential area with a young, family-oriented population, in a wooded area that is very pleasant to live in.

The district is composed of both Toulousaines, old renovated farmhouses, and more recent buildings such as the Espace EDF Bazacle, which is one of Toulouse’s most important cultural sites. Well served, it is linked to the city by numerous bus lines that run frequently every day, as well as by the VélôToulouse network.

Education is at the heart of the district’s concerns, which is oriented towards youth and its development, with several day care centers, an elementary school and several schools of higher education. Various sports facilities and green spaces punctuate its landscape, allowing it to combine both sports and leisure. The green corridor that crosses the entire district is probably one of the most beautiful walks in Toulouse. The landscaped dyke is also very popular with families and runners who can go from the city center to Blagnac on a beautiful route along the Garonne.

There are also many restaurants, cafés and bars that allow for meetings with friends or family throughout the year. This district offers many friendly places and beautiful walks and is ideal for those who like calm and “good living” close to the city center.

Organisés en plan libre, les espaces s’articulent autour de la cheminée centrale et son salon en contrebas. Cette caractéristique typique de l’esthétique Mid-Century permet de créer un espace intimiste et de porter le regard vers l’extérieur. La cuisine ouverte sur la salle à manger se trouve en prolongement de l’espace de vie, nichée contre le patio sous verrière. Accolé au patio couvert et attenante à l’espace de vie, se trouve une suite parentale avec salle d’eau, dressing aménagé et un patio sur le jardin. A l’extrémité, un escalier à pas japonais, sculpté en béton et peint en blanc, contraste avec le mur bordeaux foncé du fond. Un escalier hélicoïdal M400 de Roger Tallon, encadré par une niche vitrée permet ensuite de rejoindre l’espace bibliothèque sur mezzanine qui semble être suspendu dans le vide. De ce côté de la maison se trouvent deux chambres qui partagent une salle d’eau communicante, et qui ont chacune un mur vitré offrant des vues sur le superbe jardin arboré à l’Ouest et un accès direct à la terrasse autour de la grande piscine. Une salle de sport, ou de danse, parée d’un mur en miroir, d’espaliers, d’une petite salle d’eau et d’un sauna se trouvent entre deux parois vitrées. Cet espace pourrait être converti en quatrième chambre ou bien, rester l’espace bien être de la maison. Un grand garage traversant complète l’ensemble.

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Michel Pétuaud-Létang

Né en 1938, et Mérignacais depuis 1947, l’architecte Michel Pétuaud-Létang ouvre son agence en 1963. Inspiré par l’architecture de Frank Lloyd Wright et Le Corbusier il consacre le début de sa carrière à concevoir des maisons individuelles autour de Bordeaux et au Cap Ferret, dans l’optique d’apporter de la joie aux habitants à travers son architecture, et ce jusque dans les moindres détails.

Dans des années 60 il s’intéresse à l’industrialisation dans l’univers de la construction et prône l’auto-construction. Il crée alors la “Maison Boulon” : design simple de maison modeste en ossature bois permettant de concevoir et de construire soi-même. Le concept breveté permet de construire rapidement et peut être démonté et remonté selon le besoin. Avec une renaissance et un nouveau design en 2023 le concept s’adapte aux besoins d’aujourd’hui et connaît un nouveau succès parmi les connaisseurs.

En 1968, il est dans la sélection française pour la Triennale de Milan et poursuit sa carrière dans le domaine des bâtiments tertiaires et industriels, avec des œuvres emblématiques tel les boites de nuit Macumba dans diverses villes en France et en Suisse. Malgré ses travaux à l’international, Michel Pétuaud-Létang est resté très investi localement et son travail a largement contribué à l’évolution architecturale de la ville de Bordeaux et de ses environs.

En 2004 il crée l’agence 4A avec 10 associés et aujourd’hui, il continue à accompagner l’agence en tant que partenaire extérieur pour des projets aussi riches que divers.

Jeanne d’Arc

The historic district of Jeanne d'Arc is located in the north-east of the city centre of Toulouse.

Just a stone’s throw from the Place du Capitole, it is served by numerous public transport links and is close to the train station.

It is a lively district with friendly markets on Boulevard de Strasbourg, but also with the Place Jeanne d’Arc with its cafés and restaurants. On this square stands the equestrian statue of Jeanne d’Arc in bronze by Antonin Mercié installed in 1922.

Further south, the Jean Jaurès alleys, laid out like ramblas, are a privileged access to enter the hyper-centre of the Pink City from the boulevards and the Canal du Midi. Large esplanades dedicated to walks and games, as well as spaces allocated to the activity of terraces, should see the light of day in the next few years.

Esquirol

Esquirol is a district of the hypercenter of the city. It is organized around the Esquirol square, and connects the street of Metz to the Pont Neuf, while passing by the place of the Stock Exchange, and the place of the Trinity.

The square was named “Esquirol” in 1893, in homage to the alienist doctor Jean-Etienne Esquirol, whose birthplace was located nearby.

It is a very lively district, where small stores and monuments line the streets. It is mainly composed of buildings. The architecture is very rich, between Haussmannian buildings, facades in corondage and pedestrian lanes.

The district is well connected to the Toulouse public transport network, especially thanks to the Esquirol square: it hosts a metro station, an important stop for many bus lines, as well as several Vélô stations. The square also houses an underground parking lot.