Rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré

A long-awaited streetscape redevelopment project

Led by the City of Paris’ Department of Transport, this major project is being delivered by Degouy and Urban Water, with the financial and design support of the Comité du Faubourg Saint-Honoré with Djao-Rakitine acting as consulting landscape architect for the design. It aims to transform one of the capital’s most iconic streets. Planned improvements include wider pavements, renewed granite paving, new granite seating, and the introduction of biodiverse planting through bespoke planters incorporating a specifically design metal edge by Djao-Rakitine.

“The redevelopment of Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is a collective endeavour whose success depends on exemplary collaboration between public and private partners, the design team and public authorities. It takes place in a setting of exceptional complexity and richness, in terms of both its heritage and urban character, as well as the diversity of the institutional and commercial stakeholders involved. Our vision for the street’s redevelopment seeks to preserve and reveal its historic heritage while establishing an elegant, contemporary identity that is both distinctive to the Faubourg Saint-Honoré and unmistakably Parisian. The aim is to design a street that celebrates the refinement of Parisian public spaces and the businesses and institutions of the Faubourg, while addressing today’s challenges of climate change and rainwater management,” says Irène Djao-Rakitine, founder of landscape architecture practice Djao-Rakitine.

Phased construction

Work began on 15 June 2026 in the Élysée section, between Place Beauvau and Rue Royale. This first phase is scheduled to conclude in October 2026.

For the second phase, work will extend along the entire street from November 2026 to the end of 2027, following a phased programme designed to minimise disruption.