Marché des Douves, Market hall in Bordeaux, France

Marché des Douves is a Baltard-style hall in Bordeaux, built in 1886 by architects Lacombe and Durand. Its red iron frame and brick lower walls carry three bands of tall gridded glass windows; white letters across the middle band read "MARCHE DES DOUVES". A stone entrance with a triangular pediment and a dark gate sits at the centre, with a small tower figure above it.

Built in 1886 by the architects Lacombe and Durand, the hall was conceived by Charles Durand as a second covered market of "première main" beside the Capucins hall. He chose a Baltard-style structure of glass, cast iron and iron, resting on a cellar where traders stored their reserves. It stayed a market until the late 1980s, then served as a bicycle garage until 2007.

Since 2015 the hall has been run by the Halle des Douves association with the city of Bordeaux, which stages meals, concerts, performances and exhibitions in the market tradition. Dance company Adrénaline has performed aerial pieces using the full height of the iron frame, and Pierre Capdepuy has hung suspended structures there.

The hall stands between the Capucins market hall and the old ramparts, with the adjoining ramparts garden, given an extra entrance in 2014, next door. Inside, the renovation by architect Julien Jouglet spreads over four levels: a basement for storage, a reception and digital space on the ground floor, meeting rooms on the first floor and a multipurpose room on the second. The whole is run by the Halle des Douves association with the city.

The hall's iron-and-glass design by Charles Durand echoes the neighbouring Halles des Capucins, while its cut-stone base and classical doorways match the surrounding Bordeaux buildings. The renovation by architect Julien Jouglet, costing 3,413,000 € HT, was funded by the city, the region and the state with ANRU.