FRAC, Région Hauts de France, Dunkerque, France. Image credit: Philippe Ruault
Transformation de 530 logements, Cité du Grand Parc, Bordeaux, France. Image credit: Philippe Ruault
The award will be presented at the eighth Créateurs Design Awards ceremony on January 16, 2027, at the Shangri-La Paris. Established in collaboration with the family of Charlotte Perriand, the award recognizes practitioners whose work has advanced architecture and design.
Ecole d’architecture, Nantes, France. Image credit: Philippe Ruault
Lacaton & Vassal founded their Paris-based practice in 1989 after studying at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Bordeaux. The firm’s work has focused on spatial generosity, environmental responsibility, and improving the quality of everyday life through architecture.
FRAC, Région Hauts de France, Dunkerque, France. Image credit: Philippe Ruault
Notable projects include the transformation of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, undertaken in 2002 and 2012, and the Nantes School of Architecture, completed in 2009. Their transformation of the Cité du Grand Parc housing development in Bordeaux, carried out with Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin, received the 2019 Mies van der Rohe Award.
Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Image credit: Philippe Ruault
Pôle Universitaire de Sciences de Gestion, Bordeaux. Image credit: Philippe Ruault
“Charlotte Perriand’s tireless pursuit of comfort, well-being, and the pleasure of the inhabitant and of everyday life, her modernity, and her political commitment to exposing poor housing conditions and to transmission and education remain profoundly relevant today and are a source of inspiration,” said Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal. “Her manifest spirit of openness and freedom touches us deeply. We are very happy to receive this distinction.”
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