Dominique Perrault

Dominique Perrault ( born April 9, 1953 in Clermont- Ferrand ) is a French architect.

Life

Perrault studied architecture at the Unité 6 Pédagogique the École nationale supérieure des beaux -arts de Paris (1978 ), followed by urban design at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (1979 ) and History at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (1980 ). In 1981 he founded his own architectural firm in Paris, in 1992 in Berlin, 2000 in Luxembourg, in 2002 and Barcelona in Baltimore (USA).

He was architecture from 1998 to 2001 President of the Institut français d'.

In 1984 he was awarded the construction of the university ESIEE ( Ecole Supérieure d' Ingénieurs en électronique et électrotechnique ) internationally known in Marne- la -Vallee outside Paris. Perrault won the 1989 international competition for the construction of the French National Library. Despite the numerous shortcomings of this functional which he was responsible library Perrault is one of the " architect " of France. It always involves urban planning considerations in his architectural designs. Their strict formalism often reminiscent of minimalist sculptures.

Constructed Buildings

  • ESIEE ( Ecole Supérieure d' Ingénieurs en électronique et électrotechnique ) in Marne- la- Vallée (1984 )
  • National Library of France, Paris (1990-1996)
  • Velodrome and swimming and diving center in Europe Sportpark, Berlin (1993-1999)
  • Expansion of the European Court of Justice, Luxembourg
  • Hall Innsbruck, 2002
  • Caja Mágica, Madrid (2004-2009)
  • NH Hoteles Rho in Milan (2006-2008)
  • DC Towers, Vienna (2010-2013)

Projects under construction

  • Perrault - pedestrian bridges ( Ponti di pedonali Perrault ), Palermo
  • Habitat Hotel, Barcelona
  • Olympic Tennis Centre Madrid
  • Ewha Women's University, Seoul
  • Second building for the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg

Honors and Awards

  • Prix ​​de l' argent d' Equerre (1990 )
  • European Award for Industrial Architecture of the construction trade Constructa in Hannover ( 1992)
  • Grand prix national de l'architecture (1993 )
  • Member of the French Legion of Honour
  • Honorary member of the Association of German Architects BDA
  • Honorary Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA
  • Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture (1996) for the French National Library
  • German Architecture Prize (1999 )
  • World Architecture Award at the World Architecture Magazine in collaboration with the RIBA (2001)

Evidence

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