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    Anne Lacaton wins 2025 Jane Drew Prize for women in architecture

    French architect Anne Lacaton has won the Jane Drew Prize for 2025 for her contribution to raising the profile of women in architecture. More about Anne Lacaton wins 2025 Jane Drew Prize for women in architecture

    Amy Peacock | 3 March 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin's social housing revamp

    Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin's Transformation of 530 Dwellings was the most significant building of 2016

    Next in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series we look at the updating of three 1960s housing blocks in Bordeaux, which put social housing retrofit at the top of the architectural agenda. More about Lacaton & Vassal, Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin's Transformation of 530 Dwellings was the most significant building of 2016

    Jon Astbury | 22 January 2025 | Leave a comment
  • Lacaton & Vassal named the winner of this year's Soane Medal

    "Architects are too often complicit in gentrification and social cleansing"

    French studio Lacaton & Vassal, which was today named the winner of the Soane Medal, demonstrates how architects can work with, not against, communities and existing buildings, writes Edwin Heathcote. More about "Architects are too often complicit in gentrification and social cleansing"

    Edwin Heathcote | 28 November 2023 | Leave a comment
  • Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

    Lacaton & Vassal wins 2023 Soane Medal for architecture

    French studio Lacaton & Vassal has been named the winner of this year's Soane Medal for producing "some of the most important buildings of our time". More about Lacaton & Vassal wins 2023 Soane Medal for architecture

    Tom Ravenscroft | 28 November 2023 | Leave a comment
  • "Generosity is essential in architecture" says Jean-Philippe Vassal in Dezeen's Face to Face podcast

    Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Jean-Philippe Vassal discusses the architectural approach of his studio Lacaton & Vassal in this special episode of Dezeen's Face to Face podcast. More about "Generosity is essential in architecture" says Jean-Philippe Vassal in Dezeen's Face to Face podcast

    Sebastian Jordahn | 22 April 2021 | Leave a comment
  • FRAC Dunkirk by Lacaton & Vassal

    Lacaton & Vassal was a "worthy winner" of the Pritzker Architecture Prize says commenter

    In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the winners of the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize and sharing their views on other top stories. More about Lacaton & Vassal was a "worthy winner" of the Pritzker Architecture Prize says commenter

    Karen Anderson | 23 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Jean-Philippe Vassal

    Watch Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Jean-Philippe Vassal's Royal Academy lecture

    Jean-Philippe Vassal, along with his Lacaton & Vassal co-founder Anne Lacaton, won the Pritzker Architecture Prize earlier this week. In this lecture, he explains the ideology behind the studio's work. More about Watch Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Jean-Philippe Vassal's Royal Academy lecture

    Tom Ravenscroft | 21 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Jean-Philippe Vassal

    "Generosity is absolutely essential in any act of architecture" says Jean-Philippe Vassal

    In this previously unpublished interview, Lacaton & Vassal co-founder Jean-Philippe Vassal explained why the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning studio believes that buildings should be renovated instead of demolished. More about "Generosity is absolutely essential in any act of architecture" says Jean-Philippe Vassal

    India Block | 19 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Grand Parc Bordeaux Housing scheme

    "Awarding the Pritzker to a team synonymous with refurbs marks an important shift in architectural values"

    Lacaton & Vassal's Pritzker Architecture Prize win reinforces the need to focus much more on our city's existing buildings, says Phineas Harper. More about "Awarding the Pritzker to a team synonymous with refurbs marks an important shift in architectural values"

    Phineas Harper | 17 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • A winter garden within a housing block in France

    Ten key projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winners Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

    Here are 10 key projects by French architect duo Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, who have been named this year's laureates of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. More about Ten key projects by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winners Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

    Lizzie Crook | 17 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

    Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal win Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021

    Social housing architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, founders of French studio Lacaton & Vassal, have been named the 2021 winners of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. More about Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal win Pritzker Architecture Prize 2021

    Tom Ravenscroft | 16 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Jean-Philippe Vassal

    Watch Jean-Philippe Vassal speak at the Royal Academy's 2019 annual architecture lecture

    Jean-Philippe Vassal, co-founder of Lacaton and Vassal Architects gave the 29th annual architecture lecture at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. More about Watch Jean-Philippe Vassal speak at the Royal Academy's 2019 annual architecture lecture

    Sebastian Jordahn | 15 July 2019
  • Jean Philippe Vassal to give Royal Academy's annual architecture lecture

    Jean-Philippe Vassal to give Royal Academy's annual architecture lecture

    Dezeen promotion: Jean-Philippe Vassal, co-founder of Lacaton and Vassal Architects will deliver this year's Royal Academy of Arts architecture lecture. More about Jean-Philippe Vassal to give Royal Academy's annual architecture lecture

    Dezeen staff | 2 July 2019
  • EU Mies Award 2019 winner Transformation of 530 dwellings, by Frédéric Druot Architecture, Lacaton & Vassal Architectes and Christophe Hutin Architecture

    Social housing revamp in Bordeaux wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2019

    The European Union has awarded its annual architecture prize to Transformation of 530 Dwellings, a renovation of 1960s housing in France by Frédéric Druot Architecture, Lacaton & Vassal Architectes and Christophe Hutin Architecture. More about Social housing revamp in Bordeaux wins Mies van der Rohe Award 2019

    India Block | 8 May 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 finalists

    Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 finalists revealed

    The five Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 finalists have been announced, with a public space created inside an abandoned psychiatric centre and a revamped 1960s housing block making the list. More about Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 finalists revealed

    India Block | 13 February 2019 | Leave a comment
  • FRAC Dunkirk by Lacaton & Vassal

    Art gallery and archive by Lacaton & Vassal mirrors an old shipbuilding workshop

    Paris architects Lacaton & Vassal have designed a translucent structure to house an international art collection that is a mirror image of the adjoining former shipbuilding workshop (+ slideshow). More about Art gallery and archive by Lacaton & Vassal mirrors an old shipbuilding workshop

    Alyn Griffiths | 11 December 2013 | 7 comments
  • Tour Bois-le-Pretre by Frederic Druot Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

    Tour Bois-le-Prêtre by Frédéric Druot, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

    This renovation of a crumbling 1960s tower block in Paris nicknamed "Alcatraz" topped the architecture category of this year's Designs of the Year Awards and is in the running for the top prize to be announced tonight (+ slideshow). More about Tour Bois-le-Prêtre by Frédéric Druot, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal

    Amy Frearson | 16 April 2013 | 13 comments

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