Tag Lacaton & Vassal Architectes

19-03-2021

Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize

On March 16 Tom Pritzker, Chairman of the Hyatt Foundation, which sponsors the award, announced that French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal are the winners of the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize, known internationally as architecture’s highest honour. The announcement, enthusiastically welcomed by the public, acknowledges Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal’s merit of creating architecture that improves people’s lives and responds to the social, climatic and ecological emergencies of our times.

05-02-2021

449 Architectural projects submitted for the Mies van der Rohe Award

The list of 449 architectural projects submitted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2022, located in 279 cities in 41 countries, was announced on February 2. 514 architectural practices compete for the European Union’s most important award for architecture, presented by the European Commission and Fundació Mies van der Rohe. For the first time, the current edition also includes works built in Armenia, Moldavia and Tunisia.

15-04-2019

Transformation of 530 dwellings Grand Parc Bordeaux wins EU Mies Award

Architecture firms Lacaton & Vassal architectes, Frédéric Druot Architecture and Christophe Hutin Architecture have won the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award with their project entitled Transformation of 530 dwellings Grand Parc Bordeaux. The Emerging Architecture award was given to the BAST firm of Toulouse.