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Anne Lacaton
Architect

Anne Lacaton

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Transforming existing buildings with Lacaton & Vassal.

Palais de Tokyo · Grand Parc recognition

Born
2 August 1955
Birthplace
Saint-Pardoux-la-Rivière

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Anne Lacaton

Anne Lacaton is a French architect whose partnership with Jean-Philippe Vassal has developed housing and cultural buildings around generous space and the reuse of existing structures.

Early life

Bordeaux

Trained in architecture in Bordeaux and earned a master’s degree in urban planning in 1984.

Career

  1. 1987

    Partnership

    Established Lacaton & Vassal with Jean-Philippe Vassal.

  2. 2017

    Teaching

    Became an associate professor at ETH Zurich.

  3. 2021

    Pritzker Prize

    Shared the architecture prize with Vassal.

Selected buildings

Palais de Tokyo

The partnership adapted the Paris building for contemporary art.

Grand Parc recognition

The Bordeaux housing transformation, with Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin, received the EU Mies Award.

Beyond architecture

Teaching

Has taught at architecture schools in Madrid, Lausanne and the United States.

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