DOMINIQUE PERRAULT, Architecte
BIOGRAPHY
Born: 1953
Profession: Architecte DPLG - Urbaniste SFU
- Great National Prize of Architecture (1993)
- Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award for European Architecture
conferred by the Foundation Mies van der Rohe and the European
Parliament for the French National Library (1997)
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (January 1997)
- Honorable member of the Association of German Architects (BDA)
- Member of the Academy of Architecture
University Graduations:
- 1978: Diploma in architecture (�cole sup�rieure des
Beaux-Arts de Paris)
- 1979: Higher diploma in town planning (�cole sup�rieure des
Ponts et Chauss�e, Paris)
- 1980: Postgraduate degree in history (�cole des Hautes �tudes
en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
Offices:
- 1981: opening of his office in Paris
- 1992: opening of his office in Berlin
CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS
- Winner of the following international design competitions
(constructed projects):
- 1989: French National Library
(Biblioth�que nationale de France): constructed
- 1991: Velodrome, Olympic swimming and diving pool in Berlin
(velodrome: completion september 1997, swimming pool: due for
completion in 1998
- Winner of the following national design competItions
(constructed projects):
- 1984: ESIEE (�cole Sup�rieure d'
lng�nieurs en �lectronique et en �lectrotechnique), for the
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris - Marne-la-Vall�e
- 1986: Housing 'Les Caps Horniers', apartments -
Rez�-les-Nantes
- 1988: Meuse departmental headquarters - Bar-le-Duc (H�teI du
D�partement de Ia Meuse)
- 1987: SAGEP water processing plant - lvry-sur-Seine
- 1988: Multi-story Industrial edifice 'H�tel industriel
Berlier' - Paris
- 1989: Mayenne departmental archives - Laval
- 1989: Usinor-Sacilor conference center - Saint-Germain-en-Laye
- 1997: 'The Great Greenhouse' Cit� des Sciences et de l'
lndustrie - Paris
- Other constructed buildings (direct orders):
- 1991: Housing 'Le Louis Lumi�re',
apartments - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
- 1993: Stand Technal Batimat 1993- Paris
- 1994: Housing 'Les Balcons du Canal', apartments - Paris
- 1995: CTL (Center for book treatment) - Bussy-Saint-Georges
- 1996: Stand for the international exhibition Elec 96
'Architecture and Light' - Paris
- 1996: Design of the furniture for the French National Library -
Paris
PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
- Berlin, olympic swimming and diving pool, competition 1991, due
for completion in 1998
- Luxembourg: extension of the Court of Justice of the European
Community, competition 1996, due for completion in 2003
- Geneva: building for the Place of the Nations for the Institute
for Strategic Studies (GCSP), competition 1995, due for
completion in 2000
- Nantes: construction of a manufacturing plant for the APLIX
company, direct order, studies in progress
- V�nissieux (near Lyon): construction of the Central Media
Library, competition 1997, studies in progress
GREAT URBAN STUDIES (completed and in progress)
- Nantes: the isle of Nantes (Saint-Anne), 1992-1995
- Tremblay-en-France: urban development of the city center,
1995-1997
- Bordeaux: urban development of the two river banks of the
Qaronne, studies in progress, 1992-1997
- Caen: site UNIMETAL, District du Grand Caen, urban development
scheme, studies in progress, 1994-1998
- Berlin: BLEG '088 Spreeknie', redevelopment of an industrial
area (offices, university facilities, housing), studies In
progress
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITIONS IN 1997
- January 1997: Innsbruck, Austria: extension of the ancient town
hall, winning project
- January 1997: French Embassy in Berim
- January 1997: Departmental archives in Annecy, Haute-Savoie
- March 1997: Extension of the Museum of Modem Art in New York
(MOMA)
- September 1997: International competition for the Costantini
Museum in Buenos Aires (private contracting authority)
- September 1997: 'Cargo' cultural center in Grenoble
- October 1997: Central Media Library In V�nissieux (near Lyon),
winning project
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITIONS IN 1996
- March 1996: Foreign Office Department in Berlin
- May 1996: Archives center in Reims
- June 1996: National Library Kansai-kan in Japan
- June 1996: Extension of the Court of Justice of the European
Communities, Luxembourg (with associated architects Paczowski
& Fritsch)
- August 1996: Airport of Dortmund, Germany
- September 1996: Theater (500 places) in Ch�teau Gontier
- October 1996: Design of city lighting for the town of Paris
- December 1996: European center of Federal Express
(administration and transport)
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
COMPETITIONS IN 1995
- November 1994: Neptune Program 'Petite Californie' in Nantes,
water purification plant
- January 1995: Port of Yokohama, city of Yokohama 1 with
distinction
- February 1995: Design of high tension pylons, EDF France
- April 1995: Highway A20, Autoroutes du Sud de Ia France,
landscape scheme
- April 1995: City center of Tremblay, city of
Tremblay-en-France, urban development scheme, winning project
- June 1995: Place of the Nations, r�publique et canton de
Gen�ve, urban scheme, at the outcome of this competition,
Dominiqe Perrault was selected for the construction of the Geneva
Center for Security Policy
- June 1995: The great greenhouse, city of science and industry
in Paris, winning project
- July 1995: Stadium of Marseille, city of Marseille
- October 1995: Exit of underground station in Berlin Torh�user
Leipziger Platz), city of Berlin
- October 1995: Saint-Honor� building, Ministry of culture,
offices
- November 1995: Site UNIMETAL, District du grand Caen, urban
development scheme, winning project
AWARDS
- 1983: Winner of the 'Program for New Architecture' (PAN XII)
- 1983: Winner of the 'Album of Young Architecture', Ministry of
Housing
- 1984: First prize AMO (architect / client) for the tools plant
Someloir
- 1987: Special prize of the Seine and Marne department
- 1987: Prize of the 'Cercle de l'Arcade'
- 1990: Second prize for town planning for the Biblioth�que
nationale de France
- 1990: First prize of the Moniteur magazine for the Hotel
industriel Berlier
- 1990: First prize AMO (architect / client) for the H�tel
industriel Berlier
- 1992: Constructa Prize '92 european prize for the H�tel
industriel Berlier
- 1993: Great National Prize of Architecture (Grand prix national
d' architecture)
- 1996: Special mention, Constructec-Prize 1996 (european prize
for industrial architecture)
- 1997: Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award for European
Architecture conferred by the Foundation Mies van der Rohe and
the European Parliament for the French National Library
EXHIBITIONS
- 1991: Gallery Denise Ren� / Rive Gauche: 'Studies for the
Biblioth�que de France' Gallery Denise Ren� / Rive Droite:
'Concept-Context'
- 1992: Monographic exhibition, Institut Fran�ais d'
Architecture
- 1993: Seville (Spain): French contemporary architecture - 11
projects
- 1994: Bordeaux: monographic exhibition (Arc en R�ve)
Bordeaux: exhibition and public presentation of the urban study
- 1996: AEDES Gallery in Berlin
- 1996: Exhibition in the Architekturgalerie Luzern, Switzerland
- 1996: Biennial in Venice
- 1996: Rotterdam: Netherlands Architecture Institute 'Europe in
dialogue'
- 1997: Barcelona: Museum of Contemporary Art, 'New Landscapes'
- 1997: Tokyo: 'The Six French Architects' Exhibition at the GA
Gallery
- 1997: Lisbon: Monographic exhibition at the Portuguese
Architecture Insititue
- 1998: Innsbruck: Monographic exhibition at the Architekturforum
Innsbruck
- 1998: Exhibition at the French Institute of Architecture of the
projects preselected for the Mies van der Rohe Award 1997
FUNCTIONS AND MISSIONS IN FRANCE
AND ABROAD
- 1982-1984: Development architect in the Parisian town-planning
workshop (APUR)
- 1986: Consultant architect for the Loiret department council
- Since 1990: Consultant architect for the city of Nantes
- Since 1994: Member of the council for urban planning of the
city of Salzburg (Austria)
- Since 1988: Member of the board of the French Institute of
Architecture (IFA)
- Since 1992: Consultant architect for the city of Bordeaux
- 1995-1996: Lecturer at the University of Architecture in Rennes
- 1998: Plym Distinguished Professor at University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
- Member of numerous competition juries in France, Japan,
Germany, Austria,...
PUBLICATIONS
- 1988: ESIEE, photographs, Hubert Tonka and Georges Fessy, (out
of print)
- 1990: H�tel industriel Berlier, photographs, Hubert Tonka and
Georges Fessy, (out of print)
- 1994: Monograph, Art�mis editions, Switzerland
- 1995: La Biblloth�que nationale de France, Birkh�user
editions, Switzerland
- 1996: Exhibition catalogue for the AEDES Gallery in Berlin,
edited by Sens & Tonka
- 1996: Exhibition catalogue 'Des Natures', Architekturgalerie
Luzern, Birkhauser editions
- 1997: 'Meubles et Tapisseries, Furniture and Fabrics',
Birkhauser editions
LECTURES
given in the last years in: Milan, Lisbon, London, Berlin,
Munich, Tokyo, Ottawa, Cambridge, Luxembourg, Pisa, Lyon, Paris,
Barcelona, Palermo, Naples, Rome, Washington, Helsinki, Oslo,
Freiburg, Copenhagen