Starting out as an architect in the 1990s, I was so eager for work, and excited about the creative possibilities, that turning down a project seemed inconceivable. It was thrilling, then, at a conference a few years ago, to hear French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal explain how they had done just that.
When the city of Bordeaux, in France, commissioned the duo – this year’s Pritzker Prize laureates – to redesign one of the town’s plazas, they started by observing the space closely. Their conclusion was that the Place Léon Aucoc was a vibrant community space that didn’t need changing.
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« Lacaton et Vassal ont toujours tenu bon » : ce que disent ceux qui ont fait travailler le duo d architectes
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Lacaton et Vassal, prix Pritzer d architecture : « Trop d argent, c est plus un problème qu une solution »
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Architecture s top prize goes to a French duo who build without demolishing
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