Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent
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The Prix d'architecture de l'Équerre d'argent (The Silver T-square Prize) is a French
architecture
award. It is given annually by Le Moniteur group for a French building, completed in the past year. The prize is divided equally between the architect
and the building owner.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
architecture
Architecture
Architecture is both the process and product of planning, designing and construction. Architectural works, in the material form of buildings, are often perceived as cultural and political symbols and as works of art...
award. It is given annually by Le Moniteur group for a French building, completed in the past year. The prize is divided equally between the architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
and the building owner.
Award winners
- 1986 - Adrien Fainsilber for the Cité des Sciences de la Villette.
- 1987 - Jean NouvelJean NouvelJean Nouvel is a French architect. Nouvel studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was a founding member of Mars 1976 and Syndicat de l'Architecture...
and Architecture StudioArchitecture studioArchitecture studio is a class in an undergraduate or graduate professional architecture program in which students receive hands-on instruction in architectural design...
for the Institut du Monde Arabe. - 1994 - Henri and Bruno Gaudin for the Stade Charlety in Paris.
- 1995 - Christian de PortzamparcChristian de PortzamparcChristian de Portzamparc is a French architect and urbanist. He graduated from the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1970 and has since been noted for his bold designs and artistic touch; his projects reflect a sensibility to their environment and the town is a founding principal of his...
for the Cité de la MusiqueCité de la MusiqueThe Cité de la Musique is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the La Villette quarter, 19th arrondissement, Paris, France. It was designed by the architect Christian de Portzamparc and opened in 1995...
in Paris. - 1996 - Pierre-Louis Faloci for the Museum of Celtic Civilisation in Mont Beuvray.
- 1997 - Jean-Marc Ibos and Myrto Vitart for the Palais des Beaux-Arts de LillePalais des Beaux-Arts de LilleThe Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille is one of the largest museums in France, and the largest French museum outside of Paris....
. - 1998 - Rem KoolhaasRem KoolhaasRemment Lucas Koolhaas is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. Koolhaas studied at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy in Amsterdam, at the Architectural...
for a house near BordeauxBordeauxBordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
. - 1999 - Marc Mimram for the Solférino BridgePasserelle Léopold-Sédar-SenghorThe passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor, formerly known as passerelle Solférino , is a footbridge over the River Seine in the VIIe arrondissement of Paris...
- 2000 - Philippe Gazeau for the extension to the Centre Sportif Léon Biancotto in Paris.
- 2001 - Herzog & de MeuronHerzog & de MeuronHerzog & de Meuron Architekten, BSA/SIA/ETH is a Swiss architecture firm, founded and headquartered in Basel, Switzerland in 1978. The careers of founders and senior partners Jacques Herzog , and Pierre de Meuron , closely paralleled one another, with both attending the Swiss Federal Institute of...
for social housing in Rue des Suisses, ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. - 2002 - du Besset-Lyon for the médiathèque at TroyesTroyesTroyes is a commune and the capital of the Aube department in north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about southeast of Paris. Many half-timbered houses survive in the old town...
. - 2003 - Yves Lion and Claire Piguet for the French Embassy in BeirutBeirutBeirut is the capital and largest city of Lebanon, with a population ranging from 1 million to more than 2 million . Located on a peninsula at the midpoint of Lebanon's Mediterranean coastline, it serves as the country's largest and main seaport, and also forms the Beirut Metropolitan...
. - 2004 - Antoinette Robain and Claire Guieysse for the Centre National de la Danse de PantinCentre National de la DanseThe Centre national de la danse is an institution sponsored by the French Ministry of Culture. It studies dance in all its aspects, and is located in Pantin, in northeastern Paris. Centre national de la danse is a source of national pride due to its maintenance of French culture...
. - 2005 - Florence Lipsky and Pascal Rollet for the Science Library at Orléans-la-Source.
- 2006 - Franck Hammoutène for the extension to Marseille City Hall.
- 2007 - Nathalie Franck and Yves Ballot for the restructuration-extension of the Nuyens school in Bordeaux