DOMINIQUE PERRAULT
BIOGRAPHY
As an architect and urban planner, Dominique Perrault won the competition for the National Library of France in 1989. Internationally recognized, it carries out numerous large-scale projects, such as the velodrome and the Olympic swimming pool in Berlin (1999), the Campus Complex Center of the women’s university of Ewha in Seoul (2008), the last two extensions of the court of justice of the European Union in Luxembourg (2019), the cover of the Suzanne Lenglen court in Paris (2024), the Villejuif-Gustave Roussy station, a new station for the Grand Paris Express network (2025), and is currently transforming the old Invalides terminal into the future museum-school of the Giacometti Foundation.
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Considering architecture as a discipline intrinsically linked to urban planning, Dominique Perrault has notably worked on the urban future of Île de la Cité in Paris (2015), developed the Athletes’ Village for the 2024 Paris Games and designs, currently, a large intermodal transit center for the city of Seoul named Lightwalk.
Honorary Professor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), he was awarded the Mies van der Rohe prize in 1997, the Praemium Imperial prize in 2015 and, that year, became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts. In 2019, he was appointed General Director of the 2021 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism.
Dominique Perrault has been working with the architect, designer and scenographer, Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost since 1989. The complementarity of the two creators results in a perfect mastery of architectural quality, from the urban scale to that of detail.
Between 2025 and 2030, many projects designed by Dominique Perrault will be delivered in France and abroad, notably the extension of the Caja Magica in Madrid, the extension of the Esplanade-Coupole of the EPFL Campus in Lausanne, two towers in Vienna, one of which will become the tallest wooden tower in Europe, and several residential and office towers in Seoul, South Korea.
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CHRONOLOGY
1953
Birth in Clermont-Ferrand
1973
Entrance to the School of Architecture, attending the workshops of Martin van Treck and Antoine Grumbach
1979
Certificate of higher education in urban planning, National School of Bridges and Roads
1980
Graduated in Advanced Studies in History, Ecole des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales de Paris
1981
Creation of the agency Dominique Perrault Architecture (DPA) in Paris, followed by subsidiaries in Berlin (1992), Luxembourg (2000), Madrid (2006) and Geneva (2013)
1990
Setting the DPA agency in the industrial hotel Jean-Baptiste-Berlier, Paris 13th
2007
Setting the DPA agency at 6, rue Bouvier, Paris 11th
2007
Chair of the Association for the conservation of the Domaine de Frapotel, France
DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS
1983
Winner of the Young Architecture Albums Award, Ministry of Infrastructure
1984
First prize in the “Architecture and Project Management” category for the Someloir factory, Châteaudun, France
1990
First prize in the “Architecture and Project Management” category for the Berlier industrial hotel, Paris, Fra
1992
Constructa Preis ’92 for the Berlier industrial hotel, Paris, France.
Silver Medal for Urban Planning for the National Library of France, Paris, France
1993
National Architecture Award
1996
Constructec Prize, special mention European Prize for Industrial Architecture, for the Sagep water treatment plant, Ivry, France
1997
Mies van der Rohe Award for the National Library of France
1998-2001
President of the French Institute of Architecture (IFA)
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1999
German Architecture Prize, 2nd prize winner for the Olympic Velodrome and Swimming Pool, Berlin, Germany
2000
AIT Competition, 1st prize in the “Office Furniture” category for the reading chair at the National Library of France, Paris, France
2001
World Architecture Award, 1st prize for the Aplix factory, best industrial building, Le Cellier-sur-Loire, France
2002
World Architecture Award, 1st prize for the Vénissieux media library, best European public building
2003
BTV Bauherrenpreis, Austria, for the MPreis II supermarket, Wattens, Austria. BTV Bauherrenpreis, Austria, for the town hall, Innsbruck, Austria
2005
Best Industrial Building 2005, AIA Maryland, USA, for the GKD factory, Cambridge, MD, USA
2006
New Alpine Architecture Award for the MPreis supermarket, Zirl, Austria. Dedalo-Minosse International Prize, special prize for the town hall, Innsbruck, Austria
2008
Seoul Metropolitan Architecture Award, 1st prize for Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea
Reigate Society Award for the Priory Park Pavilion, Reigate, United Kingdom
2009
European Steel Design Awards, prize for the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxembourg
Steel Construction Competition 2009, prize for the Court of Justice of the European Communities, Luxembourg
Green Good Design, Environment/Landscape Architecture Award for Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea
American Institute of Architects, AIA Design Award for the University of Law competition, Baltimore, United States
2010
Grand Gold Medal for Architecture, Academy of Architecture
Afex Award for Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea
Silver Pyramid, Commercial Real Estate category, Federation of Developers and Builders (FPC), for the Onix building, Lille, France
Silver Pyramid, Innovation category, FPC, for the Vérose building, Lille, France
2011
Label “20th Century Heritage” for the Mayenne Departmental Archives, Laval, France
2012
Member of the Scientific Council of the Greater Paris International Workshop.
Officer of the Legion of Honor
2014
Grand Prix d’Architecture et d’Urbanisme de Haute-Normandie (High Normandy Architecture and Urban Planning Award)
Public Facility Award for the Palais des Sports, Rouen, France
Emporis Skyscraper Award, 2nd prize for DC Tower I, Vienna, Austria
2015
Winner of the Praemium Imperiale, Architecture section, Japan
Member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Architecture section
2016
Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters
“20th Century Heritage” label for the National Library of France, Paris, France
2017
ArchDaily Building of the Year Award for the Pavillon Dufour, Versailles, France
BCV Foundation Award for the “Groundscape” research project
2019
Euro-China Green & Smart City Awards for the development of the parking lot of the future, Paris, France
2020
Eiffel Awards, Architecture and Engineering category, for the ParisLongchamp racecourse, Paris, France
2021
Idea-Tops Award, Public Architecture category, for the ParisLongchamp racecourse, Paris, France
Geste d’Or, “Built Heritage” category, for the Louvre Post Office, Paris, France
2022
Label “Remarkable Contemporary Architecture” for the Meuse Departmental Headquarters, Bar-le-Duc, France
Construction, Building, and Real Estate Awards for To Lyon, Lyon, France
2023
MIPIM Awards, “best refurbished building” category, for Métal 57, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Pyramide d’Argent, “renovation, extension, rehabilitation” category, for Métal 57, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
2025
Grand Prix National de l’architecture (National Architecture Award), for the Villejuif-Gustave Roussy station, Villejuif, France
Trophée Eiffel de l’architecture (Eiffel Architecture Award), Dynamic category, for the Suzanne Lenglen court, Paris, France
Mention “Most Beautiful Station in the World” from the Prix Versailles, for the Villejuif-Gustave Roussy station, Villejuif, France
2024
Label « Architecture contemporaine remarquable », pour l’École supérieure d’ingénieurs en électrotechnique et électronique (ESIEE), Marne-la-Vallée, France
Membre du Seoul City Architect Partners, Séoul, Corée du Sud
Ideat design awards, catégorie « Prix de l’objet le plus intemporel », pour la lampe Furtiv, Ozone Editions
GAËLLE LAURIOT-PRÉVOST
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
BIOGRAPHY
As an architect, designer and scenographer, Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost joined the agency Perrault Architecture (DPA) in 1989. Since then, she has been supporting the design work of Dominique Perrault as artistic director and designer through the creation of layouts, furniture, and lighting.
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In partnership with the German company GKD, Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost reinvents metal mesh by giving it a supple and poetic dimension away from its industrial uses. It transforms this simple building element into an architectural and design material in its own right.
Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost also develops numerous scenographic projects, including those of the Galeristes fair (2016-2020) and the Seoul Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (2021). His work as a designer is published by prestigious houses such as Fontana Arte, Olivari, DCW, Ozone, Liaigre, the MiniMasterpiece gallery …
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DPA HEADQUARTERS PARIS
Founded in 1981, DPA is an international architecture, urban planning and design agency based in Paris, Madrid and Geneva. It brings together a multidisciplinary team of about 50 people in Paris and nearly a hundred internationally, from 30 different nationalities.
JOBS
Based in Paris, the Perrault Architecture agency is looking for talents from all backgrounds – architecture, urbanism, design, visualization artists, or any other discipline bringing quality to architecture – to participate in large-scale projects, in France and internationally. Join us!
SENIOR ARCHITECT
Architecture
JUNIOR ARCHITECT
Architecture
3D ARTIST
Visualisation
INTERNSHIP
Architecture
CANDIDATE
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RESEARCH AND INNOVATION LABORATORY
DPA LAB is a research and innovation studio that questions materials, matter and light by going beyond the traditional boundaries of architecture, urban planning and design. Creators of concepts and new tools, DPA LAB combines theoretical research, experimentation, scenography and artistic installations to reinvent the vocabulary and experience of architecture.
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From the National Library of France in Paris, to the Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, including the extension of the Dufour Pavilion at the Palace of Versailles, the agency has been developing for several decades, through this studio, a thorough research work focusing in particular on the use of metal mesh, on the study of soil epidermis and its underground potentialities, as well as on the transformation of the already there.
This research has given rise to several structuring concepts that today irrigate the work of the agency. They are the subject of numerous publications, including Groundscape – Autres topographies (HYX editions), Un village et sa double, Manuel d’urbanisme. Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 (Actar) or even Metallic mesh: the story of a weaving (box in 2 volumes, Gallimard).
DPA GALLERY
At the heart of the Parisian agency, on an exhibition platform of nearly 400 m 2, DPA Galerie presents the works and puts into perspective the achievements of the agency, from the first sketches of the 1980s to the models and panels of the most recent competitions.
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After hosting “Groundscape” — an exhibition presented from 2015 to 2022 and resulting from the agency’s research on the underground — DPA Galerie presents today “Infrastructure / Architecture”, an exhibition dedicated to transport projects carried out by the agency. It traces a route from Piazza Garibaldi in Naples to the Lightbeam in Seoul, passing through the Villejuif-Gustave Roussy station delivered in January 2025 for the Grand Paris Express.
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