The International Academy of Architecture is proud to announce that one of the most influential contemporary female architects – Odile Decq, will be guest speaker on 5th of July in Sofia, Bulgaria at MEETARCH 2019, a special event organized by the Academy in partnership with the French Institute in Bulgaria. The venue of the event will be Slaveikov Hall (3 Slaveikov Square, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria).
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Design is just a small part of Odile Decq’s interests. She is known all over the world as an architect, a winner of many awards, director and lecturer in architectural school. The pedanticity and attention, the striving to create buildings thought from scratch to realization are the qualities that help Odile make her breakthrough and become her business card. She set up her studio in 1985 with her husband Benoît Cornette. In 2014 she founded the Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture in Lyon, France.
Famous projects:
1990 – Banque populaire de l’Ouest (BPO), administrative and social centers, Rennes, France
1996 – Scenography of the French pavilion, Venice Biennale of Architecture
1998 – University of Nantes, formation center, library and science building
1999 – Viaduct and Operation Center of the A14 motorway, Nanterre, France
2001 – Redevelopment and furniture design of the UNESCO Conference Hall, Paris, France
2007 – Greenland Pavilion, Shanghai, China
2010 – MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italy (extension-renovation)
2011 – PHANTOM, L’Opéra Restaurant of the Opéra Garnier in Paris, France
2012 – FRAC Bretagne, Regional Contemporary Art Fund, Rennes, France
2014 – GL Events Headquarters in Lyon, France
2015 – Pentania, mix of residential buildings and individual houses, Lille, France
2015 – Fangshan Tangshan National Geopark Museum, museum of Geology and Anthropology, Nanjing, China
2015 – Maison Bernard, Antti Lovag’s Bubble Palace, Théoule-sur-Mer, France(renovation)
2015 – Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture, school in Lyon, France (renovation-rehabilitation)
2015 – Saint-Ange, artist’s residency, Seyssins, France
2016 – Le CARGO, offices and startup incubator, Paris, France
MAISON BERNARD Théoule-sur-Mer, France, 2015
PHANTOM – OPÉRA GARNIER RESTAURANT Paris, France, 2011
CONFLUENCE INSTITUTE Lyon, France, 2015
MACRO CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM Rome, Italy, 2010
FANGSHAN TANGSHAN NATIONAL GEOPARK MUSEUM COMPETITION WINNING PROJECT Nanjing, China, 2015
Awards:
1986 – Albums of young architects, with Benoît Cornette
1990 – Premier Award, Ninth International Prize for Architecture, London 1990
1992 – Oscar du Design, Le Nouvel Economiste, Paris
1996 – Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale of Architecture, with Benoît Cornette
2001 – Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, France
2003 – Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor, France
2007 – International Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA
2013 – Women in Architecture Prize, ARVHA
2013 – MAISON&OBJET Designer of the Year
2015 – Doctorate honoris causa in architecture, Université Laval
2016 – Jane Drew Prize, Architects’ Journal
2017 – Architizer A+Awards — Lifetime Achievement Award
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