Dominique Perrault & Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost

Dominique Perrault is an architect, urban planner, and founder of Dominique Perrault Architecture. He has a strong education in architecture and urban planning, gaining a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1978, a degree in urban planning in 1979 from the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and a master’s degree in history in 1980 from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He founded his firm in 1981 and has since gained international recognition for his projects.

Gaëlle Lauriot-Prévost is an architect, designer and scenographer. After graduating from the Camondo school, she worked alongside fashion designer Elisabeth de Senneville, collaborated with Patrick Rubin, and worked with architect Zaha Hadid. In 1989, she joined the Dominique Perrault Architecture agency, becoming an artistic director.

“I’ve always aimed to integrate materials and equipment with an industrial vocation and give them if not a new life, then at least a new use. Simply because their reliability, maintainability, efficiency, performance, safety, durability and instantly identifiable design make these products clearly superior to those generally used by architects.” - Dominique Perrault