Jean-Paul Viguier (born 4 May 1946) is a French architect. He is considered one of the world's leading architects and one of the few French ones to work extensively outside of Europe.

Early works

Graduated from the

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in 1970, Jean-Paul Viguier, with Jean Bossu and Georges-Henri Pingusson, founded the teaching unit n°5. 3 years later, he received a "master of city planning in urban design" at the Harvard Graduate School of Design from

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, and, as he came back in France, he hosted a section of urban architecture in the journal ''Urbanisme.'' From 1975-1992, projects were carried out in association with Jean-François Jodry. In 1981, he won the "first prize of the jury" in the competition for the

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and then, in 1983, the "first tie price" for the project head Defense. In 1986, he won alongside

Alain Provost Allain Provost is a French landscape architect. His works include designs for the Parc Floral in the Bois de Vincennes, Paris, Parc André Citroën in Paris, the Jardin Diderot at La Défense, La Courneuve Park (1972–2000) in Seine-Saint-Denis, ...

, Patrick Berger and

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, the competition for the construction of the Parc André-Citroën in Paris, whose creation will last 6 years (1992-2002) soon after they won the Seville Expo’92 contest for th
French Pavilion
In 1988, he designed The Atrium : headquarters of the Caisse des Depots et Consignations in Boulogne-Billancourt. In 1990, he won the competition organized by the Public Establishment for the development of the Defence area for the construction of the Heart defense complex at the Esso headquarters location. Then he realized the headquarters of

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in Paris, as well as many others, such as Alstom in Saint-Ouen and

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and

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Rueil-Malmaison Rueil-Malmaison () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department, Île-de-France region. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2017, it had a population of 78,152. It is one of the wealthiest suburbs of P ...

Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés practice

Jean-Paul Viguier Architecture and Associates works on a very wide range of building types. In the area of housing, with achievements in

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(Bercy, Dupleix),

Créteil Créteil () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Créteil is the ''préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Cr� ...

, Asnieres-sur-Seine, Clichy and recently (in 2009) in the ^15th district of the capital, rue de la Convention. In the cultural field, the firm realized the Cathedral library (now named
Jean-Falala
) at Reims in 2002, and restructured th
Natural History Museum
of

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. She also designed urban facilities such as the layout of the site of the Pont du Gard and built an archaeological museum on the same site in 2000. The fields of activity of the practice is completed by the making of office buildings, as Angle in Boulogne-Billancourt (2008), seat of the Journal ''

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,'' the headquarters of IBM Europe in Bois-Colombes (2009), the seat of Prisma Presse inGennevilliers or Heart Mediterranean, the islet of D3 ZAC Joliette Marseille (2008). Finally, th
Majunga tower
is located in the heart of La Défense. In the same time, the agency develops an international activity: taking care of the construction of th
Hotel Sofitel Water Tower
in

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for

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in 2002 and working in a draft new city in Malaysia. In spring 2008, in

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central square, the ''Vorosmarty Plaza Project'' was opened to the public: a mixed building dressed in a glass envelope. In June 2008, the
McNay Museum of Art
in''

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, the first American modern art museum built by a French architect, was inaugurated. The agency also worked in

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at the construction of the headquarters of Morocco Telecom in Rabat in 2009. As it is rightly noted on their website: “The agency has thus shown an ability to build in various parts of the world and strives to bring to its projects the best possible responses to the relationship between buildings and their environment.”

Awards and personal titles

* Member of the High Commission of Historical Monuments. * Knight of the

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since 15 April 2003 he was promoted to

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on 14 July 2011. * Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters. * Knight of the National Order of Merit. Jean-Paul Viguier was awarded the grand prize of the Cities Monitor for the Parc André-Citroën, got a mention for the prix de l’equerre d’Argent of Architecture for his industrial hotel activity building rue d ' Aubervilliers in Paris^19th, and ''the Architectural Record-Business Week Award in

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for the head office of Astra Pharmaceutical Headquarters in Rueil-Malmaison. The Sofitel Chicago Water Tower has received ''"the best building since ten years award"'' in 2003 by the AIA Chicago; This building is listed among the ''"150 favorite buildings of America"'' by the American Institute of Architects, and got the MIPIM Award in 2005. The Pont du Gard has the ”Grand site de France " label. He has been elected member of the Academy of Architecture since 1993, academy for which he was president from 1999 to 2002. He is also a founding member of AFEX (French Architects for export). He was appointed ''"

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"'' of the AIA ''(

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)'' in 2001 and '' Honorary Professor'' of Tongji University in Shanghai, China. Furthermore, a majority of his firm projects are frequently awarded for environmental distinctions and certifications :

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, BBC, HQE.

Notable works

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* 1992 France Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Seville * 1997 Social Headquarters Alstom Transport Alstom in Saint-Ouen * 1997 AstraZeneca Pharmaceutical social headquarter, Rueil-Malmaison. (for which he will receive the award Business Week / Architectural Record 1999 - American Institute of Architect) * 1998 France television Headquarters, Paris * 2000 Landscaping around the Pont du Gard * 2000 Parc André-Citroën in

. * 2001 Coeur Defense towers, La Défense. * 2002 Headquarters BMS ( Bristol Myers Squibb) / UPSA in Rueil-Malmaison * 2002 Media Cathedral, Reims. * 2002 Shopping center, Carré Sénart. * 2002 Sofitel Chicago Water Tower,

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* 2004 Ilot M7, office building including the Ministry of Sports, and shops.

* 2005 Hotel

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. * 2008 Office building, housing, shops, parking, Vorosmarty Square, Budapest, Hungary * 2008 Natural History Museum of Toulouse,

. * 2008 Mcnay art Museum extension, San Antonio, Texas, United States * 2008 ZAC de la Joliette, Block D3, Heart Mediterranean,

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* 2008 Zac Seguin Lot A1, ''Angle Building'''','' Boulogne-Billancourt * 2009 Residential building,

^15th Convention * 2009 Sodexho France headquarters, Guyancourt in the Yvelines * 2010 Hospital Castres

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. * 2012 Leisure Pole, Lyon Confluence, * 2012 Morocco Telecom tower, Rabat,

* 2013 University Cancer Institute, Cancéropole

* 2013 SFR Headquarters in Saint-Denis * 2013 UGC theatre,

* 2014 Majunga tower

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* 2014 Amphitheatre district,

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* 2014 Holon, urban park in

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For further information about the projects go to th
Firm Website

References

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