

(Clermont-Ferrand, 1953)
Dominique Perrault Architecture (DPA) has won the competition to cover the tennis court named after the French champion Suzanne Lenglen at Stade Roland Garros, the complex that hosts the French Open. Over a concrete structure and the ensemble of stee
The Santa Elvira sugar refinery was, since the early 20th century until its closing in 1992, one of the key economic motors of the city. The site where the old factory building was located was the place designated for the construction of the new Conv
The extension is carried out with a wooden structure, lightening the building, and placing a dynamic shock absorber – a vast metal sphere – at the top of the building to stabilize it. The dual-skin facade is conceived as a breathable enclosure... [+]
The French firm Dominique Perrault Architecture, in collaboration with the South Korean office Junglim, has won the international competition for the construction of ‘Light Walk,’ the future intermodal transport hub and shopping center in Seoul’s Gan
Inspired in Richard Long’s work, the buildings connect with the landscape by incorporating nature to the project and relying on the calm geometry of the circle to achieve harmony with the valley, while its scale turns it into a symbol of strength and
Taking advantage of the relocation of some of the institutions that occupied the island, the project proposes revitalizing the place, diversifying uses, reclaiming the public space, and highlighting its monuments through 35 interventions. Located in
This is the latest of the interventions that Perrault has planned for the extension of this complex. It’s a third tower that synthesizes the aesthetics of the different buildings of the Court and marks the end of the Gallery that articulates them...
The objective of the intervention is to favor a greater connection between the adjacent public spaces by displacing the current bicycle parking to an underground area and proposing a new tower with a perforated base... [+]
The building is integrated in the urban tissue of the old industrial zone, favoring pedestrian traffic along the north-south and east-west directions by connecting the recessed patios with the protected park – of almost 5,000 m2 – via two public
The aim of the project is not to obtain a historical reproduction of the monumental Post Office Building of the19th century, but to revitalize it by introducing current uses that will be added to the old ones in a block open 24 hours a day. The block
In order to turn the racecourse into an icon for the horse racing world, the project includes refurbishment works, new construction, and landscaping, adding up to a total of 22,000 m2 of built areas and 70,000 m2 of green spaces. The most important i
Jacques Herzog For a young architect at the beginning of his career it is a challenging moment to see the widely admired work of established colleagues, often with a mixture of disdain and admiration. For my generation this moment was in the 1980s, a
Notre-Dame, the heart of the heart of Paris, treasure of the Île de la Cité, has just suffered one of the most trying moments in its long history. Across all lands and cultures of the world, this drama leaves us speechless, touching the hearts and ar
Architecture is ideas and forms, but both crystallize through matter. While construction is prefigured in the immaterial geometries of the project, it takes shape in the physical world by means of materials and techniques. This entangled relationship
Not without some controversy in France and Spain alike (from his stand in El País, Fernando Savater – a big fan of the turf world – expressed his nostalgia for the old building), the renovated Longchamp Racecourse was recently completed. Long a
Our relationship with the ground keeps us continually attached to what is the essence of a truly geographic approach, to our cultural tendency to accept the idea of making a mark, of a foundation, of geography in the literal sense, the one of rootedn
The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy says that an infrastructure is an underground work. If this is so, then the future multimodal transport hub and shopping center of Gangnam, right in the heart of Seoul and called Lightwalk, is literally one
Unlike in Spain, where prime ministers are uninterested in architecture, in France it is a tradition for French presidents to leave a ‘monumental’ legacy. Beyond emulating Napoleon or Louis xiv, they know that only presidential power can carry out pr
The early moderns saw the past as a hindrance to eliminate or at least transcend and ‘go beyond.’ But as modernity matured, becoming less and less ‘modern,’ the past tended to shed its bad reputation and eventually carved an actual niche for itself i
Dominique Perrault The Imperial House of Japan and the Japan Art Association give yearly since 1989 the Praemium Imperiale to five artists in the categories of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, and Cinema or Theater. In 2015 the awards – endo
The French Dominique Perrault is among those distinguished in the 2015 edition of the Praemium Imperiale, given yearly since 1989 by the Japanese imperial family and the Japan Art Association, with a prize of 15 million yen (approximately 111,000 eur
Dominique Perrault será el encargado de rehabilitar y ampliar el inmenso complejo Pont de Sèvres, construido por Daniel Badani y Pierre Roux-Dorlut en 1975. Situado en Boulogne-Billancourt, en el área metropolitana parisina, y separado de la capital
Dominique Perrault ha sido seleccionado, a través de un concurso internacional, para remodelar el hipódromo de Longchamp, un lugar de referencia en el mundo hípico situado en el Bois de Boulogne en París. El proyecto aborda el doble reto de integrar