Unlike the Oíza who ignored the complaints of occupants of his Ruedo housing development, Renée Gailhoustet, firm in her conviction that we should build not only adequate dwellings but true spaces for living life to the full, preached through example

Le Figaro   The French architect Renée Gailhoustet, recipient of the 2022 Royal Academy Architecture Prize, has died at the age of 93. A defender of public housing, she designed numerous residential projects in the Paris suburbs as well as the apartment complex

This year’s Prize highlights housing as one of the most pressing and complex issues of our time and is awarded to French architect Renée Gailhoustet. The jury highlighted her extraordinary contribution to social housing in France and her inspirationa