Valode & Pistre

Valode & Pistre is a French architecture firm based in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, with branches in Moscow and Beijing.[2]

History

The firm was founded in 1980 by Denis Valode and Jean Pistre who met at the Beaux-Arts de Paris where the former was a student and the latter a teacher.[3][4] The firm's first major project was the CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux (1983).[1]

By 2021, the firm had worked on more than two hundred projects in thirty-five countries.[4]

Activities

Valode & Pistre works on projects both in France and across the globe in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Asia, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central America.

Valode & Pistre’s projects are of very diverse scales, from developing new cities to designing furniture.

Projects

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• T1 Tower
• Tour Generali
• Air France head office
• Air France Cité PN
• Bouygues head office
• Centre commercial Beaugrenelle
• Paris Expo Porte de Versailles[4]
• Shenzhen World Exhibition Center, world largest convention center
• Tour Saint-Gobain
• Le Portier (Monaco): global planning, four buildings, ten houses[6]

Awards

• 1992: Prix de l'Équerre d’argent for the L’Oréal factory in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France[4]

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