Manuelle Gautrand Architecture

Born in 1961 in Marseille, Manuelle Gautrand is the principal architect and director of Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, alongside Marc Blaising as the partner, financial and administrative director. Having founded her firm in 1991, she has lived and practised as an architect in Paris for over 20 years. With a team of over 15 architects, her firm's poetic architecture embraces the endless variety of forms and colours, with a design focus as diverse as cultural facilities (theaters, museums and cultural centers), office buildings, housing, commercial and leisure facilities. Her clients are public contracting authorities as well as private firms in France and abroad. In 2007, she received the distinction of France's Chevalier de la Légion d Honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) and more recently was nominated as ARVHA's 2014 Woman Architect of the Year.

Born in 1961 in Marseille, Manuelle Gautrand is the principal architect and director of Manuelle Gautrand Architecture, alongside Marc Blaising as the partner, financial and administrative director. Having founded her firm in 1991, she has lived and practised as an architect in Paris for over 20 years. With a team of over 15 architects, her firm's poetic architecture embraces the endless variety of forms and colours, with a design focus as diverse as cultural facilities (theatres, museums and cultural centres), office buildings, housing, commercial and leisure facilities. Her clients are public contracting authorities as well as private firms in France and abroad. In 2007, she received the distinction of France's Chevalier de la Legion d Honneur (National Order of the Legion of Honour) and more recently was nominated as ARVHA's 2014 Woman Architect of the Year.