Jean-Michel Wilmotte is a French architect.

Biography

Jean-Michel Wilmotte was born in Soissons on 2 April 1948 to Robert Wilmotte (pharmacist) and Suzanne Léonard. He attended secondary school at the Soisson ''lycée'' and the Jean-de-La-Fontaine ''lycée'' in Château-Thierry. He studied interior design at the Camondo school of interior design in

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. Two years after graduating, he founded his own agency in Paris in 1975. In 1982 he was commissioned by

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to design his private apartments in the Elysée Palace.

Bibliography

* ''Ceci n'est pas un parc'', entretien avec Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Éditions Libel, Lyon (France), 2010 * ''Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Architecture – Ecriture'', Dane McDowell, Éditions Aubanel, Paris (France), 2009 * ''Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Architectures à l'oeuvre'', François Lamarre, Pascal Tournaire, Stéphane Paoli, Éditions Le Moniteur, Paris (France), 2008 * '' Wilmotte, l'instinct architecte'', Jean Grisoni, Jean-Baptiste Loubeyre, Éditions Le Passage, Paris (France), 2005 * ''Architecture intérieure des villes'', Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Paul Virilio, Éditions du Moniteur, Paris (France), 1999 * ''Jean-Michel Wilmotte'', Francis Rambert, Éditions du Regard, Paris (France), 1996 * ''Réalisations et projets'', Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Éditions du Moniteur, Paris (France), 1993 * ''Wilmotte'', Jean-Louis Pradel, Éditions Electa Moniteur, Paris (France), 1988

References

External links

Wilmotte & Associés Architectes
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilmotte, Jean-Michel 1948 births Living people People from Soissons 20th-century French architects 21st-century French architects Architects of cathedrals Members of the Académie d'architecture People associated with the Louvre École Camondo alumni