Anne Démians d'Archimbaud is a French architect who opened her first agency in 1995. In 2003, she established Architectures Anne Démians in Montreuil, near Paris. The agency has designed office buildings, a freight station, school kitchens and several residential developments.

Biography

Born in

Colmar Colmar (; ; or ) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Alsace region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department ...

, Démians studied architecture at the

École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * Éco ...

, graduating in 1987. Her mixed-use Quai Ouest project in the centre of Nancy has attracted considerable attention. Completed in 2015, the building with 640 oblong windows houses offices, a hotel and a number of stores. In May 2015, Démians won the competition for renovating the

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and converting it into a major research centre. Her design includes of additional space, mainly for laboratories. Since 1998, Démians has taught at the schools of architecture in Brittany, Paris and Berlin. In 2015, she became a member of the Académie d'architecture founded in 1953, open to those who have made major contributions to architecture and urban planning.

Selected projects

Anne Démians' recent projects include: *2006: Central kitchen for the Caisse des écoles, Paris, completed 2012 *2009: Luxury housing, Batignolles, Paris *2010: Winner of competition for 350 housing units in Auteuil *2010: Winner of competition for a speculative office building in Batignolles *2011: Building in Nancy with housing units, student residence and shops *2011: Winner of restricted competition for Société Générale's head office in

Fontenay-sous-Bois Fontenay-sous-Bois () is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. Name The name Fontenay was recorded in the Middle Ages as ''Fontanetum'', meaning "the spring ...

*2012: Winner of competition for three tower blocks in

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