Manuelle Gautrand (born 1961) is a French architect."Manuelle Gautrand"
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Biography

After setting up her own firm in Lyon in 1991, Gautrand moved to Paris in 1993. She has completed projects of various types from housing and office buildings to cultural and leisure developments. Her C42 Citroën showroom on the

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brought her international recognition. In 2008, she converted the Gaîté-Lyrique Theatre into a centre for modern music and digital arts and received a commission for the AVA Tower at

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. Internationally, she has designed a car showroom in

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and has recently taken part in the competition for the new Munch Museum in Oslo. Between 2000 and 2003, Gautrand taught at the Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture and at the School of Architecture in

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. She frequently takes part in architecture workshops across Europe. In 2009, she taught at the

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and in 2010 at the

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Selected works

Among Manuelle Gautrand's principal works are: *Conversion of the Gaîté-Lyrique Theatre into an interactive platform for music and the arts (2008–2011) *Extension to the

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Villeneuve d'Ascq Villeneuve-d'Ascq (; ) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. With more than 60,000 inhabitants and 50,000 students, it is one of the main cities of the Métropole Européenne de Lille and the largest in area (27.46 km2) ...

(2003–2009) *Administration centre in

Saint-Étienne Saint-Étienne (; Franco-Provençal: ''Sant-Etiève''), also written St. Etienne, is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regi ...

(2006–2009) *Citroën C42 showroom, Champs-Élysées, Paris (2002–2007) *Solaris residential complex in

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(2002–2006) *AVA Tower, La Défense, Paris (construction began 2010)

Recognition

In 2010, Gautrand became a chevalier of the

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. In 2005, she was elected a member of the French

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. In 2002, she was awarded the Academy's Silver Medal."Manuelle Gautrand"
''LAM''. Retrieved 4 March 2012. In 2017 and 2018, she was a Prix Versailles World Judge.Prix Versailles website
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References

Literature

*Accorsi, Florence: ''Ré-enchanter la ville: architectures de Manuelle Gautrand / Re-enchant the city'', Paris, ICI interface. . *Ardenne, Paul: ''Manuelle Gautrand: architectures'', Éditions Infolio, 2005. . *Gautrand, Manuelle, and Sophie Roulet. 2007. “Does Architecture Have a Gender?: Manuelle Gautrand.” ''A10: New European Architecture'', no. 16 (July): 18–20. *“Manuelle Gautrand - Architecture.” Accessed October 25, 2021. http://manuelle-gautrand.com/. *World Architecture Community. “Manuelle Gautrand Wins the 2017 European Prize for Architecture.” Accessed October 25, 2021. https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-news/cvgec/manuelle-gautrand-wins-the-2017-european-prize-for-architecture.html. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gautrand, Michelle 20th-century French architects 21st-century French architects Architects from Marseille 1961 births Living people Recipients of the Legion of Honour French women architects 20th-century French women 21st-century French women