JACQUES FERRIER

Jacques Ferrier lives and works in Paris. A state-certified DPLG architect, Jacques Ferrier graduated from the prestigious engineering school Ecole Centrale de Paris in 1981 before obtaining a degree in architecture from UPA 8 in 1985. He founded his own architecture firm in Paris in 1990. Since 1996, he has also been teaching design projects at the Ecole d'Architecture de Bretagne (EAB).

Jacques Ferrier’s works include public buildings (as the Rouen Courthouse), cultural facilities (as the Eric Tabarly Sailing Museum in Lorient), offices (as the headquarters of the Piper & Charles Heidsieck champagnes in Reims), educational buildings (as the Xupu Elementary school in Shanghai), research centers (as the INRIA laboratories in Sophia-Antipolis), infrastructure buildings (as the Airbus Delivery Centre in Toulouse), residential buildings and urban development projects. Jacques Ferrier also undertakes research projects, wanting to develop new answers to environmental issues (Concept Office in partnership with EDF in 2004, Hypergreen in partnership with Lafarge in 2005).

He has received numerous awards and nominations, notably the Première Oeuvre award, four nominations for the Equerre d'Argent and two nominations for the Great National Prize of Architecture (2004 et 2006). Recently he was named Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et Lettres. Jacques Ferrier is currently member of the Administration Council of the Building Energy Foundation, created in 2005 for promoting European projects doing research in sustainability. He is the author of different books and articles. Recent monographs published : Hypergreen & Phare towers ( AAM Editions / Ante Prima, Paris 2007), Concept Office (Architecture prototype, AAM Editions / Ante Prima, Paris 2005) and Useful, the Poetry of useful things (Birkhäuser – Basel Boston – Berlin / Ante Prima, Paris 2004).