Architects in Paris deserve credit for making the city an architectural masterpiece. From the Eiffel tower (Gustave Eiffel, 1889) to Villa Savoye (Le Corbusier), you’ll find some of the most well-known architects in Paris, even today. OMA, Tadao Ando, Jean Nouvel, Shigeru Ban, I.M. Pei, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano, etc have made notable contributions to the city’s skyline. Most of them are either affiliated with, or the founders of the biggest architecture firms in Paris.
RTF has tried here to list down the top 50 Architecture Firms / Architects in Paris, arranged in alphabetical order. From a small island on the banks of Seine, the French Capital, Paris, has grown into a metropolis with meaningful architecture that reflects its ambiguous history full of wars and revolutions. Its architecture stems from the ancient prominent styles like Roman Architecture, Medieval, Renaissance, and Classical Architecture.
Today the suburban areas of Paris see a spurt in modern and contemporary architecture. It is home to ‘Super-modernism’ characterized by visual sensations with spatial and tactile architecture. The 21st century brought with it a sustainable trend, with architects designing ecologically harmonious buildings. Without a doubt, the architects in Paris are pushing the boundaries or modern architectural design.
Note: All the firms in the list of top architecture firms/architects in Paris are arranged in alphabetical order and not in any particular ranking.
A26 | Top Architects in Paris
Scope of services: Interior Design, Urban Design, Architecture
Types of Built Projects: Cultural, Educational, Research, Hospitality, Residential, Healthcare, Sports, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux, Rouen, Blois, Puget-Sur-Argens, Beijing, Shanghai
Style of work: Involving flexibility and responsiveness, sharing of expertise and wealth of experience, adaptability and technical rigor, control of impacts and costs.
Website: www.a26.eu
Arch Design
Scope of services: Interior Design, Urban Design, Architecture
Types of Built Projects: Cultural, Educational, Research, Hospitality, Residential, Healthcare, Sports, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: France, China, Bahrain, Greece, Jordan, Switzerland, Chile, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Italy
Style of work: Producing work environments that help people and businesses thrive.
Website: www.arch.design
Affine Design
Scope of services: Interior Design, Architecture, Renovation
Types of Built Projects: Cultural, Educational, Research, Hospitality, Residential, Healthcare, Sports, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: France, China, Austria, UK, Russia, Jordan
Style of work: To organize, to create a stage for the life to come, to affix objects to the space, to occupy the space, to provide for other, equally revealing, vibrations.
Website: www.affine-design.com
AIA life Designers
Scope of services: Interior Design, Urban Design, Architecture, Town planning, Project management, Town Planning
Types of Built Projects: Healthcare, Cultural, Educational, Sport
Locations of Built Projects: France, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Style of work: Creative and durable solutions.
Website: www.aialifedesigners.fr
Architecture Studio
Scope of services: Interior Design, Urban Design, Architecture
Types of Built Projects: Cultural, Educational, Research, Hospitality, Residential, Healthcare, Sports, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: France, China, Bahrain, Greece, Jordan, Switzerland, Chile, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Italy
Style of work: Architecture-Studio believes in a socially engaged architecture. The studio aims to favor dialogue and debate, to transform individual knowledge into increased creative potential.
Website: www.architecture-studio.fr
Arep Group
Scope of services: Interior Design, Urban Design, Architecture, Town planning, Project management
Types of Built Projects: Cultural, Educational, Residential, Commercial, Transportation
Locations of Built Projects: France, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Style of work: Creative and durable solutions for resilient city planning, low carbon architecture and ecological design using advanced digital tools.
Website: www.arepgroup.com
AW2
Scope of services: Interior Design, Urban Design, Architecture, Master planning
Types of Built Projects: Cultural, Educational, Research, Hospitality, Residential, Healthcare, Sports, Commercial
Locations of Built Projects: Worldwide
Style of work: Innovative, adapted and efficient architectural solutions.
Website: www.aw2.com
Baumschlager Eberle Architects
Scope of services: Interior Design, Urban Design, Architecture
Types of Built Projects: Cultural, Educational, Research, Hospitality, Residential, Healthcare, Sports, Commercial, Transportation
Locations of Built Projects: Europe and Asia
Style of work: Authentic by virtue of their sensitivity to their local environments and their enduring relevance; they are both responsive to and representative of the settings in which they are located.
Website: www.baumschlager-eberle.com
Bernard Tschumi Architecture
Scope of services: Interior Design, Urban Design, Architecture, Master planning
Types of Built Projects: Institutional, Civic, Cultural, and Residential.
Locations of Built Projects: Paris, Geneva, Miami, Rouen, New York, Athens, Tianjin
Style of work: Innovative design solutions to client concerns of different sizes and scales, from small facilities to large-scale master plans.
Website: www.tschumi.com
Boiffils Architecture
Scope of services: Interior Design, Architectural design
Types of Built Projects: Commercial, Entertainment, Hospitality, Cultural
Locations of Built Projects: Thailand, China, UAE, Latvia, Malaysia, Russia, France
Style of work: Every project is subjected to a specific process and a particular analysis which always leads to unique aesthetical solutions in which creativity is recognized. Their work is often the object of publications.
Website: www.boiffils.com
