Dominique Perrault is a French architect and urban planner. He became world known for the design of the French National Library, distinguished with the Silver medal for town planning in 1992 and the Mies van der Rohe Prize in 1996. In 2010 he was awarded the gold medal by the French Academy of Architecture for all his work. He was named as the 2015 Praemium Imperiale Laureate for Architecture.
Dominique Perrault
Industrial Hotel Berlier, architect: Dominique Perrault
Berlin - Velodrom (1992-1999)
ME Barcelona hotel (1999-2008)
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including books and manuscripts but also precious objects and artworks, are on display at the BnF Museum on the Richelieu site.
Image: Bibliothèque Mitterrand Mai 2022
Image: La salle ovale du site Richelieu, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris 2022
Reading room, Richelieu site
Façade on rue de Richelieu