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The architect Patrick Berger was born on November 10th 1947. He graduated in 1972, and obtained a PhD in town planning in 1977. By 1974, he had already opened his own architect’s practice.
In his early projects, including the rue Quincampoix in Paris, his architecture was distinctive for its understatement, keeping the rhythm of the street and taking up elements of architectural vocabulary from the existing buildings in the area.
In the 1980s he won three architectural awards (for the School of Architecture in Rennes, the André Citroën Park and the Bastille Viaduct), thus firmly establishing his reputation. In each of these works he reveals the urban and architectural relationship with nature and history.
In 1999, with the completion of the UEFA headquarters in Switzerland, he returned to the primal emotion of architectural language – a pure symbol opposite the Mont Blanc.
He was awarded the French national Grand Prix for architecture in 2004.
With their “Canopy” project, he and Jacques Anziutti won the international contest to renovate the Forum des Halles in Paris.
In addition to his work as an architect, Patrick Berger devotes his time to teaching and research, notably at Lausanne’s Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale.
He is also the author of several books and essays such as “La ville, forme cachée” and “Milieux”.

Projects by Patrick BERGER