Repurposing Old Buildings – France’s Post-War Public Housing
For their three decades of work, Anne Lacaton and Jean-Phillippe Vassal won the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize, architecture’s highest honor. The selection committee cited their work for consistently contributing to humanity and the built environment. Their projects improve the lives of many and respond to current environmental and social urgencies, especially in the field of urban housing. Emphasizing sustainability, the pair believe firmly in the “never demolish” principle, instead favoring upgrading and transforming existing structures. In 2011, Lacaton and Vassal…