Lacaton & Vassal wins Le Prix Charlotte Perriand 2027

The Créateurs Design Association & Awards has named Pritzker Prize-winning French studio Lacaton & Vassal Architectes the recipient of the Le Prix Charlotte Perriand 2027.

Lacaton & Vassal Architectes, which is led by architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal and known for its social housing designs, was recognised for contributing to contemporary architecture by transforming and improving existing buildings.

The Créateurs Design Associates (CDA) said the studio’s work improves “living conditions while preserving resources and architectural heritage”.

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The duo said it was “very happy” to receive the award.

“Charlotte Perriand’s tireless pursuit of comfort, well-being, and the pleasure of the inhabitant and of everyday life, her modernity, and her political commitment to exposing poor housing conditions and to transmission and education remain profoundly relevant today and are a source of inspiration,” Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal said.

“Her manifest spirit of openness and freedom touches us deeply. We are very happy to receive this distinction.”

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The architects founded their studio in 1989 and have since worked on high-profile projects such as the transformation of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the Nantes School of Architecture and the Cité du Grand Parc housing transformation in Bordeaux.

The latter, which was completed with Frédéric Druot and Christophe Hutin, won the European Union’s Mies van der Rohe Award in 2019.

Lacaton & Vassal Architectes’ other social housing projects include the renovation of the 1960s Tour Bois-le-Prêtre tower block in Paris, also in collaboration with Frédéric Druot, which was completed in 2011.

It also converted and extended a former shipbuilding workshop to create the FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais contemporary art gallery in Dunkirk.

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The Le Prix Charlotte Perriand was established in collaboration with the family of the late architect and recognises practitioners whose contributions have advanced architecture and design.

“In awarding Le Prix Charlotte Perriand to Lacaton & Vassal, the CDA members recognise the care and imagination with which they approach the places people call home. Their work shows how much can be gained by understanding what is already there,” Créateurs Design Association co-founder Meredith Xavier said.

The award will be given to Lacaton & Vassal Architectes in a ceremony on 16 January 2027, at the Shangri-La Paris. Architect Kengo Kuma will also be honoured at the event as the winner of the Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement Award 2027.

Lacaton & Vassal Architectes has previously won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2021, as well as the 2023 Soane Medal for architecture.

Last year, Lacaton won the 2025 Jane Drew Prize for women in architecture.