Anne Démians

Anne Démians d'Archimbaud is a French architect who opened her first agency in 1995. In 2003, she established Architectures Anne Démians in Montreuil, near Paris. The agency has designed office buildings, a freight station, school kitchens and several residential developments.^[1][2]

Anne Démians d'Archimbaud
Born	Colmar, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles
Notable work	Quai Ouest, ESPCI Nobel School, Douai law courts, hotel and tourism high school of Guyancourt
Website	www.annedemians.com

Biography

Born in Colmar, Démians studied architecture at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles, graduating in 1987.^[3]

Her mixed-use Quai Ouest project in the centre of Nancy has attracted considerable attention. Completed in 2015, the 10,000 m² (110,000 sq ft) building with 640 oblong windows houses offices, a hotel and a number of stores.^[4][5]

In May 2015, Démians won the competition for renovating the ESPCI ParisTech and converting it into a major research centre. Her design includes 38,000 m² (410,000 sq ft) of additional space, mainly for laboratories.^[6]

Since 1998, Démians has taught at the schools of architecture in Brittany, Paris and Berlin.^[1] In 2015, she became a member of the Académie d'architecture founded in 1953, open to those who have made major contributions to architecture and urban planning.^[7]

Selected projects

Anne Démians' recent projects include:^[8]

• 2006: Central kitchen for the Caisse des écoles, Paris, completed 2012
• 2009: Luxury housing, Batignolles, Paris
• 2010: Winner of competition for 350 housing units in Auteuil
• 2010: Winner of competition for a speculative office building in Batignolles
• 2011: Building in Nancy with housing units, student residence and shops
• 2011: Winner of restricted competition for Société Générale's head office in Fontenay-sous-Bois
• 2012: Winner of competition for three tower blocks in Strasbourg

References

1. "Anne Démians Architecte". Slash. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
2. Moniteur, Le (2 July 2009). "Anne Démians, architecte rêveuse" (in French). Le Moniteur. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
3. "Les bonnes oeuvres de Anne Demians" (in French). CyberArchi. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
4. Stevens, Philip (27 April 2015). "640 oblong windows define anne démians' quai ouest in nancy". designboom. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
5. "Quai Ouest: depuis les rives de Meurthe, un bijou veille sur Nancy" (in French). Le ourrier de l'architecte. 4 June 2015. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
6. "Anne Démians Wins Competition to Renovate France's Nobel School". ArchDaily. 3 May 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
7. "Anne Démians fait son entrée à l'Académie d'architecture" (in French). batiactu. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
8. "Anne Démians: liste de réalisations". Archiguide. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

Literature

• Leloup, Michèle (2011). Auteuil, ou l'architecture d'une confidence: Anne Démians, Finn Geipel, Francis Soler et Rudy Ricciotti. Archibooks + Sautereau. ISBN 978-2-35733-175-4.

External links

• Official website