The François I^er project has been nominated for the Archdaily 2026 Building of the Year Awards, in Offices and Renovation categories. The largest community-driven architecture award celebrates the most remarkable architectural achievements worldwide for 17 years. Voting is open until February 10^th to select the finalists. To support our project, vote here. Photographers: Schnepp Renou

Barthélémy Griño has just completed the renovation of a building complex located on rue François I^er in the 8^th Parisian district. Thanks to its expertise in the refurbishment of historic sites, the agency took advantage of the built heritage and urban context to create a contemporary project that meets the highest functional requirements. After 14 months of construction, a mixed-use programme combining offices and showrooms has been developed, creating an oasis of calm in the middle of a lively neighbourhood. The buildings reveal a unique identity with an exclusive interior design by Sylvia Griño.

Client : Private

Architect : Barthélémy Griño

Interior designer : Sylvia Griño

Structure engineer : Somete

MEP engineer : Sérau

Environmental engineer : Eléments Ingénieries

Acoustics engineer : Lasa

Quantity surveyor : BMF

Fire inspector : Ingeprev

Construction company : Fayat

Photographer : Schnepp Renou

Glenmorangie Distillery was awarded the Honorable mention of The Plan Award 2025 in Production category. Thomas Barthélémy had the pleasure to receive this distinction on 7 November in Milan on behalf of the project team.

Client :

The Glenmorangie Company (Project Director: Claire Cosgrove)

Team :

Barthélémy Griño – Architect (Project Director: Ludovic Masson)

Blyth & Blyth – MEP and Structure engineer (Project manager: Mike Horsburgh)

Briggs of Burton – Industrial processing engineer

Thomson Bethune – Quantity surveyor

Construction company :

Morrison Construction

Photographer :

Hélène Binet

The former studio of Théodore Géricault, where he moved one year after receiving the gold medal at the famous Salon for its artwork Officier de chasseurs à cheval de la garde impériale chargeant, was refurbished by Barthélémy Griño in 2005 for a private client. The project focused on restoration and renovation of the central space. Two solid oak elements were created: A parquet floor and a bookshelf-staircase. The identity and qualities of the site have been preserved. This enhancement operation has ensured the long-term future of this historic place.

Photographer: Bernard Taboureau.

Lightwell and the Glenmorangie Distillery are longlisted for the 8^th edition of Dezeen Awards, in Workplace project large & small categories. The Dezeen website, benchmark for architecture and design excellence, identifies each year the most remarkable projects and studios in the world.

Photographs: Arnaud Schelstraete (Lightwell) & Hélène Binet (Glenmorangie Distillery)

Lightwell and the Glenmorangie Distillery are shortlisted for The Plan Award 2025, in Office & Business and Production categories. This international prize, created by the magazine The Plan – Architecture & Technologies in Detail, highlights each year projects in architecture, interior design and urban planning. Click here to vote for the 11^th edition’s community wish list special prize: Lightwell Glenmorangie Distillery

Photographs: Arnaud Schelstraete (Lightwell) & Hélène Binet (Glenmorangie Distillery)

The refurbishment of the 6 buildings located between rue Radziwill and rue de Valois in the first Parisian district is almost finished. After three years of work, the parcel of real estate has been transformed. As well as restoring the historic facades and staircases, all floors and roof timbers were replaced. This highly technical project has given rise to generous, flexible and connected spaces offering high comfort. The mixed-use programme combines offices, premises for occupational medicine and sports facilities in the historic heart of the capital.

Photographer: Thomas Barthélémy.

d’a magazine highlights the Glenmorangie Distillery extension through an exclusive report by Hélène Binet. The project, for which the interior design has just been finalised, stands out both for its heritage dimension and its circular economy. The environmental footprint of this industrial construction has been drastically reduced thanks to a global system of reuse. From the reuse of materials from in situ demolition, to the supply of biogas from the distillation process, and the wood cladding from old oak barrels: The two new buildings pay tribute to ancestral know-how and reveal the innovative character of the brand.

Photograph: Hélène Binet.

Barthélémy Griño has teamed up with Abinal & Ropars in a competition to convert offices into housing. The Ecrins-Forez-Grisons project, located in the Val de Fontenay Alouettes area of Fontenay-sous-Bois, stands out for its strong environmental ambitions. The two agencies have come up with an architectural and urban response meeting the challenges of this project to transform a 1970-80’s tertiary complex.

Picture: PPC.

The Galerie d’architecture is celebrating its anniversary with a retrospective exhibition from 25th to 30th of April, and publishes a catalogue collating its 185 scenographies. The gallery has been promoting contemporary architecture for twenty-five years. Its varied programme showcases the work of international architects, landscape architects and urban planners through an interdisciplinary approach. In 2005, the Galerie d’architecture devoted an exhibition to Barthélémy Griño, to mark the publication of its first eponymous monograph ‘Trait pour trait’. The agency’s projects were presented through the themes frameworks, components, interiors and envelopes.

Photograph: Bords de Seine Vincent Pascucci Stadium, Nanterre, 2003, by Hélène Binet.

The Archistorm editorial team takes a look back at Barthélémy Griño’s transformation of Galilée into Lightwell. This major refurbishment of a building dating from the 1980s, located on the Esplanade de la Défense, was achieved thanks to the implementation of a far-reaching circular economy strategy. Lightwell is a warm and inspiring place to work, with generous volumes bathed in natural light and numerous green terraces opening out onto the neighbourhood.

Photograph: Arnaud Schelstraete.

The international congress “Indutria/Architettura: An European point of view” will take place on the 30^th of March in Sassuolo, in the frame of the Industria Festival Architettura. Alberto Peñin Lobell and Philippe Barthélémy will discuss with Dario Costi from the Università di Parma, the link between architecture and industry. The Manifattura Berluti will be part of the travelling exhibition “Industria – Le 20 nuove architetture italiane segnalate”, which will be presented in Modena, Madrid, Barcelona and Shanghai. This cultural event is organized by Fondazione degli Architetti di Modena. Program and inscription to the conference here.

Posters: IF – Industria Festival Architettura.

The studies for the Hôtel-Dieu refurbishment and extension continue. AP-HP plans to develop an innovative medical project thanks to the restructuring of this exceptional heritage directed by DPR (Vinci Construction France), Barthélémy Griño, Valero Gadan and Goutal & Clément. Hôtel-Dieu enjoys an outstanding location on the Île de la Cité, between Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Palais de Justice. The current configuration of the oldest Parisian hospital is the result of a project achieved in 1879, designed by the Architects Emile-Jacques Gilbert and Arthur-Stanislas Diet. The changes made to its original layout in the 20^th century reflect medical advances.

Photographer : Thomas Barthélémy.

The Glenmorangie Company unveiled its new campaign directed by Joel Edgerton. The series starring Harrison Ford shows his Scottish stay, going in search of the distillery, its history and its employees who perpetuate ancestral know-how. The second episode tells the actor’s arrival at the distillery’s historic site, in the heart of the Highlands and Barthélémy Griño’s project: youtu.be/jmCSP8i8Sa8

Photograph: Joel Edgerton for Glenmorangie.

Barthélémy Griño supports the restoration of the Princes of Salm’s first castle. Built in 1754 in its capital Senones, it embodies the prosperity of the principality of Salm-Salm. The building, listed as a Historic Monument, plays a key role in the town planning since the 18^th century. In 1994, a fire causes main damages. The Fondation du Patrimoine is organising a fundraising campaign to save this emblematic building of Vosges, which has been selected by the Mission Patrimoine in 2022. The project is particularly symbolic for Barthélémy Griño because Senones is the birthplace of Philippe Barthélémy.

Photograph: Fondation du Patrimoine, MyPhotoAgency, Julian Perez.

The winning project for the Hôtel-Dieu refurbishment and extension, carried out by Vinci Construction (DP.r and BC.n), Valero Gadan and Barthélémy Griño, has just been awarded Geste d’Argent 2024 in the category dedicated to Architecture, Urbanism and Society. This distinction was created by Le Geste d’Or, an independent association gathering contracting authorities, prime contractors, general contractors, administrators and researchers. This prize pays tribute to their coordination within the framework of general interest projects.

Picture : Studio Cota.

In the first Parisian district, the construction works have now revealed the refurbished facades. The framework and roofing have been completed, and the finishing work will be achieved soon. The new connections between the six buildings are operational and highlight their strong potential in an outstanding location.

Photographer: Thomas Barthélémy.

To mark the Journées Nationales de l’Architecture, this year celebrating the new life of buildings, Barthélémy Griño is pleased to announce the delivery of Lightwell. Lightwell enjoys an exceptional location in the centre of La Défense. Constructed in 1986, the former Galilée building has been completely transformed by its refurbishment. Owned by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Lightwell is the embodiment of an ambitious project in terms of both architecture and environmental approach.

Client : Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Architect: Barthélémy Griño

Technical Consultant : Inex

Structural Consultant : Setec TPI

Facade Consultant: T/E/S/S Atelier d’Ingénierie

Landscape Architect: D’ici Là

Acoustics Consultant: Cap Horn Solutions

Environmental Consultant : Oasiis

Quantity Surveyor : BMF

Construction Director : SCO

SPC coordinator : Gemo

Photographer: Arnaud Schelstraete.

The real estate located rue François I^er in the 8^th Parisian district is being refurbished by Barthélémy Griño. The construction works aim to develop a programme combining offices and showrooms dedicated to a luxury brand.

Picture: Barthélémy Griño.

Matières magazine highlights the 30 Montaigne refurbishment. The historical Dior’s headquarters located within the famous Triangle d’or constitutes an architectural heritage of the 19^th century. Barthélémy Griño has directed the project aiming to restore and enhance it. Completed in 2022, it was laureate of World Prix Versailles 2023, shops and stores category. Its jardin d’hiver, conceived in collaboration with T/E/S/S Atelier d’ingénierie, was finalist of IABSE 2023.

Photographer: Arnaud Schelstraete.

On the occasion of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Barthélémy Griño celebrates sport. In 2011, our studio completed the refurbishment of the INSEP campus northern part, the leading training and preparation center for French national teams. The public institution, overseen by the Ministry of Sports, hosts, trains, and supports more than 780 high-level athletes, including 530 permanent residents. Improving their quality of life was a major focus of the program.

Photographer: Nicolas Borel.

At the heart of Paris, in the first district near Palais Royal, Radziwill street is revealing its restored facades. The numerous scaffoldings are progressively removed. The roof and its framework have also been renovated. This intervention has required advanced studies and a specific execution to allow the coexistence of a few former solid wood pieces and brand-new ones.
Photographer: Thomas Barthélémy.

In the frame of his course dedicated to the tectonic of the building envelope at ENSA Paris-Est, Philippe Barthélémy has invited his students to visit Lightwell construction site, directed by Barthélémy Griño at the heart of La Défense business district. Laure Duval and Valentin Puech have guided them and explained the four main facade types used for this huge refurbishment.
Photographer: Thomas Barthélémy.

The photographer Robert Polidori, particularly famous for its main construction works shootings (such as the Château de Versailles restoration and the Getty Museum construction), has experienced a two-years immersion in the 30 avenue Montaigne refurbishment. The book Dior metamorphosis published last year by Rizzoli in French and English, constitutes a fascinating testimony of the huge operation directed by Barthélémy Griño at this mythic address were Christian Dior created his first collections. This architectural project is laureate of the Europe and World Prix Versailles 2023.

Barthélémy Griño carries on the studies about the conversion of the Banque de France real estate. This project of refurbishment aims to develop a programme mixing retail and offices. The buildings, located at the intersection of rue de Sèvres and boulevard Raspail in the 6th Parisian district, were constructed in 1909 and form an architectural heritage to preserve.
Picture: Barthélémy Griño

Christian Dior Couture has just inaugurated a new boutique by the beginning of the year, located within the Nanjing International Finance Centre (IFC). Totalizing 700 m², the women and men store offers two levels of ready-to-wear. Its curved facades develop the exclusive concept imagined by Sylvia Griño in reference to the brand fundamentals. The layout of the Sivec marble slats is inspired by the koré’s chiton in archaic Greek sculpture. This design embodies the very distinctive pleated finish of the first Dior dresses. The marble whiteness and ethereal aspect are emphasized by a backlighting.
Photograph: Christian Dior Couture.

Barthélémy Griño, Valero Gadan and Goutal & Clément are laureates of the competition launched by AP-HP concerning the Hôtel-Dieu refurbishment and extension, with their team led by Vinci Construction en France. The project aims to enhance this outstanding architectural heritage, founded during the 7^th century, and to provide some very innovative medical services: New Hôtel-Dieu project: Vinci construction, winner for the transformation of the hospital | APHP

VINCI CONSTRUCTION EN FRANCE (DP.r and BC.n) : Representative and General Contractor

VALERO GADAN: Architect and Urbanist

BARTHELEMY GRINO: Architect and Urbanist

GOUTAL & CLEMENT : Architectural Conservator

INEX: MEP, Environmental and Biomed consultant

STRUCTURE ILE DE FRANCE: Structural consultant

BMF: Quantity surveyor

VENATHEC: Acoustics consultant

CSD & ASSOCIES: Fire inspector

Picture: Studio Cota.

Global Industrie, the main professional event dedicated to the French industrial sector, will take place from the 25^th to the 28^th of March at Paris Nord Villepinte. Philippe Barthélémy, President of Barthélémy Griño, will participate to a conference with Nicolas Dufourcq, President of Bpifrance, about «Industry and its new walls» on the 26^th of March, at 11:50 am. This conference programme called La Grande Scène / The Main Stage aims to promote interdisciplinary discussions.

Photographer: Bernard Taboureau.

Four months before the Olympic Games, the Parisian museum Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine presents an exhibition called « Il était une fois les stades » (once upon a time, stadiums). The curatorial approach puts into perspective the function, evolution and representation of this popular place, highlighting the many architectural forms it could have, until becoming sometimes a proper monument. The stadiums Vincent Pascucci (formerly called Bords de Seine) and Philippe Mahut, achieved by Barthélémy Griño in Nanterre and Fontainebleau, are part of the exhibition, to discover from the 20th of March to the 16th of September 2024.
Photographers: Bernard Taboureau and Arnaud Schelstraete.

Barthélémy Griño has just renovated four levels of offices for Christian Dior Couture within the Alto tower. The interior designed by Sylvia Griño is focused on transparency, which embodies the brand identity and adapts to the emblematic flared building form. The abundance of curved lines defines spaces and furniture in a sober and sophisticated universe. The moderate colour palette matches the wooden warmth and a beige harmony, contrasting with the omnipresent crystalline element.

Photograph: Barthélémy Griño.

The ANSES headquarters were delivered ten years ago, in 2014, in Maisons-Alfort near Paris. This public scientific agency serves the general interest since its creation in 2010. Located in a huge and green park embodying two centuries of scientific history, the ANSES headquarters highlights the Ecole Vétérinaire campus refurbishment.

Photographer: Arnaud Schelstraete.

Barthélémy Griño’s subsidiary dedicated to execution works, BG^x, has just delivered a tertiary programme located near the Champs-Elysées avenue in Paris for Christian Dior Couture. The building has been refurbished in collaboration with the Designer Marco Costanzi. Its spacious and welcoming entrance is bathed in zenithal light and gives access to 7 levels of offices, open spaces, meeting rooms, cafeteria and a green courtyard.

Photograph: Barthélémy Griño.

The yet traditional annual party took place by the end of January. This event allowed the whole team to gather and celebrate the new year, remembering the 2023 best happenings. Such a great and joyful moment!

Photographer : Bernard Taboureau.

Dior has just inaugurated the new façade of its boutique located within the Bellagio, in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is the tenth adaptation of the exclusive design by Sylvia Griño for Christian Dior Couture. The marble reveals its tones all along backlit variable sections, creating a strong signal at the brand universe entrance, in reference to its iconic pleated dresses.

Photograph : Christian Dior Couture.

Barthélémy Griño is refurbishing the real estate located 15 rue Vernet in the 8^th Parisian district for Christian Dior Couture. The 6 buildings, with façades dating back to the end of the 19^th century, will host offices, workshops, showrooms, a cafeteria, and coworking places. This project also covers the courtyard and terraces with vegetation.

Client : Christian Dior Couture

Technical client representative: ESA Engineering

Architect : Barthélémy Griño

Structure consultant: IN4

Services consultant: OCI

Environmental consultant: Eléments Ingénieries

Construction company : Petit

Picture: Barthélémy Griño (project aerial view).

Our project Dior 30 Montaigne is laureate of the World Prix Versailles in the Shops & Stores category. This prize is awarded in partnership with UNESCO and the International Union of Architects. It highlights architectural and design creations focusing on sustainability, innovation and local heritage. The 30 Montaigne refurbishment consisted in preserving the artist’s memory, revealing the virtuosity of the creators continuing his work nowadays, and celebrating the internationally renowned Dior brand. The diversity of the programme echoes Christian Dior’s savoir-faire, made of inventiveness, culture and art of living.

Photographer: Arnaud Schelstraete.

L’Arca International, the international magazine dedicated to architecture, design and visual communication, highlights the Glenmorangie Distillery in its last edition. Barthélémy Griño has conceived the Lighthouse as an environmentally responsible equipment, embodying the innovative spirit of this almost two-hundred-year-old brand: Oak coming from casks became wooden panels added to the glazed façade, biogas emanating from the distillation process feeds the building, and production areas have been organised with natural ventilation.

Photographer: Mel Yates.

The refurbishment of six Banque de France buildings located between Radziwill and Valois streets, in the first Parisian district, continues. Under the protection of the huge scaffolding, all the two-century solid wood pieces are being replaced and the framework gathered again. Some 2800 m² of wooden floorings, made of Dalfeu cross-laminated timber, are visible and create a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere.

Photograph: Barthélémy Griño.

Louis Vuitton Malletier has chosen Barthélémy Griño and its partners Setec Bâtiment and T/E/S/S atelier d’ingénierie for the complete mission of refurbishment concerning the real restate located 103 avenue des Champs Elysées. The program runs over more than 20 000 m² and gathers a global store, exhibition galleries, hotel suites, a restaurant and a spa. This project aims to enhance a remarkable heritage property – which hosted the famous Elysée Palace – developing an ambitious environmental strategy in order to make the 103 Champs Elysées become an essential Parisian place again.

Photograph: Barthélémy Griño (existing façade).

Lightwell new façades will be completed soon. They are composed by prefabricated units measuring 2,9 x 2,9 meters, and installed by a crane. This effective technique has been chosen by our agency in order to optimize the construction duration, and to reduce noise pollution or waste production. The refurbished building will offer 10 floors of offices and a lot of services, like a business center equipped by a modular auditorium, a sports and well-being center, and green terraces. Barthélémy Griño has conceived Lightwell as a cosy and inspiring lively place.

Photograph: Petit.

The week-end last edition of the French journal Les Echos presents the dynamic sector of Scottish whisky turism. The press article describes the numerous transformations led by its main actors during the past few years. In this context, Barthélémy Griño has conceived a 20-meters-high and glazed tower to embody the Glenmorangie Distillery renewal.

Photographer: Mel Yates.

These Stadiums and bow-and-arrow range were completed 20 years ago in Nanterre, France. The same year, in 2003, the project was nominated at the Equerre d’Argent, and laureate of Prix de la Construction Bois.

It was renamed Stade Vincent Pascucci in 2017, in tribute to this member of the Resistance who directed the local Entente Sportive during thirty years.

Photographer: Hélène Binet.

The French National editor Les Editions du Patrimoine publishes this month “ARCHI FRANCE Architectes français à l’export French Architects overseas Grand Prix AFEX 2018-2023”. This bilingual book written by Frédéric Lenne for the non-profit association AFEX (French Architects for Export) highlights around fifty awarded-projects since 2018. The work is introduced by two prefaces, a first one by the Minister for Culture, Rima Abdul Malak, and a second one by the AFEX President, Réda Amalou. This publication promotes French Architecture variety and creativity all around the world. Our Glenmorangie Distillery extension, which has been distinguised this year, is part of the book.

The famous Palais Royal celebrates French Architecture with the Grand Prix AFEX 2023 exhibition. Our extension of The Glenmorangie Distillery in Scotland is one of the laureates. The ten awarded projects are exhibited until the 10th of December on huge panels, between the columns, near the Daniel Buren contemporary installation. Then, this exhibition will be presented in French embassies all over the world.

 

Our annual internal convention took place on the 21st of September. Barthélémy Griño’s team was glad to welcome the recently-arrived collaborators and to talk about the ongoing projects. This event was organized within one of our construction sites, located in the 8th parisian district.

By Béton interviews Philippe Barthélémy about Lightwell, a project representing the contemporary challenges of architecture in the tertiary sector. This refurbishment aims ambitious environmental certifications, such as “HQE exceptionnel”, “BREEAM excellent” and “BBC Effinergie Rénovation RT -40%”. Moreover, all the demolished concrete will be reused.

Picture: L’Autre Image.

The jardin d’hiver conceived by Barthélémy Griño Architects and T/E/S/S Atelier d’ingénierie, Structural engineering consultant, in the frame of the Dior 30 Montaigne refurbishment, has been shortlisted in the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering Project and Technology Awards 2023 (IABSE). The 11 rue François I^er access has been transformed by the creation of this contemporary extension with remarkable characteristics. It is composed by 24 glazed panels, the biggest ones measuring 2m45 x 8m70 and made in France for the very first time. The structure, consisting of 7,50 meters-long clear laminated glass beams, is a main innovation, previously unseen. The jardin d’hiver conception and production are a technical achievement. The whole glazed volume sits on a titanium finished base.

Photographer: Arnaud Schelstraete.

Le Moniteur focuses on the Radziwill construction works, located in the first Parisian district, near the Palais Royal. The seven buildings floorings demolition aims to create a unique, functional and maximised parcel of real estate. This main refurbishment of a Banque de France property is founded on the restoration of the 18^th century architectural heritage elements, such as façades, roofs and staircases.

Architect : Barthélémy Griño
Historical Monuments Architect : Perrot & Richard
Quantity surveyor : Cabinet Votruba
Structural engineer : DVVD
MEP engineer : Cabinet MTC
Acoustic consultant : Studio D A P

The Dior store located within the new SKP Chengdu has just been inaugurated. The undulating façade imagined by Sylvia Griño perfectly echoes the organic architecture of this precursory mall. The marble boards layout alludes to the brand iconic pleated dress.

Photograph: Dior façade, SKP, Chengdu, China, Christian Dior Couture.

The Lightwell construction continues in the business district of La Défense: Façades are now being installed. The future lacquered aluminium cladding will embody the former Galilée building transformation. Lightwell has been conceived as an exemplary place, offering a new work experience focused on flexibility, comfort and social cohesion. A main strategy of circular economy has been imagined to recycle 100% of the demolished concrete.

Photographer: Arthur Weidmann.

The Dior shop located within the David Plaza mall, in Zhengzhou, China, has just inaugurated its new façade in May. Barthélémy Griño has adapted the concept imagined by Sylvia Griño for Dubai. The marble boards are organized to produce a waving cladding, particularly fitting with the curved façade. This exclusive concept is inspired by the iconic pleated dress designed by Christian Dior, and celebrates the brand identity.

Photograph: Dior façade, David Plaza, Zhengzhou, China, Christian Dior Couture.

The Grand Prix AFEX jury members announced yesterday the 2023 edition’s ten finalists at MIPIM. Our Glenmorangie Distillery extension, located in the Highlands, on the edge of the Dornoch Firth and delivered in September 2021, has been distinguished. This emblematic industrial site benefits from two new buildings embodying the Glenmorangie brand identity, between tradition and modernity. We have developed our project in an ethical environmental approach using local materials such as old oak casks, stones and slates. The biogas created by the distillation process constitutes a new source of energy for the site.

www.afex.fr/actualites-afex/2021/5/20/grand-prix-afex-2023-de-larchitecture-francaise-dans-le-monde-khxgj

Photographer: Mel Yates.

Archibooks editions published a book about Paris-Saclay hub, highlighting its history and exploring its architectural richness. The Radar tower, delivered by Barthélémy Griño in 2016 for the Etablissement Public Paris Saclay, is one of the many projects presented. This 65 m high guidance radar dedicated to Orly airport looks like a contemporaneous monumental column. The tower is composed of concrete posts with important variations in width on their back face. The Radar tower catches and reflects light all day long like a kaleidoscope.

Picture: Archibooks.

Barthélémy Griño, associated to Valero Gadan Architects, has just been shortlisted by the APHP for the Hôtel Dieu refurbishment and extension competition.The hospital is located in the historical center of Paris, in front of Notre Dame, and constitutes a main architectural heritage. The two offices are both conceiving an innovative project, embracing a new vision of the iconic Île de la Cité.

Alliance Française is an association devoted to promote the French language and culture all around the world. The institution will celebrate its 140^th anniversary in 2023. In this context, Alliance Française has decided to refurbish its historical site boulevard Raspail. This Parisian office welcomes 10 000 students of more than 120 different nationalities each year. Barthélémy Griño, in association with Vinci Construction, has been shortlisted to imagine an ambitious renovation project.

The famous 150 Champs Elysées has just been sold by Groupama Immobilier to the investment fund Cheval Paris. Last year, Barthélémy Griño has completed a feasibility study focusing on this outstanding building, holding a unique historical and cultural heritage, as a former high-end vehicle department store.

Picture: Barthélémy Griño, ADAGP, Paris.

Our exclusive design concept has just been adapted to the Dior store located in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. Inspired by kinetic art, Sylvia Griño imagined this unique marble façade in 2017 for the Dubai Mall shop in United Arab Emirates. Since then, Christian Dior Couture commissioned its adaptation in Bangkok (Thailand), Macau, Shanghai (China) and Hong Kong.

Photograph: Dior façade, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, Christian Dior Couture.

Our office launches this week the Lightwell construction works for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. This building of 38 000 m², built in 1986 by the Architect Gino Valle, has a unique location at the heart of La Défense. This project will offer a contemporaneous image and new uses to the refurbished building. Barthélémy Griño has conceived and developed a strategy based on circular economy in order to maximise the reuse of existing materials.

Architect : Barthélémy Griño

Technical Consultant : Inex

Structural Consultant : Setec TPI

Environmental Consultant : Oasiis

Quantity Surveyor : BMF

Construction Director : SCO

SPC coordinator : Gemo

Photograph: Petit.

Our office achieved this week the master plan for the INSEAD Europe Campus. The site is located at the heart of the remarkable Fontainebleau forest, and enters into an unprecedented redeployment process. This master plan has been conceived during months in collaboration with Agence Ter, specialized in urban planning and landscaping. The study defines the main transformations to undertake for the international campus refurbishment.

Photograph: INSEAD.

The French Whisky Magazine interviews this month Philippe Barthélémy and Ludovic Masson about the genesis of the Glenmorangie’s Lighthouse project.
The quarterly review focuses on the new laboratory of Bill Lunsden -the Glenmorangie’s Master Distiller since 25 years- and its team,
who give free rein to their creativity through daring testing.

Photographer: Mel Yates.

The Radziwill site refurbishment works begin this month. These seven buildings owned by La Banque de France are located in the first Parisian district, between the Radziwill and Valois streets, near the Palais Royal. They will host a mixt program, combining office and social activities. Barthélémy Griño is associated with Perrot & Richard Architects to achieve this complex renovation, aiming a significant enhancement of users comfort and energy efficiency.

Picture: Barthélémy Griño, ADAGP, Paris.

The English magazine Elle Decoration announces the delivery of the two new buildings designed by our office inside the Glenmorangie distillery, in its December 2021/January 2022 issue. The Lighthouse reaffirms the creative and technological reputation of this quite two-hundred-year-old firm.
Photographer: Mel Yates.

Wallpaper highlights the Glenmorangie Distillery extension, in the frame of the brand’s ambitious development strategy.
The Lighthouse creates a link between the historical distillery and the amazing Highlands’ landscapes.
Made both of glass and timber, the Lighthouse enhances ancestral techniques in a high-technology laboratory, becoming the symbol of a Scottish whisky brand looking to the future.
www.wallpaper.com/architecture/glenmorangie-distillery-research-laboratory-barthelemy-grino-tain-uk#search
www.linkedin.com/posts/moradpour_glenmorangie-distillerys-beacon-of-innovation-activity-6841982219418918913-FnfT
Photographer: Mel Yates.

The Architect’s Journal focuses on the Lighthouse, reinventing the Glenmorangie Distillery.
The volume, characterized by its simplicity and glass facades, overlooks the whole site with its 20-meters-highed figure, creating the perfect frame for the two monumental copper stills.
As a reference to the beacons guiding ships through the Dornoch First, the Lighthouse reflects the most contemporary aspect of distillation.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/barthelemy-grino-designs-glazed-lighthouse-tower-for-scottish-distillery
www.linkedin.com/posts/thearchitectsjournal_barth%C3%A9l%C3%A9my-gri%C3%B1o-designs-glazed-lighthouse-activity-6842151166487384064-4b8e
Photographer: Mel Yates.

The Financial Times celebrates the Glenmorangie Distillery renewal, in Tain, in the Highlands, embodied by the new Lighthouse.
We have conceived this iconic building as an inspiring laboratory for innovation establishing a dialogue between tradition and creativity.
The Lighthouse stands at the heart of the two-hundred-year-old distillery, creating a link between the outstanding environment of the Dornoch Firth and these lands’ unique savoir-faire.
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Photographer: Benjamin McMahon.

Philippe Barthélémy has been nominated National Superior Schools of Architecture’s Professor. Philippe Barthélémy teaches project at the Ecole d’Architecture de la Ville et des Territoires of Marne-la-Vallée, in the frame of the Master’s degree “Matière à Penser”. His lecture “The Envelop Tectonic” highlights the relation between materiality and building poetics, to the attention of both the EAVT Architecture students and the Ponts et Chaussées Engineers students.

BG^x, our subsidiary focused on the execution works, delivers by the end of the year the 119 avenue des Champs Élysées prestigious address, refurbished for the Moncler brand. The international company opens a new global store, offering a remarkable experience to its clients.

Our practice has launched the invitation to tender concerning the refurbishment of 7 buildings, owned by La Banque de France, located rue Radziwill. The tenderers are allowed to send their offers until the 21st of January 2021.
Photograph: Banque de France.

Completed for 3F Résidences, the two social buildings major refurbishment of 174 apartments has just been delivered. These buildings, located in Plaisir, are dedicated to migrant workers.
Picture: Barthélémy Griño, ADAGP, Paris.

The 118 avenue des Champs Élysées refurbishment continues. The delivery is planned for the last quarter of 2021. The operation aims to increase the value of this 4 000 m² and 7 floored real estate. The building will develop various functions. This project is realised for DWS by our subsidiary BG^x, focused on the execution works.
Picture: Barthélémy Griño, ADAGP, Paris.

The international publisher of architecture and design The Images Publishing Group has just published Brick Stone Metal Wood, Building on Tradition. This book highlights some new uses of the traditional materials through a curated selection of contemporaneous buildings, such as the Manifattura Berluti of Ferrara, characterized by natural red cedar and beech. The excerpt is available in our publications.
Photographer: Arnaud Schelstraete.

Sylvia Griño has imagined an original façade concept for Christian Dior Couture. Inspired by kinetic art, the façade is conceived as an installation. The marble boards sequences wave, create a vertical graphic effect and some colors variations. Its reminiscence performs the moving façade’s perception process. After Dubaï, the concept has been adapted in Macau, Shanghai and Bangkok.
Photograph: Dior façade, Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Christian Dior Couture.

After a year of works, Parisian jeweller Chaumet celebrated the reopening of its historic address on the prestigious Place Vendôme. The hôtel particulier houses a boutique, salons and a high jewellery workshop.

The renovation has been carried out by our execution subsidiary BG^x.

The parisian municipal services have approved the building permit concerning the Dior’s parcel of real estate refurbishment located avenue Montaigne.

Barthélémy Griño has been shortlisted with Vinci Immobilier and Adim PIDF (Clients), Architracks (Associated Architect), Niez Studio (Landscape Architect), Agence Perrot Richard (Historical Monuments Architect Clients’ Assistant), Degaine (Historical Monuments) and Verdoia – VINCI Construction France (Enterprises), Châteauform’, Ovelia et CDC Habitat (Operators and investors) by the Etablissement Public du Château de Fontainebleau in order to participate to the invitation to tender concerning the Quartier des Héronnières and its surroundings conversion.

The building permit for the renovation and the extension of the International French School was granted by the City services. Serguei Kouznetsov, chief architect of Moscow, paid tribute to the project during a special press conference.

The collective work My Bauhaus / Mein Bauhaus, 100 Architects on the 100th Anniversary of a Myth was published by Edition Detail with special contributions of Sylvia Griño and Philippe Barthélémy.

Philippe Barthélémy was elected full member of the French Academy of Architecture. During the ceremony he paid tribute to his predecessor Yves Boiret, Architecte en Chef des Monuments Historiques.

 

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