Jean-Michel Wilmotte

Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Born 1948
Soissons
Nationality French
Occupation Architect
Buildings Hotel Mandarin Oriental, Paris (2011)
Collège des Bernardins, Paris (2008)
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha ', Doha (2008)
Urban Furnitures for the Tramway T3, Paris (2006)
LVMH, Paris (2004)
Incheon International Airport, Séoul (2000)
Collège de France, Paris (1998)
Urban Furnitures for the Champs Élysées, Paris (1994)
Projects Palais des Festivals, Cannes
École de Formation du Barreau, Issy-les-Moulineaux
Allianz Riviera, Nice
Palais de la Mutualité, Paris
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Kiev Business Park, Kiev

Jean-Michel Wilmotte (Born in Soissons (Picardy) in 1948) is a French architect.

Biography

Jean-Michel Wilmotte studied interior design at the Camondo school of interior design in Paris. Just two years after graduating, he founded his own agency in Paris in 1975. His style influenced a number of personalities including François Mitterrand, who asked him to design part of his private apartments in the Elysée Palace in 1982. Soon after, the mayor of Nimes, Jean Bousquet, commissioned the redevelopment of the city hall and the Museum of Fine Arts.

Jean-Michel Wilmotte earned his degree in architecture in 1993, allowing him to work on large scale and to develop the concept of "interior design of cities", while maintaining the same attention to the use of "noble materials and extreme attention to finishes" notable in his smaller scaled works. Over the years, the agency has diversified and operates primarily in five key areas: architecture, interior design, museology, urbanism and design. An attention to details allows Jean-Michel Wilmotte and his team to work from the smallest to the largest scale: moving from a house to a skyscraper, from a shop to a corporate headquarters, from a gallery of art to a museum, and from street furnitures to urban design. Currently the agency Wilmotte & Associates has 185 employees from 40 different origins. It has now taken a clear international and multicultural dimension, with projects in over twenty countries around the world. The Firm is now established in four locations in Paris, one in Sophia-Antipolis, one in London and one in Seoul.

In 2005, the Wilmotte Foundation was created to promote the urban graft through the W Prize, with the goal of helping and encouraging young architects. In 2010, according to a study by UK magazine Building Design, the agency is listed in the world ranking of the 100 largest architecture firms, holding the 73rd spot in 2011.

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Selected Projects

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Wilmotte & Associés S.A". Wilmotte.fr. Retrieved 2013-02-22.
  2. ↑ « Un nouveau centre culturel russe en 2013 », Jean-Pierre Thiollet, France-Soir, 16 October 2010,
  3. ↑ « Une église pas si orthodoxe dans le ciel de Paris », Jean-Jacques Larrochelle, Le Monde, 5 February 2014,
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