Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent Facts for Kids

The Prix d'architecture de l'Équerre d'argent (which means "The Silver T-square Prize" in French) is a special award given in France for amazing buildings. A "T-square" is a tool that architects use to draw straight lines, so the name fits perfectly! This award was started in 1960 by a magazine called "Architecture Française" and its director, Michel Bourdeau.

It is given out every year by a company called Le Moniteur. They give it to a French building that was finished in the past year. The prize money is shared equally between the person who designed the building (the architect) and the person or group who owned the building (the building owner).

Award Winners: Amazing French Buildings

This award celebrates the best new buildings in France each year. Here are some of the talented architects and their projects that have won this prestigious prize:

1983 – Henri Ciriani for the Crèche (a daycare center) in Saint-Denis
1984 – Christian Devillers for the Parking des Chaumettes (a parking garage) in Saint-Denis
1985 – Roland Simounet for the National Picasso Museum in Paris
1986 – Adrien Fainsilber for the City of Science and Industry in la Villette, Paris
1987 – Jean Nouvel and Architecture Studio for the Institut du Monde Arabe (Arab World Institute)
1988 – Christian de Portzamparc for the Dance school for the Paris Opera in Nanterre
1990 – Dominique Perrault for the Hôtel industriel Berlier in Paris
1991 – Renzo Piano for the apartments at 64 rue de Meaux in Paris
1992 – Denis Valode and Jean Pistre for the L'Oréal factory in Aulnay-sous-Bois
1993 – Jean Nouvel and Emmanuel Cattani for the Lyon Opera House
1994 – Henri and Bruno Gaudin for the Stade Charléty (a stadium) in Paris
1995 – Christian de Portzamparc for the Cité de la Musique (City of Music) in Paris
1996 – Pierre-Louis Faloci for the Museum of Celtic Civilisation in Mont Beuvray
1997 – Jean-Marc Ibos and Myrto Vitart for the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille (Museum of Fine Arts)
1998 – Rem Koolhaas for a house near Bordeaux
1999 – Marc Mimram for the Solférino Bridge
2000 – Philippe Gazeau for the extension to the Centre Sportif Léon Biancotto (a sports center) in Paris
2001 – Herzog & de Meuron for social housing (affordable homes) in Rue des Suisses, Paris
2002 – du Besset–Lyon for the médiathèque (media library) at Troyes
2003 – Yves Lion and Claire Piguet for the French Embassy in Beirut
2004 – Antoinette Robain and Claire Guieysse for the Centre National de la Danse de Pantin (National Dance Center)
2005 – Florence Lipsky and Pascal Rollet for the Science Library at Orléans-la-Source
2006 – Franck Hammoutène for the extension to Marseille City Hall
2007 – Nathalie Franck and Yves Ballot for the restructuration-extension of the Nuyens school in Bordeaux
2008 – Marc Barani for the Tramway stations in Nice
2009 – Bernard Desmoulin for the conservatory Léo-Delibes in Clichy
2010 – Pascale Guédot for the public library of Oloron-Sainte-Marie
2011 – Frédéric Druot, Anne Lacaton, Jean-Philippe Vassal for the rehabilitation of the Tour Bois-le-Prêtre (a tower building) in Paris
2012 – Jean-Patrice Calori, Bita Azimi, Marc Botineau (agence Cab) for the Childhood Centre in La Trinité
2013 – Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa, SANAA and Celia Imrey + Tim Culbert, Imrey Culbert for the Louvre-Lens Museum
2014 – RDAI Architecture for the Cité des métiers Hermès (City of Crafts) in Pantin
2015 – Bernard Quirot architecte + associés for the Maison de santé de Vézelay (Yonne) in the Avallon-Vézelay-Morvan
2016 – Muoto architecte + for the "Lieu de vie" (Place of Life), campus universitaire Saclay, in the Essonne

Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent facts for kids

Award Winners: Amazing French Buildings

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