In the history of technology, Christian de Portzamparc is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Christian de Portzamparc as French architect (born 1944).
Christian de Portzamparc was born at Casablanca in 1944. His recorded nationality is France. He was educated at Beaux-Arts de Paris and lycée Saint-Vincent de Rennes.
The twentieth century made work collective, expensive and political, with consequences that reached well beyond the people doing it.
The record gives his occupations as architect, urban planner and artist.
His affiliations include Collège de France.
Among his principal works are Les Champs Libres, One57 and Musée Bourdelle. Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.
The honours are a fair index of how the work was received - Pritzker Architecture Prize (1994), Officer of the National Order of Merit (2000) and Officer of the Legion of Honour (2000).
That the work was done from France matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Christian de Portzamparc is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.
Achievements
- Pritzker Architecture Prize — 1994
- Officer of the National Order of Merit — 2000
- Officer of the Legion of Honour — 2000
- Notable work: Les Champs Libres
- Notable work: One57
- Notable work: Musée Bourdelle
- Notable work: Cidade das Artes Bibi Ferreira
- Affiliated with Collège de France
- Educated at Beaux-Arts de Paris and lycée Saint-Vincent de Rennes
- Worked as architect, urban planner and artist
