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Rudy Ricciotti

An architect and an engineer, recipient of the Grand Prix National d’Architecture in 2006, recipient of the Gold Medal de l’Académie d’Architecture, member of the Académie des technologies, Rudy Ricciotti is representative of a generation of architects who combine a strong creative drive and a true constructive culture. A pioneer and ambassador of concrete, he enhances innovating uses of concrete in striking works such as the Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (MUCEM) in Marseille, the Islamic Art department at the Musée du Louvre, the Jean-Bouin stadium in Paris, the musée Jean Cocteau in Menton, the République bridge in Montpellier, the Centre International d’Art et de Culture (CIAC) in Liège, Belgium, the  Nikolaïsaal philharmony in Potsdam, Germany, the Footbridge for Peace and the concert hall in Bordeaux.   Rudy Ricciotti Architecte

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Shall we drink a pastis ? Or arrogance disguised as attitude

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Shall we drink a pastis ? Or arrogance disguised as attitude

Known for his positions seasoned with vitriol, French architect Rudy Ricciotti defends a certain idea of architecture, an imprint of materiality in reaction to a regionalism made up of wigs and pastiche. This southerner tells us of his view of architecture and his ferocious opposition to “Saturn-hollandism” and  generic regionalism. This article was published in Stream 01 in 2008.  Rudy Ricciotti is a French architect and an engineer, recipient of the Grand Prix National d’Architecture in 2006. (interview with Christophe Le Gac and Aurélien Gillier, Bandol, June 2nd, 2006)

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