Valode & Pistre

Valode & Pistre is a French architecture firm based in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, with branches in Moscow and Beijing.

History
The firm was founded in 1980 by Denis Valode and Jean Pistre who met at the Beaux-Arts de Paris where the former was a student and the latter a teacher. The firm's first major project was the CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux (1983).

By 2021, the firm had worked on more than two hundred projects in thirty-five countries.

Activities
Valode & Pistre works on projects both in France and across the globe in Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Asia, North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Central America.

Valode & Pistre’s projects are of very diverse scales, from developing new cities to designing furniture.

Projects

 * T1 Tower
 * Tour Generali
 * Air France head office
 * Air France Cité PN
 * Bouygues head office
 * Centre commercial Beaugrenelle
 * Paris Expo Porte de Versailles
 * Shenzhen World Exhibition Center, world largest convention center
 * Tour Saint-Gobain
 * Le Portier (Monaco): global planning, four buildings, ten houses

Awards

 * 1992: Prix de l'Équerre d’argent for the L’Oréal factory in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France