To encourage an alternative and visionary architecture

 

Inspired by Claude Parent's constant will to question architecture in its foundations, to research and experiment with an alternative architectural scenario, this international prize aims to reward active architects whose work opens new fields for this discipline. It will also allow architecture students to attend demanding debates, to better understand the work of Claude Parent, that of the winners, the members of the jury, and above all to become aware of the need, today, to explore and propose new transgressions.

For 2024, the prize endowment/award is an original drawing is an original drawing by Claude Parent with an estimated value of 7000 euros.

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Read the texts of the members of the organizing committee
A word from Mehrad Sarmadi, co-founder of the Claude Parent Prize
A word from Chloé Parent, co-founder of the Claude Parent Prize
A word from Thierry Verdier, Director of the ENSAM