WilkinsonEyre's Paris Exhibition
Featuring 18 different practices, the show was held in the exquisite setting of The Hôtel de Charost, the Ambassador’s residence on Paris’s prestigious Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
This glamorous and richly decorative historic setting, replete with enormous chandeliers, ornate mirrors, fireplaces and paintings of the Ambassadors to France who have lived there since 1814, formed an unusual and quirky backdrop to this showcase of innovative and contemporary architecture. It was a juxtaposition, however, which worked and served to highlight and embody the spirit of British Design Excellence -one which happily marries old with new, celebrates the existing and gives it new life.
WilkinsonEyre’s exhibition displayed a selection of projects which speak to our DNA and the threads of transformation, placemaking and sustainability found in our work, as well as the marriage between architecture and engineering that underpins so many of our projects.
As well as delivering a presentation on our work transforming heritage buildings, WilkinsonEyre Director Sebastien Ricard took part in a panel discussion and met with Dame Menna Rawlings, Ambassador for the UK in France; Jo Hawley, the Deputy Trade Commissioner for Europe; and Gareth Thomas MP, Minister for Services and Exports to discuss how architects and engineers can grow their businesses in France and the rest of Europe.
We are very much looking forward to presenting an extended edition of this exhibition at Hong Kong Arts Centre in February.
