Frédéric Borel
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Frédéric Borel is a French architect, born in 1959 in Roanne (France). He graduated from the École spéciale d'architecture
(Paris) in 1982, and then began to work with Christian de Portzamparc
. He created his own agency in Paris in 1984. His buildings are examples of deconstructivist
architecture.
École Spéciale d'Architecture
The École Spéciale d'Architecture is a private school for architecture at 254, boulevard Raspail in Paris, France.The school was founded in 1865 by engineer Emile Trélat as reaction against the educational monopoly of Beaux-Arts architecture...
(Paris) in 1982, and then began to work with Christian de Portzamparc
Christian de Portzamparc
Christian de Portzamparc is a French architect and urbanist. He graduated from the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1970 and has since been noted for his bold designs and artistic touch; his projects reflect a sensibility to their environment and the town is a founding principal of his...
. He created his own agency in Paris in 1984. His buildings are examples of deconstructivist
Deconstructivism
Deconstructivism is a development of postmodern architecture that began in the late 1980s. It is characterized by ideas of fragmentation, an interest in manipulating ideas of a structure's surface or skin, non-rectilinear shapes which serve to distort and dislocate some of the elements of...
architecture.
Some buildings
- Apartment building boulevard de Belleville, Paris (1989)
- Apartment building rue Oberkampf, Paris (1994)
- Apartment building rue Pelleport, Paris (1999)
- Tribunal, NarbonneNarbonneNarbonne is a commune in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. It lies from Paris in the Aude department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Once a prosperous port, it is now located about from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea...
(2004) - National school of architecture Paris-Val de Seine (2007)