Chronology
1973 Enters school of architecture and attends the workshop of Martin van Treck
1978 Diploma in architecture (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris)
1979 Higher diploma in town planning (Ecole supérieure des Ponts et Chaussée, Paris)
1980 Postgraduate degree in History (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris)
1981 Opening of his office in Paris and first built work: factory Someloir in Châteaudun, France
1983 Winner of the ‘Program for New Architecture’ (PAN XII)
1984 First notable project: ESIEE (academy for engineers of electronics and electrical engineering) for the Chamber of
Commerce and Industry of Paris - Marne-la-Vallée
1989 Winner of the international competition for the French National Library in Paris
1990 Completion of the Hôtel Industriel Jean-Baptiste Berlier in Paris. As its first tenant Dominique Perrault is setting up his
office to build the National Library. The building receives the « l’Equerre d’argent» in 1990 and the
«Constructa Prize» in 1992.
1992 Winner of the international competition for the Velodrome and Olympic Swimming Pool in Berlin, Germany
Opening of an office in Berlin
1993 Great National Prize of Architecture, France
1995 Inauguration of the French National Library by François Mitterrand on March 23
1997 Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award for European Architecture, conferred by the Foundation Mies van der Rohe and the European Parliament for the French National Library
First direct order: factory Aplix in Cellier-sur-Loire, France, which receives the «World Architecture Award» in
Hong Kong, first prize for best industrial building in 2001
2000 Opening of an office in Luxembourg for the extension of the Court of Justice of the European Communities
2002 Winner of the international competition for the Olympic Tennis Cente, Madrid, Spain
Opening of the Town Hall of Innsbruck and winner of the competition for the Urban planning of Donau-City center in Vienna
2003 Winner of the international competition for the New Building of the State Academic Mariinsky Theater,
St. Petersburg, Russia
2004 Winner of the international competition for the New EWHA Womans University Campus Center, Seoul, Korea
2006 Creation of DPA Spain
2007 New studio in the 11th arrondissement in Paris.
2008 Winner of the international competition for the San Pellegrino thermal baths, San Pellegrino, Italia.
Inauguration of the Ewha Womans University and the Court of Justice of the European Communities
Inauguration of the exhibition «DPA Dominique Perrault Architecture» at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
2009 Inauguration of the NH-fieramilano Hotel in Milan, Italy
Inauguration of the Olympic Tennis Center in Madrid, Spain
Winner of the international competition for the Sofia Secondary Center, Bulgaria
Winner of the international competition for the development of the new district of the FSS station in Locarno, Switzerland
Winner of the international competition for the Albi Grand Theater, France
2010 Winner of the international competition for the Dobrée Museum, Nantes, France
Curator of the French Pavilion, which theme is METROPOLIS?, for the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale.
AFEX Award, for French architecture worldwide, for the Ewha Womans University project in Seoul, South Korea,
«Grande Médaille d’or d’Architecture» from the Académie d’Architecture
The solo exhibition of DPA will be showed at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, from 23th October to 26th December 2010
2011 Winner of the international competition for the transformation of the former central library of the
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, in Switzerland
Winner for the international competition for the redevelopement of the Dufour Pavillion at the Chateau de Versailles
Winner for the international competition for the New Longchamp Racecourse in Paris
Inauguration of the Arganzuela Footbrige in Madrid and the mixed use social housing building La Liberté,
in Groningen, The Netherlands
2012 Inauguration of the Sports Palace in Rouen and the mixed use building Zac Euralille 2 in Lille, France
Winner for the international competition for the redevelopement of La Poste du Louvre in Paris
Member of the scientific council of the Atelier International du Grand Paris (AIGP)
Officer of the French Legion of Honour
2013 Title of Doctor Honoris Causa confers by the Academy of Architecture and Urban planning «Ion Mincu» in Bucarest
Appointment as Professor of Architecture at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.