Fab 40: Christian Biecher, Paris
An architect whose work often intersects with fine art, Christian Biecher set up his office in 1994 and has since worked in architectural, product, and exhibition design all over France. His latest work includes a private house in Chamonix and the recent Lilas Animation Centre in Paris, a complex that includes exhibition galleries, performance space and office areas, divided into boldly coloured interiors.
His installation ‘Lace’, created with Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres and featuring craftily stretched porcelain bricks, was first exhibited in Robert Mallet-Stevens' Villa Noailles in Hyères for the Design Parade 2009 festival and is currently on show at the manufacturers’ Paris gallery.
The Biscuit House by AU*M Architectes Urbanistes, Lyon
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Pastries by Camille Lesecq
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Lilas Animation Centre in Paris by Christian Biecher & Associes
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La Grand Place, Musée du Cristal Saint-Louis
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VW House by Franklin Azzi
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Ara dress by Heal Fashion
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Sleeveless Ara dress by Heal fashion
Ara dress detail by Heal fashion
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Musée International de la Parfumerie, Grasse
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Les Thermes Marins de Cannes
Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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