Claude Vasconi

Claude Vasconi (24 June 1940 - 8 December 2009) was a French architect.

Vasconi was born in Rosheim, and was educated at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et de l'Industrie in Strasbourg. In 1964, he set up office in Paris. After designing two key projects as a young architect, Les Halles in the centre of Paris and the building of the Préfecture in Cergy-Pontoise, he became one of the most sought-after architects in France, with major projects in Montpellier, Strasbourg and Saint-Nazaire. He died in Paris, aged 69.

Claude Vasconi has been credited as the pioneer proponent of the concept of "Angelina"-style celular steel beams.

Selected works

2008 Library in Genk, Belgium

2007 Nouvel Hôpital Civil (hospital) in Strasbourg

2002 Palais de Justice (courthouse) in Grenoble

2002 L'Onde Cultural Centre in Vélizy-Villacoublay

2001 Grand Bateau office building in Düsseldorf, Germany

1995-1998 Grand Ballon observatory, on top of the Grand Ballon, the highest point of the Vosges mountains

1995 Tower above the Lille Europe train station, Euralille, Lille

1994-1999 Refurbishment of the Borsig Halle, a former locomotive factory in Berlin, Germany

1990-1994 Congress Centre in Reims

1989 Building of the Bas-Rhin département in Strasbourg

1989 Thomson factory in Valenciennes

1988-1993 Cultural Centre La Filature in Mulhouse

1988 The Corum complex in Montpellier

1987-1989 Shopping Mall Le Paquebot in Saint-Nazaire

1984 TDF Tower in Romainville

1979 Renault factory in Boulogne-Billancourt