2008 Europe 40 under 40
RAPHAEL GABRION
FRANCE
Born in Paris, Raphael Gabrion graduated from the School of Architecture in Normandy, France.
His first collaboration were in the office of Jean Novel Architecture and he has been the project manager at Jacques Ripault and Denise Duhart. He was in charge of the construction work for the Music Hall in Brest, France, which completed the summer 2007.
He worked on 14 international competitions over the past six years and has been awarded for seven of them
including: “Nazca 2005” (Prize Winner) organized by Arquitectum in 2005; “Europan 8 Competition”
(Honorable Mention) in 2006; “Venice 2006” organized by Arquitectum (Mention “Poetry” in 2006;” Private Competition” organized by Plano1 (Project Mention) in 2006; “A House of the New Cultures” organized by Cimbeton (Technical and Architectural Mention) in 2001; “To Reinvent the Intermediate Habitat” organized by Cimeton (Honorable Mention) of 2001 and “Southpoint: From Ruins to Rejuvenation” organized by the AIA New York (Finalist Project) in 2006.
Above: Extension in the Garden.
Below: Bridge Museum in Venice.
