URA Speaker Series | AHS 2025: Lacaton & Vassal [3 CPD Points]

Registration begins at at 5.30pm.

The event is held in-person only and will be free-seating.

SIA-BOA (3 CPD Points)

SIDA (2 CPD Points)

PEB, SIP (pending)

The lecture will be a 2-part talk to uncover Pritzker Prize winners Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal’s practice and approach towards the built environment and our buildings, exploring how we might think about the larger environment of the everyday and our buildings within it.

*Photo courtesy of Lacaton & Vassal.

Speaker: Jean-Phillipe Vassal, Anne Lacaton

Transform the existing. Change the city.

Anne Lacaton, born in France in 1955, graduated from the School of Architecture of Bordeaux and holds a diploma in Urban Planning from the University of Bordeaux. She has held numerous prestigious academic positions worldwide, including Professor at ETH Zurich and visiting professorships at renowned institutions such as Harvard GSD, EPFL Lausanne, and the University of Sydney.

Jean Philippe Vassal, born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1954, also graduated from the School of Architecture of Bordeaux. He brings extensive experience in urban planning, notably in Niger, and has served as a professor at UDK Berlin and as a visiting professor across Europe and the University of Sydney Australia.

Together, Lacaton & Vassal have received numerous international honors, including the 2021 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the Soane Medal (2023), the EU Mies van der Rohe Award (2019), and multiple lifetime achievement awards. Their work is celebrated for its commitment to sustainability, social responsibility, and architectural innovation.