Jakob + MacFarlane explained

Jakob + MacFarlane is a French architecture firm founded in 1998 by Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane.^[1] It is headquartered in Paris.^[2]

History

Dominique Jakob was born on 26 August 1966 in Paris, France. She studied at École d’architecture de Paris-Villemin (now known as École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-Val de Seine) and graduated in 1991.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Brendan MacFarlane was born on 13 September 1961 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He graduated from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in 1984 and from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in 1990.^[2]

In 1998 they founded Jakob + MacFarlane in Paris. In January 2001, they were one of 25 mostly-young architecture firms selected to participate in the first exhibition of architecture facilitated by computer-aided design.^[5] Later in 2001, The Guardian noted their design of a restaurant atop the Centre Pompidou, for which the pair "beat Philippe Starck in the design competition", with a design likened to "the Bilbao Guggenheim, only rounder and shrunk".^[6]

In 2002, following the destruction of the World Trade Center in the September 11 attacks the previous year, the firm proposed that the site be "turned into a new World Peace Center, dominated by sinuous red and green towers that curve into the sky like twisting blades of grass".^[7] The pair later criticized the conduct of the World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition held to select a design for the rebuilding of the site, saying that "architects from around the world never really got what was at stake at Ground Zero", with proposals failing to focus on the improving the lives of people, and that "our profession gave the worst kind of response.^[8]

In 2007, the firm won the Globe de Cristal Award for best architect.^[9] In 2019, Jakob herself won the "Woman Architect Prize".^[10] The pair have also lectured as visiting professors in various European architecture programs.^[2]

Significant projects

Significant projects include:^{[4] [11] [12]}

• New campus of the French University of Egypt in El Shorouk, Cairo (in progress).
• Connected House in Boulogne-Billancourt.
• Biomedical research center Méary (Paris Diderot University - Saint-Louis Hospital) in Paris
• Nadia et Lili Boulanger music and dance conservatory in Noisy-le-Sec.
• Boutique Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle in Paris.
• Global headquarters of Euronews TV in Lyon.
• Orange Cube in Lyon.^[13]
• The Docks - Cité de la mode et du design in Paris.^{[14] [15] [16] [17]}
• FRAC Centre in the Centre-Val de Loire region, France.^[18]
• New building for the Fonds régional d'art contemporain of the Centre-Val de Loire Region in Orléans.^[19]
• Restaurant Le Georges atop the Centre Pompidou.^{[2] [20]}

Exhibitions

• Venice Biennale of Architecture, 2008.^[21]
• School Gallery, Paris, 2014.^[22]
• Architekturforum Aedes, Berlin, 2017.^[23]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jakob + MacFarlane . . fr . http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20151207090356/https://www.centrepompidou.fr/id/cxAB65q/r5ekoAe/fr . 7 December 2015 . 2020-01-10 . live .
2. Daniel Pavlovits and Joe Boschetti, Interiors Now (Images Publishing Group, 2004), p. 292.
3. Web site: Brendan MacFarlane (Jakob + MacFarlane) . dead . http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20151207090405/http://metropoles.centrepompidou.fr/intervenant.php?id=18 . 7 December 2015 . 10 January 2020 .
4. Web site: Femmes Architectes - Dominique JAKOB . Femmes Architectes . fr-FR . 2020-01-10.
5. Patricia Lowry, "Digital by design: Architecture exhibit sketches out trends in the computer age", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (January 27, 2001), p. C-7.
6. "Do you want to meet me at...? Georges", The Guardian (April 5, 2001), p. SPACE-4.
7. Stevenson Swanson, "Setting sights on change: Architects plan new future for World Trade Center site", Chicago Tribune (February 6, 2002), Section 5, p. 3.
8. Sam Lubell, "9/11 healing is slow and so is rebuilding", The Sacramento Bee (September 12, 2004), p. E1, E23.
9. Web site: Palmarès 2007 . LES GLOBES - Les prix de l'Art et La Culture . fr-FR . 2020-01-10.
10. Web site: Femmes Architectes – Remise des prix des femmes architectes de l'Arvha . en-GB. 2020-01-10.
11. Web site: Dominique Jakob, Brendan MacFarlane . www.archi-guide.com . 2020-04-27.
12. News: Jakob + MacFarlane, à la confluence du talent et de l'audace . Le Soir . 2020-04-27 . fr.
13. News: Ryan . Raymund . The Orange Cube by Jakob + MacFarlane, Lyon, France . 19 April 2020 . The Architecture Review . 28 April 2011.
14. News: Wanderlust, Cité de la mode et du design . 19 April 2020 . e-Architect . 21 November 2012.
15. News: Jakob+MacFarlane, Docks en Seine - cite de la mode et du design . 19 April 2020 . Floornature . 29 May 2012.
16. Book: Texier, Simon. Paris- Panorama de l'architecture. 2012. Parigramme. 178–179. 978-2-84096-667-8.
17. Web site: When Culture Meets Architecture. April 27, 2020.
18. Sam Lubell, "Culture outside Paris", The Los Angeles Times (March 8, 2015), p. L9.
19. Web site: The Turbulences FRAC Centre / Jakob + Macfarlane Architects . 2013-09-05 . ArchDaily . en-US . 2020-04-27.
20. Web site: Restaurant At The Pompidou Centre, Jakob + MacFarlane (Paris, France) . McGuire . Penny . 29 September 2011 . Architectural Review . en . 2020-04-27.
21. Web site: venice architecture biennale 08: jakob + macfarlane . 2008-09-29 . designboom - architecture & design magazine . en . 2020-04-27.
22. News: Jakob+Macfarlane lèvent le voile . 2014-05-26 . 2020-04-27 . fr.
23. Web site: jakob + macfarlane explain architecture with augmented reality at aedes berlin . 2017-04-14 . designboom - architecture & design magazine . en . 2020-04-27.