Archives des Architectural Projects by Bernard Kohn

The search for meaning and relevance in the places we design
Architectural Projects
▪︎ An architecture aware of the sensitivities, experiences, and daily lives of users, of the meaning and beauty of details, and attentive to the integration of projects into the urban fabric:

Montpellier Courthouse, metro lines in Paris and Turin, French Embassy in Mexico City, individual and collective housing projects, recent project in Ahmedabad…

▪︎ A participatory architecture, the result of a dialogue between residents, economic and environmental data and constraints, and the architect, using a methodology of mutual listening, consultation, and participation:
Le Buisson Saint-Louis, rental social housing in Gennevilliers and Yzeure…

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6 March 2025

Saint Avoid Centre Culturel Pierre Messmer by architect Bernard Kohn

6 March 2025

Feeling good in a place

In a low-density urban site, transitioning between a residential area and sports facilities, its location should help redefine the development of the city of Saint-Avold by creating transversal or parallel pathways to the commercial street.

1 December 2016

Atelier public d’architecture – Coupvray and Quincy-Voisin

The new Palace of Justice in Montpellier To enrich the neighborhood by establishing a building that reflects the specific character of the institution. To create an open and clear space where individuals (staff and users) can feel respected and understood...

20 September 2011

The Serenity Trust Library & Botanical Garden in Ahmedabad

Located on the outskirts of Ahmedabad and surrounded by nature, this library is made up of a modular structure and serves as a place to teach children about nature.

20 September 1999

Roland Garros airport by architect Bernard Kohn

20 September 1999

Roland Garros Airport, Reunion Island

This airport, with its curved roof evoking the movement of the wind as a plane takes off, and its concrete, steel and wood structure, illustrates both a diversity of materials and the joy of departures and arrivals.

20 September 1998

Metro line 14 Météor

Creating utilitarian, convivial, legible and clear spaces. Search for a contemporary design adapted to the specificities of the underground environment and allowing positive integration of constraints.

18 December 1995

Montpellier’s new courthouse

20 September 1985

Center culturel Pierre Messmer – CAC de Saint-Avold

In a sparsely populated urban site, in transition between an area of housing and sports facilities, its location should help redefine the development of the town of Saint-Avoid through the creation of pathways across or parallel to the shopping street.

20 September 1978

Satellite communication station by architect Bernard Kohn

20 September 1978

Station for satellite communication

This station is organized around a fixed point, the antenna tower. For technical reasons (reception angles, etc.), the buildings could only be set up in one direction, and can only develop linearly.

20 September 1971

The Amit Ambalal house by architect Bernard Kohn

20 September 1971

Ambalal family home in Ahmedabad

The house takes a form that extends in all directions, with a brick and concrete structure that seems to rise from the ground. The hierarchy of space is defined by the order of sequence between each room such as the entrance, central space, living room, exterior and bedrooms.

20 September 1971

Les Floralies residence by architect Bernard Kohn

20 September 1971

Residence Les Floralies

With a semi-circular typology, the building also has curved interior walls. This reduces the building's rigidity and allows the elderly to move around more naturally. In the center is the common area.

20 September 1969

Anglican Church in Bharuch

The Anglican Church project, comprising three buildings: a church, a chapel and toilets, was realized by Kohn in Bharuch, Gujarat, India. The church and chapel, in the shape of a pyramid reaching for the sky, are both lit from within by a skylight.