{{Short description|French architect}} {{Infobox artist | name = Anne Démians d'Archimbaud | image = Portrait Anne DEMIANS HD Laure Vasconi.jpg | birth_date = | birth_place = Colmar, France | education = | alma_mater = [http://www.versailles.archi.fr/ École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles] | known_for = | notable_works = Quai Ouest, ESPCI Nobel School, Douai law courts, hotel and tourism high school of Guyancourt | style = | movement = | spouse = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = {{URL|http://www.annedemians.com/}} | module = }}
'''Anne Démians d'Archimbaud''' is a French architect who opened her first agency in 1995. In 2003, she established Architectures Anne Démians in Montreuil, near Paris. The agency has designed office buildings, a freight station, school kitchens and several residential developments.<ref name=slash>{{cite web|url=http://slash-paris.com/evenements/anne-demians-architecte|title=Anne Démians Architecte|publisher=Slash|accessdate=25 October 2015 |language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lemoniteur.fr/article/anne-demians-architecte-reveuse-749315|title=Anne Démians, architecte rêveuse|publisher=Le Moniteur|date=2 July 2009|accessdate=25 October 2015 |language=French|last1=Moniteur |first1=Le }}</ref>
==Biography== Born in Colmar, Démians studied architecture at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles, graduating in 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberarchi.com/article/les-bonnes-oeuvres-de-anne-demians-07-03-2007-10697|title=Les bonnes oeuvres de Anne Demians|publisher=CyberArchi|accessdate=25 October 2015 |language=French}}</ref>
Her mixed-use Quai Ouest project in the centre of Nancy has attracted considerable attention. Completed in 2015, the {{convert|10000|m2|abbr=on}} building with 640 oblong windows houses offices, a hotel and a number of stores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.designboom.com/architecture/quai-ouest-riverbanks-of-the-meurthe-architectures-anne-demians-france-04-27-2015/|title=640 oblong windows define anne démians' quai ouest in nancy|author=Stevens, Philip|publisher=designboom|date=27 April 2015|accessdate=25 October 2015 |language=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lecourrierdelarchitecte.com/article_6844|title=Quai Ouest: depuis les rives de Meurthe, un bijou veille sur Nancy|publisher=Le ourrier de l'architecte|date=4 June 2015|accessdate=26 October 2015|language=French|archive-date=24 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724043448/http://lecourrierdelarchitecte.com/article_6844|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In May 2015, Démians won the competition for renovating the ESPCI ParisTech and converting it into a major research centre. Her design includes {{convert|38000|m2|abbr=on}} of additional space, mainly for laboratories.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archdaily.com/626605/anne-demians-wins-competition-to-renovate-france-s-nobel-school|title=Anne Démians Wins Competition to Renovate France's Nobel School|publisher=ArchDaily|date=3 May 2015|accessdate=26 October 2015 |language=}}</ref>
Since 1998, Démians has taught at the schools of architecture in Brittany, Paris and Berlin.<ref name=slash/> In 2015, she became a member of the Académie d'architecture founded in 1953, open to those who have made major contributions to architecture and urban planning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.batiactu.com/edito/anne-demians-fait-son-entree-a-academie-architecture-42246.php|title=Anne Démians fait son entrée à l'Académie d'architecture|publisher=batiactu|date=25 September 2015|accessdate=26 October 2015 |language=French}}</ref>
==Selected projects== Anne Démians' recent projects include:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archi-guide.com/AR/demians.htm|title=Anne Démians: liste de réalisations|publisher=Archiguide|accessdate=26 October 2015 |language=}}</ref>
*2006: Central kitchen for the Caisse des écoles, Paris, completed 2012 *2009: Luxury housing, Batignolles, Paris *2010: Winner of competition for 350 housing units in Auteuil *2010: Winner of competition for a speculative office building in Batignolles *2011: Building in Nancy with housing units, student residence and shops *2011: Winner of restricted competition for Société Générale's head office in Fontenay-sous-Bois *2012: Winner of competition for three tower blocks in Strasbourg
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Literature== *{{cite book|last=Leloup|first=Michèle|title=Auteuil, ou l'architecture d'une confidence: Anne Démians, Finn Geipel, Francis Soler et Rudy Ricciotti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Rd9tgAACAAJ|year=2011|publisher=Archibooks + Sautereau|isbn=978-2-35733-175-4}}
==External links== *{{official|http://www.annedemians.com/agence/presentation}} {{Authority control (arts)}}
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