{{Short description|Argentine architect}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024 }} {{Use British English|date=September 2024}}
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'''Luis Martorano Laplace''' (1969-) is an Argentine architect who, with his partner '''Christophe Comoy''', founded and runs the Paris-based '''Laplace''' practice, where he is the head designer. He is known for his work for and in collaboration with the art gallery Hauser & Wirth, and has been included in several of ''Architectural Digest''{{'}}s annual AD100 lists.
== Early years ==
Laplace was born on 31 December 1969<ref>{{cite web |title=La Place & Co |url=https://societeinfo.com/app/recherche/societe/493277842 |website=Societe Info |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=fr}}</ref> in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and educated there.<ref name="Baillie">{{cite web |last1=Baillie |first1=Claudia |title=Explore the new Parisian atelier of architect Luis Laplace |url=https://www.elledecoration.co.uk/design/people/a34119757/architect-luis-laplace-paris-atelier/ |website=ELLE Decoration |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=23 September 2020}}</ref> He is the son of a lawyer father and airport-manager mother, who divorced while he was still a child.<ref name="Chislett">{{cite web |last1=Chislett |first1=Helen |title=Paris Designer Luis Laplace Enlivens Old-World Rooms with Art |url=https://www.1stdibs.com/introspective-magazine/luis-laplace/ |website=1stDibs Introspective |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=24 May 2019}}</ref> He obtained bachelor and masters degrees in architecture and urbanism at the Universidad de Belgrano in 1995.<ref name="Baillie" />
Following graduation he worked for Selldorf Architects in Argentina and Mallorca,<ref name="Chislett" /> before being employed at their in New York headquarters between 1999 and 2004.<ref name="Baillie" />
== Career ==
Laplace founded his eponymous architectural practice in 2004, with his business- and life-partner Christophe Comoy, a former lawyer who serves as CEO.<ref name="Frances">{{cite web |last1=Frances |first1=Camilla |title=The Interview: Luis Laplace |url=https://cabanamagazine.com/blogs/masters-muses/luis-laplace |website=Cabana Magazine |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=2023}}</ref><ref name="Rochebouët">{{cite news |last1=de Rochebouët |first1=Béatrice |title=Nos figures de la rentrée: Luis Laplace, l'architecte qui magnifie l'art contemporain |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/nos-figures-de-la-rentree-luis-laplace-l-architecte-qui-magnifie-l-art-contemporain-20230104 |work=Le Figaro |date=4 January 2023 |language=fr}}</ref> Laplace is the head designer.<ref name="Frances" /><ref name="Jordan">{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Eliza |title=Uncovering the Mystique of Luis Laplace {{!}} WhiteWall Insights |url=https://whitewall.art/lifestyle/luis-laplace-blurring-disciplinary-lines-with-artfarm/ |website=Whitewall |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=11 October 2023}}</ref> The practice is headquartered on the Place Saint-Georges, in the heart of {{lang|fr|Nouvelle Athènes}} district of the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France.<ref name="Baillie" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Nouvelle Athènes |url=https://archik.fr/quartiers/nouvelle-athenes/ |website=Archik |access-date=17 January 2025 |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref name="Schäfer">{{cite web |last1=Schäfer |first1=Daniel |title=El arquitecto argentino Luis Laplace, exitoso en el mundo entero, nos muestra su finca en Menorca |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/revista-living/una-maravilla-el-arquitecto-argentino-luis-laplace-exitoso-en-el-mundo-entero-nos-muestra-su-finca-nid24092023/ |website=La Nacion |access-date=14 September 2024 |language=es |date=13 December 2023}}</ref>
He has a longstanding relationship with the art gallery chain Hauser & Wirth.<ref name="Jordan" /> He has worked on their galleries in Somerset, Gstaad, St Moritz and Paris.<ref name="Jordan" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Hauser & Wirth : le grand bond à Paris |url=https://www.lequotidiendelart.com/articles/24516-hauser-amp-wirth-le-grand-bond-%C3%A0-paris.html |website=Le Quotidien de l'Art |access-date=12 January 2025 |language=fr |date=11 October 2023}}</ref> Their art centre on Illa del Rei, Menorca, opened in July 2021 after a conservation project overseen by Luis Laplace,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hauser & Wirth Menorca to open after two-year conservation project |url=https://archinect.com/news/article/150251871/hauser-wirth-menorca-to-open-after-two-year-conservation-project |website=Archinect |access-date=14 September 2024 }}</ref> repurposing existing historic buildings.<ref name="Dessent">{{Cite web |last=Dessent |first=Blaire |date=19 July 2021 |title=Hauser & Wirth Menorca crowned Best Art Destination: Wallpaper* Design Awards 2022 |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/hauser-wirth-menorca-art-centre-opening |website=Wallpaper* Magazine}}</ref> The gallery was awarded the Best Social Responsibility Initiative by the Government of the Balearic Islands in September 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |title=El Govern dels Illes Balears lliura els Premis del Turisme 2021 |url=https://www.caib.es/pidip2front/jsp/ca/fitxa-convocatoria/strongel-govern-dels-illes-balears-lliura-els-premis-del-turisme-2021strong |website=www.caib.es |date=29 September 2021 |language=ca}}</ref> listed as one of the '2022 Works of Wonder' by the international editors of Architectural Digest<ref name="Sessa">{{Cite web |first=Andrew |last=Sessa |title=2022 Works of Wonder: Hauser & Wirth Menorca |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/ad100-2022-isla-del-rey |website=Architectural Digest |date=30 November 2021 }}</ref> and named 'Best Art Destination' in the 2022 Wallpaper* Design Awards.<ref name="Dessent" /> His work on the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Paris, a 19th-century {{lang|fr|hôtel particulier}},<ref>{{cite news|title=Hauser & Wirth Will Open Location in Paris, Tapping City's Rise as Art Market Capital|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/hauser-wirth-paris-gallery-location-1234630433/|date=June 1, 2022|website=ARTnews.com |access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref> won the restoration category in the 2024 Wallpaper* Design Awards.<ref name="Serafin">{{cite web |last1=Serafin |first1=Amy |title=Hauser & Wirth Paris by Laplace is a winning restoration in the Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024 |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/hauser-wirth-paris-laplace-france |website=Wallpaper |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=5 January 2024}}</ref> He also designed the presentation of a 2024 exhibition of works by the Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida at Hauser & Wirth's Minorca centre.<ref name="Thawley">{{cite web |last1=Thawley |first1=Dan |title=In Minorca, Chillida's Love Affair With Light |url=https://flash---art.com/2024/05/eduardo-chillida/ |website=Flash Art |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=24 May 2024}}</ref>
Laplace's other clients include Adriana Abascal,<ref name="Chislett" /> Nicolas Berggruen,<ref>{{cite news |title=Luis Laplace: "Instagram-tauglich ist nicht mein Ziel" - WELT |url=https://www.welt.de/iconist/design/article192807113/Luis-Laplace-Instagram-tauglich-ist-nicht-mein-Ziel.html |access-date=16 January 2025 |work=Die Welt |date=4 May 2019 |language=de}}</ref>Mick Flick,<ref name="Baillie" /> Emmanuel Perrotin<ref name="Baillie" /> and Cindy Sherman.<ref name="Baillie" /> He has worked on residential projects in France,<ref name="Baillie" /> Hong Kong,<ref name="Baillie" /> Mexico,<ref name="Baillie" /> Peru,<ref name="Baillie" /> South Korea,<ref name="Baillie" /> Spain,<ref name="Brabbu">{{cite web |title=Luis Laplace Mesmerizing Interior Design Projects |url=https://brabbu.com/blog/2021/11/luis-laplace-mesmerizing-interior-design-projects/ |website=Brabbu |access-date=16 January 2025 |date=21 November 2021}}</ref> Switzerland,<ref name="Brabbu" /> the UK<ref name="Baillie" /> and the United States.<ref name="Brabbu" /> He has collaborated with artists and designers including Phyllida Barlow, who painted a ceiling mural for his refurbishment of The Audley, a pub in Mayfair, London;<ref name="Jordan" /><ref name="McCarthy">{{cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Fiona |title=The Audley Receives Exciting Updates From AD100 Design Firm Laplace |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-audley-receives-exciting-updates-from-ad100-designer-laplace |website=Architectural Digest |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=15 November 2022}}</ref> Martin Creed, who painted the staircase of the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Paris;<ref name="Serafin" /> Rashid Johnson, who designed a mosaic floor for Mount St. Restaurant at The Audley;<ref name="McCarthy" /> Piet Oudolf, who landscaped the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Somerset and their centre in Menorca;<ref name="Jordan" /><ref name="Parkes">{{cite web |last1=Parkes |first1=James |title=Laplace and Piet Oudolf transform 18th-century naval hospital into Hauser & Wirth art gallery |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2021/07/20/laplace-piet-oudolf-hauser-wirth-menorca-spain-architecture/ |website=Dezeen |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=20 July 2021}}</ref> and Anj Smith, who made a painting in a turret at The Audley building.<ref name="Jordan" /> Laplace collaborated with the Guston Foundation on the restoration of Philip Guston's 1934–1935 mural ''The Struggle Against Terrorism''.<ref name="Artlyst">{{cite web |title=Philip Guston's Anti-Fascist Mural Restored And Unveiled In Mexico |url=https://artlyst.com/news/philip-gustons-anti-fascist-mural-restored-and-unveiled-in-mexico/ |website=Artlyst |access-date=6 February 2025 |date=29 January 2025}}</ref>
Laplace was included in ''Architectural Digest''{{'}}s annual AD100 list, which recognizes the most influential interior designers and architects around the world,<ref>{{cite news|title=World's top architects and designers revealed in 2018's AD100 list|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/architectural-digest-top-100-list/index.html|access-date=14 September 2024|work=CNN|date=7 December 2017}}</ref> in 2017,<ref>{{cite web |title=2017 AD 100 List: Best Design Projects by Laplace {{!}} Paris Design Agenda |url=https://www.parisdesignagenda.com/2017-100-list-best-design-projects-laplace/ |website=www.parisdesignagenda.com |date=25 January 2017 |access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref> 2018,<ref>{{cite web |title=Introducing the 2018 AD100 |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/introducing-the-2018-ad100 |website=Architectural Digest |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=6 December 2017}}</ref> 2019,<ref>{{cite web |title=Introducing the 2019 AD100 |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/introducing-the-2019-ad100 |website=Architectural Digest |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=11 December 2018}}</ref> 2020,<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2020 AD100 |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-2020-ad100 |website=Architectural Digest |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> 2021,<ref>{{cite web |title=The 2021 AD100 |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-2021-ad100 |website=Architectural Digest |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=8 December 2020}}</ref> 2023,<ref name="Waldek">{{cite web |last1=Waldek |first1=Stefanie |title=AD 100 / 2023 : Laplace |url=https://www.admagazine.fr/adportraits/article/luis-laplace-ad100 |website=AD Magazine |access-date=14 September 2024 |language=fr-FR |date=29 November 2022}}</ref> 2024,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Staff |first1=A. D. |title=AD100 2024: See the Full List of Honorees |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/ad100-2024-full-list |website=Architectural Digest |access-date=14 September 2024 |date=6 December 2023}}</ref> and 2025.<ref>{{cite web |title=AD100 2025: See the Full List of Honorees |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/ad100-2025-full-list |website=Architectural Digest |access-date=12 January 2025 |date=4 December 2024}}</ref>
In 2024, Laplace took part in the "{{lang|fr|Tous Mécènes!}}" fundraising campaign launched by the Louvre to acquire the artwork {{lang|fr|Le Panier de fraises}} by Jean Siméon Chardin.<ref>{{cite web |title=Le « Panier de fraises » de Chardin entre au Louvre |url=https://www.artnewspaper.fr/2024/02/29/le-panier-de-fraises-de-chardin-entre-au-louvre |website=The Art Newspaper |access-date=12 January 2025 |date=29 February 2024 |language=fr}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Laplace and Comoy live in an apartment in a Paris building neighbouring the one where their architectural practice has its office.<ref name="Baillie" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cavanagh |first1=Alice |title=Inside AD100 Designers Luis Laplace and Christophe Comoy's Paris Home |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/inside-ad100-designers-luis-laplace-and-christophe-comoys-paris-home |website=Architectural Digest |access-date=12 January 2025 |date=13 November 2023}}</ref> They have another home in Midi-Pyrénées, France.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Malle |first1=Chloe |author-link=Chloe Malle |date=28 October 2015 |title=Inside Luis Laplace's Summer Estate in Southern France |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/architect-luis-laplace-christophe-comoy-southern-france-home |access-date=12 January 2025 |website=Vogue}}</ref> They also had a home, {{lang|es|Santa Magdalena}}, on Illa del Rei.<ref name="Baillie" /><ref name="Schäfer" /><ref name="Marini">{{cite web |last1=Marini |first1=Inés |last2=Kratochwil |first2=Mariana |title=El arquitecto argentino Luis Laplace, exitoso en el mundo entero, nos muestra su finca en Menorca |url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/revista-living/una-maravilla-el-arquitecto-argentino-luis-laplace-exitoso-en-el-mundo-entero-nos-muestra-su-finca-nid24092023/ |website=La Nacion |access-date=14 September 2024 |language=es |date=13 December 2023}}</ref>
== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website}}
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Category:Living people Category:Architects from Buenos Aires Category:University of Belgrano alumni Category:9th arrondissement of Paris Category:Architects from Paris Category:1969 births