Toulouse architects in the running for the 2024 silver square

The Silver Square prize created in 1960 by the Revue de l’Architecture Française and today awarded by the Moniteur and AMC magazines, remains a reference in the world of architecture.

In 2020, the building of the Toulouse School of Economics designed by the international agency Grafton Architects won the award, but to date, no Toulouse architect has yet won it.

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The 2024 rankings could change the situation. Indeed, the Toulouse architectural agency Bétillon & Freyermuth associated with Crypto architects, is nominated in the culture, youth, sport category for a cultural equipment project, located in Laguiole (Aveyron).

A glass envelope on a wooden frame

“The specifications were to have a mini-crèche, a media library, a music school and offices coexist in one place. We proposed a building which is a sort of hall for living together, and above all “a building capable of “transforming over time according to needs and changes in uses”, describes architect Raphaël Betillon.

Designed with a wooden frame in a frame of 5 by 5 meters, this multi-service center has also been designed to withstand the mountain climate, thanks to a glass envelope which protects the wooden frame, folding windows, and motorized opening roofs which allow occupy the patios all year round.

Four other candidates are named in this category, the winners are expected on November 18, at station F in Paris.