TAUTEM Architecture

Overview

TAUTEM Architecture was founded in Nîmes in 1989 by Dominique Delord and Jacques Garcin and is now based in Montpellier, led by architect Adrian Garcin, who previously worked at Jacques Ferrier Architectures. The studio designs schools, cultural buildings, housing and offices around the Mediterranean, with an emphasis on bioclimatic, low-energy design. Its Médiathèque Montaigne in Frontignan was nominated for the Équerre d'argent in 2015, as was its Antoine de Ruffi school in Marseille in 2021.

Founded

1989

Team

≈ 6

Projects

6

Awards

9

Founded in Nîmes in 1989; the firm's site dates its move to Montpellier to 2015 in one place and to 2018 in another.

Partners and founders

Fields of work

Schools · Libraries and cultural buildings · Housing · Offices and public services · Low-energy, bioclimatic design

Built work

Prizes and awards

• 2021Équerre d'argent, nominee (Antoine de Ruffi school, Marseille)
• 2021Prix d'A, nominee (Antoine de Ruffi school, Marseille)
• 2021Dezeen Awards, shortlisted (Antoine de Ruffi school, Marseille)
• 2021Europe 40 Under 40 (Adrian Garcin)
• 2017Trophée Béton (Médiathèque Montaigne, Frontignan)
• 2015Équerre d'argent, nominee (Médiathèque Montaigne, Frontignan)
• 2012Languedoc-Roussillon Architecture Prize, winner (Maison de l'enfance, Castelnau-le-Lez)
• 2010Languedoc-Roussillon Architecture Prize, nominee (road safety education centre, Montpellier)
• 2000CAUE du Gard prize (Résidence André Pescayre, Nîmes)