Luis Laplace

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Luis Laplace in 2019
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Luis Laplace 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.

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Early years

Laplace was born and educated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, [1] He is the son of a lawyer father and airport-manager mother, who divorced while he was still a child. [2] He obtained bachelor and masters degrees in architecture and urbanism at the Universidad de Belgrano, graduating in 1995. [1]

Following graduation he worked for Selldorf Architects in Argentina and Mallorca, [2] before being employed at their in New York headquarters between 1999 and 2004. [1]

Career

Laplace founded his eponymous architectural practice in 2004, with his business- and life-partner Christophe Comoy, a former lawyer who serves as CEO. [3] [4] Laplace is the head designer. [3] [5] The practice is headquartered on the Place Saint-Georges, in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. [1] [6]

He has a longstanding relationship with the art gallery chain Hauser & Wirth. [5] He has worked on their galleries in Somerset, Gstaad and St Moritz. [5] Their art centre on Illa del Rei, Menorca, opened in July 2021 after a conservation project overseen by Luis Laplace, [7] repurposing existing historic buildings. [8] The gallery was awarded the Best Social Responsibility Initiative by the Government of the Balearic Islands in September 2021, [9] listed as one of the '2022 Works of Wonder' by the international editors of Architectural Digest [10] and named 'Best Art Destination' in the 2022 Wallpaper* Design Awards. [8] His work on the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Paris, a 19th-century hôtel particulier , [11] won the restoration category in the 2024 Wallpaper* Design Awards. [12] He also designed the presentation of a 2024 exhibition of works by the Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida at Hauser & Wirth's Minorca centre. [13]

Laplace's other clients include Adriana Abascal, [2] Mick Flick, Emmanuel Perrotin and Cindy Sherman. [1] He has worked on residential projects in France, Hong Kong, Mexico, Peru, South Korea, and the UK. [1] 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; [5] [14] Martin Creed, who painted the staircase of the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Paris; [12] Rashid Johnson, who designed a mosaic floor for Mount St. Restaurant at The Audley; [14] Piet Oudolf, who landscaped the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Somerset and their centre in Menorca; [5] [15] and Anj Smith, who made a painting in a turret at The Audley building. [5]

Laplace was included in Architectural Digest 's annual AD100 list, which recognizes the most influential interior designers and architects around the world, [16] in 2017, [17] 2018, [18] 2019, [19] 2020, [20] 2021, [21] 2023 [22] and 2024. [23]

Personal life

Laplace and Comoy live in an apartment in the same Paris building where their architectural practice has its office. [1] [24] They also had a home, Santa Magdalena, on Illa del Rei. [1] [6] [25]

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