Luis Laplace | |
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 Luis Laplace in 2019 | |
| Born | 31 December 1969  |
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| Occupation | Architect |
| Partner(s) | Christophe Comoy |
| Website | www |
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.
Laplace was born on 31 December 1969 [1] in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and educated there. [2] He is the son of a lawyer father and airport-manager mother, who divorced while he was still a child. [3] He obtained bachelor and masters degrees in architecture and urbanism at the Universidad de Belgrano in 1995. [2]
Following graduation he worked for Selldorf Architects in Argentina and Mallorca, [3] before being employed at their in New York headquarters between 1999 and 2004. [2]
Laplace founded his eponymous architectural practice in 2004, with his business- and life-partner Christophe Comoy, a former lawyer who serves as CEO. [4] [5] Laplace is the head designer. [4] [6] The practice is headquartered on the Place Saint-Georges, in the heart of Nouvelle Athènes district of the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. [2] [7] [8]
He has a longstanding relationship with the art gallery chain Hauser & Wirth. [6] He has worked on their galleries in Somerset, Gstaad, St Moritz and Paris. [6] [9] Their art centre on Illa del Rei, Menorca, opened in July 2021 after a conservation project overseen by Luis Laplace, [10] repurposing existing historic buildings. [11] The gallery was awarded the Best Social Responsibility Initiative by the Government of the Balearic Islands in September 2021, [12] listed as one of the '2022 Works of Wonder' by the international editors of Architectural Digest [13] and named 'Best Art Destination' in the 2022 Wallpaper* Design Awards. [11] His work on the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Paris, a 19th-century hôtel particulier , [14] won the restoration category in the 2024 Wallpaper* Design Awards. [15] He also designed the presentation of a 2024 exhibition of works by the Basque sculptor Eduardo Chillida at Hauser & Wirth's Minorca centre. [16]
Laplace's other clients include Adriana Abascal, [3] Nicolas Berggruen, [17] Mick Flick, [2] Emmanuel Perrotin [2] and Cindy Sherman. [2] He has worked on residential projects in France, [2] Hong Kong, [2] Mexico, [2] Peru, [2] South Korea, [2] Spain, [18] Switzerland, [18] the UK [2] and the United States. [18] 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; [6] [19] Martin Creed, who painted the staircase of the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Paris; [15] Rashid Johnson, who designed a mosaic floor for Mount St. Restaurant at The Audley; [19] Piet Oudolf, who landscaped the Hauser & Wirth gallery in Somerset and their centre in Menorca; [6] [20] and Anj Smith, who made a painting in a turret at The Audley building. [6] Laplace collaborated with the Guston Foundation on the restoration of Philip Guston's 1934–1935 mural The Struggle Against Terrorism. [21]
Laplace was included in Architectural Digest 's annual AD100 list, which recognizes the most influential interior designers and architects around the world, [22] in 2017, [23] 2018, [24] 2019, [25] 2020, [26] 2021, [27] 2023, [28] 2024, [29] and 2025. [30]
In 2024, Laplace took part in the "Tous Mécènes!" fundraising campaign launched by the Louvre to acquire the artwork Le Panier de fraises by Jean Siméon Chardin. [31]
Laplace and Comoy live in an apartment in a Paris building neighbouring the one where their architectural practice has its office. [2] [32] They have another home in Midi-Pyrénées, France. [33] They also had a home, Santa Magdalena, on Illa del Rei. [2] [8] [34]