
Cultural Center, Chengdu, China / And Studio
Inspired by a wild goose taking flight, the building blends into its natural surroundings, using materials such as bamboo and glass curtain walls. It embodies the new paradigm of the 'city of natural growth.
© Arch-Exist Photography

Single-family home, Noto, Italy / Gaëtan Le Penhuel architectes & associés
This house was designed to be comfortable and gentle, but also self-sufficient and respectful of its environment. The reinforced concrete double shell, complemented by a climatic well, ensures natural cooling and continuous ventilation. Photovoltaic panels generate the energy needed for electricity and hot water.
© Sergio Grazia

Visitor center and hotel, Luzhou, China / Mathieu Forest Architectes & Zone of Utopia.
The Langjiu tasting center project, located on a hilltop in the Sichuan mountains, is a subtle and poetic tribute to the surrounding nature. Designed to magnify the region's spectacular landscape, the center is structured around a harmonious interplay between architecture and environment.
© Arch-Exist Photography

African Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute, Laâyoune / Bechu & Associés
A.S.A.R.I. (AfricanSustainableAgriculture ResearchInstitute) is a visionary project located in the heart of the FoumEl Oued desert, embodying sustainable architecture that respects its environment. Designed as an integrated ecosystem, A.S.A.R.I. dialogues harmoniously with the desert and ocean, exploiting natural resources such as wind and sand to optimize its environmental performance.
© Fabio Mantovani

University Nanotechnology Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel / Michel Remon & Associés - Alexis Peyer
The Jan Koum Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is located at the heart of Tel Aviv University's campus, in a lush parkland setting with modern, contemporary architecture. The research center, dedicated to the exploration of the infinitely small, takes the form of a scale-free parallelepiped, a veritable showcase for cutting-edge technologies.
© Harel Gilboa

Housing, Santiago, Chile / Christophe Rousselle Architecte
Located in a residential area of Santiago de Chile, this project embodies a free-spirited architecture, albeit shaped by the constraints of the site and a strict regulatory framework. Claramaría takes the form of a parallelepiped sculpted from raw materials.
© Takuji Shimmura

Multimodal interchange, Shenzhen, China / AREP
This multi-modal hub, which enables efficient switching between modes of transport while connecting to the existing underground network, is designed to create a dialogue between the emerging and submerged parts of the city. Natural light can penetrate many areas to reduce power consumption and also give a sense of daylight to passengers below street level.
© Chen Guanxi

Office and residence, Djilor Djidiack, Senegal / Gilles Perraudin
This experimental building demonstrates that it is possible to build homes adapted to tropical climates without resorting to sophisticated technical devices such as air conditioning. It uses local resources such as earth, stone, reclaimed wood and straw.
© 11H45

Samba Dia Nursery School, Senegal / Marc Held Architecte & Angele Keserwany
The Samba Dia nursery school project stands out for its ecological, social and vernacular approach. Inspired by traditional architecture, the design incorporates octagonal shapes and Nubian vaults, promoting natural ventilation and thermal comfort.
© Marc Held

Grand Marché Central, Kinshasa, Congo / Think Tank
The programming and design developed respond to the local context. The building offers a high level of spatial, climatic, material and sanitary comfort to all users - from the moms who sell their small market garden produce on a mat laid on the ground, to the shopkeepers in the boutiques, to the banks.
© Martin Argyroglo

Linz Bridge - Linz Bridge - Austria / Marc Mimram
The distribution of supports and the structural system were designed to meet both the needs of the river (navigable passage) and the desire for unity. Two series of three large “cantilever” beams (105 m, 90 m and 105 m from south to north) and their transition beams allow passage from one bank to the other.
© Erieta Attali

The Dark Line - Taiwan / Michèle & Miquel
The Dark Line is the creation of an eco-historical route between Mudan and Sandaoling in Taiwan, passing through two historic railway tunnels and a new footbridge clinging to the cliffs of the Keelung River gorge.
© Michèle & Miquel

Musée d'art contemporain - Hirosaki - Japon / Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects - ATTA
En arrière-plan, se dresse le Mont Iwaki, un volcan endormi qui veille silencieusement sur la plaine où se trouve la ville d’Hirosaki. Les toits en titane du musée d’Art Contemporain de Hirosaki changent de couleur avec les saisons, la météo ou encore l’heure de la journée.
© Daici Ano

Office Building - Buenos Aires - Argentina / Architecturestudio
Summers office development in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina delivered December 2019.
© Yann Deret

Yves Saint Laurent Museum - Marrakech - Morocco / Studio KO
Composed in Moroccan red brick, the Studio KO building evokes the profound link with Morocco since the 1980s of the fashion designer, Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé.
© Dan Glasser

National Museum - Tartu - Estonia / DGT (Dorell/Ghotmeh/Tane)
Known as ’’memory fields’’ by its architects, this decisive building was proposed by a young multicultural practice whose three partners chose to work in France.
© Takuji Shimmura

City of the Arts - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil / Christian de Portzamparc
A tribute to the revisited concrete architecture of Brazil in the strange volumes of the French architect; a sort of personal, human, technological challenge.
© Hufton + Crow

French Lycée - Dakar - Senegal / Terreneuve & Adam Yédid
The Jean Mermoz High School results from a contextual approach that depends on local resources to develop solutions adapted to local practice in Senegal.
© Daniel Rousselot

Ewha Womens University - Seoul - South Korea / Dominique Perrault
Ewha University, the biggest womens university in the world - no less than 20,000 students - a complex built to meet its academic and international ambitions.
© Juan Manuel Castro Prieto - VU’
AFEX, French Architects for Export, is non-profit association with more than 200 members committed to export including 120 architectural firms, as well as engineers, planners, landscapers, interior architects, and others professionals involved in the field of construction, more than 5,000 experts.
AFEX NEWS
The 2025 AFEX Grand Prix winners were unveiled at MIPIM on March 12. The awards recognize buildings delivered abroad by French architects between January 1, 2023, and December 31, 2024, distinguished for their design and construction qualities. Discover them online!…
AFEX, its members & their partners were present at MIPIM 2025 on the stand of the Ministry of Culture France Architecture / R7.G23 Rotonde Riviera & on the “ALHAMBRA” boat.
As part of its missions, AFEX has organized every two years, since 2010, the AFEX Grand Prix for French architecture throughout the world, which rewards a remarkable work delivered abroad by a French architect
AFEX and its members were at Riyad Cityscape Global 2024 last Novembre on the France Architecture stand. And launched, in partnership with Architecture and Design Commission from Saudi Ministry of Culture, an Internship Programm.
AFEX organized a “French Architecture Days” prospecting mission to South Korea from October 28 to 31, 2024, in collaboration with Business France, which took us to Seoul and Busan.
AFEX, its members & their partners were present at MIPIM 2024 on the stand of the Ministry of Culture France Architecture / R7.G23 Rotonde Riviera & on the “ICON” boat.
AFEX, was invited to participate in Architecture and Design Educators’ Forum organized by the Architecture and Design Commission of the Saudi Ministry of Culture from March 8 to 9, 2024
“I would like to see the presence of French architects develop in countries where their know-how is clearly identified and their skills are sought after”.
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L'AFEX PARTENAIRE DU FRENCH DESIGN BY VIA
A l’occasion du prix Le FRENCH DESIGN 100, l’AFEX et le French design by VIA s’associent pour faire rayonner le savoir faire de l’architecture et du design français à travers le monde.
For many years, AFEX has worked to develop international exchange programs to welcome young architects and urban planners from around the world to France.
The projects of the AFEX 2023 Grand Prix for French architecture in the world will be exhibited in Paris Palais Royal this fall.
AFEX organized a third Architecture mission to Saudi Arabia from October 30 to November 2, 2023, in close cooperation with Business France.
GRAND PRIX AFEX 2023 AWARDS
Discover here the beautiful projects of 2023 edition, illustrated with images, texts and videos! Jury above.
After several meetings between the Saudi Ministry of Culture and AFEX, organized by the French Embassy in Saudi Arabia , the two partners signed a cooperation protocol on March 21st 2023
The AFEX 2023 Grand Prize was announced in Venice on Thursday May 18 at the Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi, on the occasion of the opening of the 18th International Architecture Biennale
Meet AFEX, its members & their partners at MIPIM 2023 on "France Architecture" French Ministry of Culture Booth, R7.G23 Rotonde Riviera & and aboard the AFEX boat, “India”, Quai Albert Edouard, for a MIPIM that promises to be exceptional!
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the French Diplomatic Campus in Oman: the French Embassy is hosting, from December 7, 2022 to March 1, 2023, the photographic exhibition of the AFEX Grand Prix "Ailleurs / Outwards 2010-2020: 10 years of French architectures in the world".
As part of its missions, AFEX has organized every two years, since 2010, the AFEX Grand Prix for French architecture throughout the world, which rewards a remarkable work delivered abroad by a French architect
Twenty French agencies and companies traveled to Saudi Arabia as part of a mission - excellently - organized by Business France in cooperation with AFEX.
At the end of a promising collective mission in Ivory Coast, Réda Amalou, President of AFEX, signed in may a partnership agreement between AFEX and the Club Abidjan Ville Durable
Pour répondre à l’urgence de la situation en Ukraine, les initiatives se multiplient. L’AMO et l’AFEX mettent en ligne une plateforme de mise en relation entre les professionnels français du secteur de l’architecture - de la construction et les professionnels ukrainiens.
To respond to the urgency of the situation in Ukraine, initiatives are multiplying. AMO and AFEX are putting online a platform for connecting French professionals in the architecture - construction sector and Ukrainian professionals.
Here are the latest exchanges on projects in Saudi Arabia between thirty members of AFEX and Business France team on site. And our conference at MIPIM last March.
AFEX joins AMO's call: Let's help Ukrainian colleagues, let's welcome them into our structures! #STAND WITH UKRAINE
Réda AMALOU of the AW² agency was elected President of AFEX for two years at the AFEX General Assembly held on January 25. With continuity, he succeeds François ROUX who presided over the association with intelligence and generosity for a decade.
AFEX and its members were back in Cannes from March 15 to 18, 2022, onboard and on the Ministry of Culture and its partners booth, for an exceptional MIPIM which brought together more than 20,000 people on the Croisette
The collective prospecting mission organized in partnership with Business France and the French Institute in the Gulf Countries (Riyadh - Dubai - Abu Dhabi) was a great success. It opens up many perspectives for future cooperation.
François ROUX quitte la Présidence de l’AFEX après une décennie de bons et loyaux services. Retrouvez ici une rétrospective des principales missions qu’il a conduites à l’étranger.
As part of the relaunch of the Interministerial Committee for the Export of Architecture (Comarex) and as a request of the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, AFEX delivers the results of a study which proposes a report and perspectives of French architects abroad.
The open-air exhibition of the AFEX 2021 Grand Prix projects has been diplayed in the Paris Palais Royal from October 2021 to January 2022. We’ve had a very positive feedback from visitors, partners, architects and the general public who all love architecture.
La conférence de Christian de Portzamparc à Venise est en ligne ici. Un survol inédit de son œuvre à l’international avec, en creux, une démonstration de son influence sur la production architecturale du premier Pritzker français.
MIPIM 2025 PRESS CONFERENCE: PRESENTATION OF THE AFEX 2025 GRAND PRIZE AWARDS
© Mipim World / RX France - Press conference France / Mipim 2025 / Presentation of the winners of the AFEX 2025 World Architecture Grand Prix by Madeleine Houbart, AFEX General Secretary
LAUNCHED at CITYSCAPE GLOBAL 2024, DISCOVER THE NEW AFEX VIDEO
luminous and musical presentation projects of the AFEX 2023 Grand Prix
“Light”, Video creation BOA Light Studio / Design Madeleine Houbart
Marc Mimram, Special Jury Prize, talks about his international projects

AFEX BOOKS
Dans le cadre de la relance du Comité Interministériel pour l’Exportation de l’Architecture (Comarex) et à la demande du ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires Etrangères, l'AFEX livre les résultats d’une étude qui dresse le bilan et les perspectives des architectes français à l’international.
Entre traditions ancestrales et modernité galopante, l’Inde doit relever de multiples défis. Construire en Inde propose aux architectes français et aux professionnels de l’urbain dans leur ensemble un panorama des opportunités et des difficultés de ce grand pays d’architecture.
Ce guide vient étoffer la collection des guides export de l’AFEX : Construire en Chine 1 et 2, Construire au Moyen-Orient et Contrats Export : négocier et bâtir en 10 points.
Published for AFEX 20th anniversary by Éditions Dominique Carré, written by Frédéric Lenne and designed by Nicolas Guilbert, this bilingual French-English book explores 50 buildings selected by the Grand Prix AFEX since its creation. It presents the best French production internationally in the last ten years. He also offers a series of portraits of architects by Hannah Assouline. It also scans, in pictures, 20 years of the association.
Ce guide AFEX a été conçu pour ouvrir un dialogue entre architectes français et maîtres d’ouvrage internationaux pour leur présenter les spécificités de notre approche de la ville durable, thème indispensable de tout échange international contemporain.
Fruit d’un groupe de travail pluridisciplinaire de l’AFEX, cet ouvrage coordonné par Jean Robert Mazaud est un premier du genre dans la production de l’AFEX.
Ce guide méthodologique est né de la richesse des expériences des membres de l’AFEX sur les contrats internationaux. Issu d’échanges entre architectes, ingénieurs et avocats spécialisés, il a été conçu pour aider les architectes et autres maîtres d’œuvre dans leurs négociations contractuelles avec un client étranger.
Le développement durable est dans le monde entier au cœur de tous les agendas. Acteurs de premier plan, les architectes doivent adapter leurs conceptions et leurs réalisations à cet enjeu majeur.
Vingt ans après y avoir livré leurs premières commandes, les architectes français sont toujours aussi attirés par la Chine, terre de tous les projets. Alors que ce grand pays est plus que jamais au coeur de l’actualité mondiale, l’AFEX, Architectes Français à l’EXport, publie son guide Construire en Chine 2.
Après Construire en Chine, le deuxième Guide Export de l’AFEX s’intéresse au Moyen-Orient, avec un accent particulier sur les pays du Golfe arabique. Il propose une synthèse régionale des pratiques de la maîtrise d’œuvre dans cette partie du monde dont l’architecture semble être une nouvelle frontière.
Réda Amalou, AFEX President - Business Immo - Mipim 2022

Christian de Portzamparc, Special Prize 2021: his work abroad
© France Télévision / France 2 - Télématin - Sylvie Adigard présente Christian de Portzamparc, Prix spécial du jury du Grand Prix AFEX 2021 et annonce au grand public l’exposition AFEX au Palais Royal
ROUEÏDA AYACHE, Architecturestudio, AFEX VP : her vision of THE WORLD


© France Télévision / France 2 - L'Afex : 20 ans d'architecture française à l'étranger !
Published on the initiative of the association Architectes Français à l’Export, this book lists the 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2023 Afex Grand Prix fi nalists.
The forty-two buildings, which are representative of French expertise, display both originality and creative diversity, as well as the ability of the architects to tackle the key issues facing a changing world.