Editorial Team

Philippe Rivoirard is a DPLG-certified architect and holds a postgraduate degree in history. A member of the SFA since 2000, he taught at ENSA Paris-Val de Seine and, within the framework of joint master’s programs, at Paris-VII and Paris-X universities. Alongside his work as a practitioner and court expert, his historical research contributed to several publications, including Paris: Architecture of the 1930s in Paris, with Bertrand Lemoine, (DAAVP/La Manufacture, Paris, 1987), Le Parc de Passy – Transformations of an Urban Site, with Alain Thiébaut, Bernard Marrey and Bruno Fortier (Ministry of Equipment, Housing, Transport and the Sea, Imprimerie Nationale, Paris, 1990), as well as numerous articles for books, catalogues and journals.

As an exhibition curator, he notably presented in 1987 at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris 1937: Fiftieth Anniversary of the International Exhibition of Arts and Techniques in Modern Life, with Bertrand Lemoine; in 2012 at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine in Paris, 1925, When Art Deco Seduced the World, with Emmanuel Bréon; and in 2017, again at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, The Architect: Portraits and Images, with Emmanuel Bréon and Bénédicte Mayer, contributing to their respective catalogues.

Karim Basbous is a DPLG-certified architect, holds a PhD from EHESS in Paris, is a Full Professor with HDR accreditation at ENSA Paris-Val-de-Seine (attached to the EVCAU laboratory), and is a former lecturer at the École Polytechnique.

He is the author of Architecture et Dignité , published in 2022 by Éditions Conférence, which received extensive coverage in publications including Les Échos , and of Avant l’œuvre, essai sur l’invention architecturale , published in 2005 by Éditions de l’Imprimeur.

Since 2007, he has been Editor-in-Chief of Le Visiteur , while also contributing articles to publications including Le Grand Continent, Faces, Les Cahiers de l’École de Blois, New Geographies, Albertiana, d’a, Décor, Le Monde diplomatique, and Libération.

Karim Basbous is also Head of Cultural Affairs at the Société française des architectes. He regularly gives lectures and conferences, notably at the Collège de France and architecture schools in Marseille, Toulouse, Strasbourg and Agadir.

Karim Basbous is a registered architect trained at the prestigious École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville. He also holds a doctorate from the EHESS in Paris. He is a Full Professor at ENSA Paris-Val de Seine and formerly taught at the École Polytechnique.

Pierre Caye is a Research Director at the CNRS and Director of the Jean Pépin Center. His work focuses on Renaissance artistic knowledge, architecture, and philosophy.

Pascale Richter is a DPLG-certified architect and co-founder of Richter Architectes et Associés with her brother Jan. She is also architectural advisor to the city of Karlsruhe in Germany and professor at ENSA Paris-Malaquais.

Virginie Picon-Lefebvre is an architect and urban planner, graduate of the Paris-Belleville School of Architecture, and Doctor of Art History from the Sorbonne University.

Laurent Salomon graduated as a DPLG architect in 1979 and founded Architectes Associés, a group working mainly on restructuring urban outskirts. Since 1995, his work has expanded internationally to Korea, China and Germany.

Patrick Boucheron is a French academic, historian and editor specializing in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, particularly in Italy. Since 2015 he has held the Chair of “History of Power in Western Europe, 13th–16th Centuries” at the Collège de France.

Pierre-Alain Croset, architect and critic, graduated from the Polytechnic School of Lausanne in 1982. He taught and practiced architecture internationally, notably in Lausanne, Milan, New York, Graz and Turin.

Franco Purini is an Italian architect and professor known for his research on the relationship between architecture and representation.

Hashim Sarkis holds degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is Aga Khan Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Harvard University.

Nadia Tazi is Program Director at the Collège International de Philosophie, editor at La Découverte, Zone Books and Siruela, and co-founder of L’Autre Journal.