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JAKOB+MACFARLANE: Architecture, Urban Planning, Research and Design on a Global Scale
About JAKOB+MACFARLANE
JAKOB+MACFARLANE is an architecture, urbanism, research and design office based in Paris. They represented France at the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture with the project LIVING WITH, which explores adaptation to climate and geopolitical crisis. The practice currently has a number of French and international projects under construction, including the new campus of the Université français d’Egypte (the French University of Egypt) in Cairo, a mixed-use tower in the Belgian coastal town of Knokke-Heist, and various cultural and educational buildings in France, such as a dance and music school in Bordeaux and a sports facility in Toulouse.
Jakob+MacFarlane seeks to promote a holistic design offer in the California market, combining high-end interior, exhibition, and furniture design with architectural thinking. Their offer targets clients seeking distinctive, bespoke, and culturally attuned design solutions that integrate aesthetics, functionality, and environmental responsibility.
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They have recently completed two cultural projects: the renovation of a library in Avignon and the transformation of an industrial building into a contemporary art center in Limoges, France. Projects currently under development include a centre for urban sports in Toulouse, and the renaturation of a former industrial site in Burgundy. They have also completed an exhibition design for the 2025 edition of the Art Paris fair at the Grand Palais, and are now working on the upcoming French Design exhibition for the Milan Design Week 2026.
Past projects by Jakob+MacFarlane include Odyssée Pleyel – Energy Plug in France and Living Landscape in Iceland (both winners of the international C40 Reinventing Cities competition), the Euronews TV Headquarters in Lyon and the Cité de la Mode et du Design in Paris. Their work is published and exhibited internationally.
