“A building should be generous before it is impressive. Impressive fades in a decade; generous compounds for a century.”
The studio was founded in Lyon in 2011 and opened in Copenhagen in 2017, when Jonas Møller joined as partner. We stay deliberately small: fourteen people, six nationalities, four new commissions a year. Every project is led by a partner from first sketch to final site visit.
We are slow where it matters. A house takes us three years; a public building, five. In return, nothing we deliver needs to be photographed quickly, before it weathers — our buildings are designed to be at their best at year twenty.
- P.1 Weight Materials chosen for how they age: raw concrete, lime plaster, unfinished oak, stone quarried within 300 km.
- P.2 Light Every room is drawn around a single quality of daylight before any wall is fixed on plan.
- P.3 Time Long life, loose fit. We design for the third owner, not for the first photograph.
- 2026 EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture — Finalist Kalk Gallery · Aarhus
- 2025 AR House Awards — Winner Maison Corbeau · Ardèche
- 2024 Interior of the Year, Dezeen Awards — Shortlist Appartement Silo · København
- 2022 Équerre d’Argent — Nomination Cour Minérale · Lyon
- 2019 Nordic Timber Prize — Winner Pavillon Ardoise · Annecy
- 2016 Europe 40 Under 40 — Laureates C. Vernet & J. Møller
We take on four new projects a year. Tell us about yours.
Where, what, and why — three paragraphs are enough. Every enquiry is read by a partner, and we reply within a week, including the ones we must decline.
bureau@ateliervernet.frLyon CET
12 quai Arloing
69009 Lyon, France
+33 4 72 10 94 30
Copenhagen CET
Sortedam Dossering 5
2200 København N, Denmark
+45 31 62 84 07
Press & careers
presse@ateliervernet.fr
Portfolios are read twice a year,
in March and September.