French architect Loïc Picquet set up his practice in Altkirch, near the Swiss and German borders, in 2012
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French architect Loïc Picquet set up his practice in Altkirch, near the Swiss and German borders, in 2012. He focuses his designs around three elements: responding to a building's needs according to its locale and history, working with an open plan, and choosing the right materials. Recent work includes the Maison L, a minimalist two-storey house made of larch wood sited on a hill in the architect's home town.
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Recent work includes the Maison L, a minimalist two-storey house made of larch wood sited on a hill in the architect’s home town

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Interior of Loïc Picquet

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Exterior of Loic Picquet

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Exterior of Loic Picquet

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Dining area of Loïc Picquet

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Dining area with glass view of Loïc Picquet

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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).