the press group Le Monde, Paris 1997-2005 Philharmonie Luxembourg 2000-2006 "De Citadel", housing and commercial centre Almere 2003-2013 Concert halls, cinema, school of music Cidade da Musica, Rio de Janeiro 2007-2009 Musée Hergé, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium 2011–2013 One57, a 75-story hotel/condominium tower in New York City 2013–2017 Paris La Défense Arena, new home to the Racing 92 rugby team in Nanterre Main projects achieved 1991-2009 Development of the Lironde Gardens and construction of two Montpellier blocks 1995-2009 Urban development of the Masséna district, Paris 1998-2009 Croix Rousse Hospital, Lyon 2001-2008 Société Générale towers, La Défense, Paris 2002-2009 "400 Park Avenue South" residential tower in Manhattan, New York 2003-2008 Renaissance Paris Wagram Hotel, Paris 2006-2009 Regional hall, Hôtel de Région Rhône Alpes, Lyon 2004-2008 Multiplex Europalaces-Gaumont, Rennes 2004-2008 Residential development "La prairie au Duc", Nantes 2004-2008 Bastide residential development in Bordeaux 2011–2015 Amphitheater District in Metz Awards and distinctions 1988 - Equerre d'Argent – awarded by the press group Le Moniteur for the Dance School of the Paris Opera in Nanterre 1989 - Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters – awarded by the French Ministry of Culture 1990 - The Great Prize of Architecture of the City of Paris – awarded by the Mayor of Paris 1992 - Médaille d'Argent – awarded by the French Academy of Architecture 1993 - Great National Prize of Architecture – awarded by the French Ministry of Urbanism and Transport 1994 - Pritzker Prize of Architecture – awarded by the Hyatt Foundation 1995 - Equerre d'Argent awarded by the French press group Le Moniteur for the City of Music – Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris 2001 - Businessweek and Architectural Record Award for the LVMH Tower in New York (USA) 2004 - The Great Prize of Urbanism – awarded by an international jury who wanted to congratulate a work with achievements of high quality combined with city vision and philosophy articulating theoretical concepts and concrete realisations, while developing an optimistic vision for the future through his works and writings 2005 - MIPIM Award for the remodelling of the building for the press group Le Monde in Paris Publications and biographies Exhibition catalogue «Rêver la ville», Sophie Trelcat, Paris, Le Moniteur, 2007 Architecture: figures du monde, figures du temps, Leçons inaugurales au Collège de France, Collège de France/Fayard, Paris, 2006 Voir écrire, Christian de Portzamparc & Philippe Sollers, Paris, Folio Gallimard, 2005 Christian de