This project was awarded the national label ‘Remarkable Contemporary Architecture’ in July 2015. Lacaton & Vassal began design work on the Architecture School of Nantes (L’école nationale supérieure d'architecture de Nantes), a project that was completed in 2009. Here, the areas dedicated to the functions of the school (classrooms, administration, etc.) are juxtaposed with 5,500 square meters of floor space whose functions are not predetermined -- they can be redeployed, according to the needs of the moment. The Bois-le-Prêtre tower, giving directly onto the ring road in northern Paris, is a low income housing development built in the 1960s. Lacaton & Vassal, working with Frédéric Druot, completed renovation of the building in 2010. Without moving the occupants from the building, the architects added space to all the apartments of the complex by grafting on to the structure a series of balconies and winter gardens. In addition to improving luminosity and thermal performance, the surface area of the building went from 8,900 square meters to 12,460 square meters. In November 2011, the project received the most prestigious French architectural award, the Equerre d'argent. The FRAC Grand Large is a regional museum of contemporary art. Lacaton & Vassal were asked in 2013 to install the museum in a large boathouse in the port of Dunkirk. Their approach to this project was to preserve the original building in its entirety and to build a twin building that houses the museum. The original building is now available to be used either in conjunction with the museum or for other public purposes. Lacaton & Vassal were project managers for the redevelopment of the of the art déco-style Palais de Tokyo (a modern art museum in western Paris). In two phases (2003 and 2014), they rehabilitated 14,000 square meters of usable space, essentially by eliminating partitions and false ceilings. The renovation improves the luminosity and the flow through the space, while also revealing the béton brut (unfinished concrete) of the original 1937 construction. More recognition Lacaton & Vassal was nominated in 1997 for the 5th prize of the European Union for contemporary architecture Mies-van-der-Rohe in Barcelona. They received the national grand prize for Young Talent architecture, from the Ministry of Culture, in 1999; almost ten years later, they won the 2008 Grand Prix National de l'Architecture. In 2018, the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture rewarded their sustainable approach to enhancing buildings and promoting ownership by residents.