Thomas Coldefy

Thomas Coldefy is a French architect, Founding Partner, and Principal of Coldefy, overseeing general management and artistic direction of the studio. His winning entry together with Isabel Van Haute for the Hong Kong Design Institute, completed in 2011, brought the firm international exposure. He believes in and strives for a multi-scale and diverse spectrum of projects to enrich the creative culture of the office, along with a constant search for innovation and stepping outside the boundaries, meanwhile providing a great service to clients. Prior to Coldefy he worked for renown architecture offices in Paris, London, and New York. Thomas gives numerous lectures, and the work of Coldefy is the subject of publications and exhibitions both in France and internationally. He received the Asia "40 under 40" prize organized by Perspective, as well as the European "40 under 40" prize organized by the European Centre for Architecture Art design and Urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum. In 2014, Thomas Coldefy was designated visiting professor at the Jilin Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China, and since 2021 has been teaching Master's students at the Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris. He holds a degree from the Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture de Paris and is a registered architect in France and a member of the American Institute of Architect (AIA).