Amelia Tavella FR

14 RUE SAINT - LOUIS EN L’ ÎLE | 75004 PARIS

Amelia Tavella was born in Ajaccio, in the heart of the Mediterranean, a landscape that forms the foundation of her architectural vision. Shaped by Corsica’s sea, maquis and light, she develops an approach rooted in nature, memory and ethics. For her, architecture is always a dialogue with place, where history becomes the starting point of the present.
Trained at the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris, she founded her practice in 2007. Her work is often described as “sensitive architecture”, emerging from a close reading of landscapes and contexts. Like an archaeologist, she observes, reveals and interprets what already exists, building without erasing and transforming without denying.
Her projects explore the relationship between matter, light and time. Stone, wood, copper and water become a language through which architecture expresses continuity with its environment. Each project is conceived as a repair—of a site, a memory, or a landscape—extending what was already there rather than replacing it.
Her work includes cultural, educational and public projects across France and the Mediterranean region, such as the Saint Francis Convent in Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano, the Balaruc-les-Bains Thermal Baths, and the Château de Nalys in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. These projects share a common approach: embedding architecture into landscape, geology and history.
Recognised in France and Europe, she has received several distinctions, including the Pierre Cardin Prize for Architecture (2017) and the National Order of Merit (2021). Her work has been exhibited and presented internationally, and she regularly teaches and participates in juries and lectures.
In 2026, she will establish her studio in Paris on the Île Saint-Louis, continuing her exploration of architecture as a dialogue between landscape, memory and time.