Marie Cardwell de Bryas - (Stephen Taylor Architects)

Marie Cardwell de Bryas is an architect working between Paris and London, where she serves as co-director of the French office of Stephen Taylor Architects. Her practice has focused primarily on delivering high quality contemporary buildings and urban projects with a strong social and cultural focus, including public sector projects such as the delivery of housing schemes for several London boroughs. Marie holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Edinburgh and a BSc in Architecture from the University of Bath and is a registered architect both in France and the UK.

From empty desks to full homes: Can office conversions solve the housing crisis?

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn the Paris region, over 5.6 million square meters of office space sit vacant. At the same time, demand for housing (especially social housing) has reached critical levels, with fourteen applications per allocation on average. This mismatch – between empty offices and overcrowded homes, raises important issues about how we can make better use of the built environment to meet urgent housing needs. 

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