Designing with the place, building to last.

“I came to architecture through heritage: my early years, devoted to restoring historic buildings for the Ministry of Culture, taught me that an old building is never an obstacle — it is a starting point. Trained at Samara Polytechnic University and then at ENSA Nantes, I went on to design major public facilities, collective housing and hotels, before leading a long-established practice on the French Riviera, which I had the joy of helping grow.

That is where I understood what truly drives me: building talented teams and earning, project after project, the trust of our clients. Today, in every building we transform, I find the same conviction as at the very beginning: the existing deserves as much ambition as the new.”

“We founded Sarkisian Touzet Architecture to bring together a team able to move from the object to the territory — from a room to a neighbourhood — without ever lowering the bar. Trained at ENSA Nantes, ENSA Paris Val-de-Seine and then at the Bartlett School (UCL) in urban planning, I have worked in France and abroad on projects of every scale and programme: everywhere, I have seen that the best projects are born from teams that trust each other.

What I love most in this profession is the moment when dialogue with a client brings out an idea no one would have had alone. And my conviction for the future: on the French Riviera more than anywhere, transforming the existing will be the great undertaking of the coming decades.”