Françoise Fromonot

Françoise Fromonot (born 1958) is a French architect and architectural critic.

Born in Paris,[1] she qualified as a Architecte diplômé par le gouvernement at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette and received a Diploma of Profound Studies in architectural and urban projects from the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville. Fromonot has taught at the University of Technology Sydney, the University of New South Wales, Rice University in Houston, the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussée, Science-Po urba (Paris). She is currently Professor of Design, History and Theory at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris-Belleville.[2]

From 1994 to 1998, she was editor at Architecture d’Aujourd’hui. From 1999 to 2003, she was co-editor-in-chief for the magazine le visiteur. She was also a founding member for the French architectural journal Criticat in 2007.[3] She has contributed to various French and international publications including AMC, Progressive Architecture, Archis, Abitare, Architectural Review, World Architecture, Arquitectura Viva and Casabella.[2]

She has also published several books including:

• Glenn Murcutt, oeuvres et projets (1995)
• Jørn Utzon et l'Opéra de Sydney (1998), received the book prize of the Académie d'architecture
• Sydney, histoire d’un paysage / Sydney, History of a Landscape (with Christopher Thompson), Telleri/Vilo International, Paris, 2000
• Marc Mimram- Passerelle Solférino à Paris, Birkhäuser, Bâle & Berlin, 2001 (bilingual edition french/english)
• Nasrine Seraji-Architecture as Territory (bilingual edition italian/english), Libria, Melfi, 2002
• Glenn Murcutt–1962-2002, Electa, Milan, 2002. (Gallimard, Paris, 2003 / Thames & Hudson, Londres, 2003), received the book prize of the Académie d'architecture
• La Campagne des Halles - Les nouveaux malheurs de Paris, éditions La Fabrique, Paris, 2005
• Yours critically: Writings on Architecture from criticat issues 1-10 (with Pierre Chabard et Valéry Didelon), criticat, 2016
• La Comédie des Halles - Intrigue et mise en scène, La Fabrique, 2019.
• Michel Desvigne Paysagiste - Territoires en projet / Transforming Landscapes, Birkhäuser, 2020.