HORS LES MURS ARCHITECTURE

What HORS LES MURS ARCHITECTURE does

HORS LES MURS ARCHITECTURE (legal name: Architecture Hors Les Murs, DBA "Hors Les Murs") is a privately held French architecture atelier (office d'architecture) founded in 2008 and led by founder-architect Joseph Rigot, headquartered on rue de Sully in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The practice is oriented toward Haute Qualité Environnementale (HQE / High Environmental Quality), the French sustainable-building framework, and delivers design services across five service categories: Habitat (individual, alternative, and collective residential housing), Équipement (public facilities including worship, cultural, healthcare, education, and sports buildings), Aménagement (urban planning and landscape architecture), Tertiaire (offices, industrial, and retail), and specialized religious-heritage restoration (notably the Abbaye de Sept Fons).

The firm's service offering is organized around a project-based delivery model executed by a 12-person team. Its core technology is environmental-quality architectural design applied across building typologies, with a notable portfolio of HQE-aligned residential projects (maisons O+R, E, C+R, P+C, D; immeubles Mably, Painlevé, Gambly; student and intergenerational housing), public-sector facilities (mediathèques, halle en bois, amphithéâtre, EHPAD, clinique, operating theater), and landscape/urban-planning commissions (cimetière de Longes, Europan 10 entry, Festival Jardins 09/10). Pricing is project-based fee structure; specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. Revenue, headcount trends, and customer-level financials are not disclosed in the input data.

The go-to-market motion is direct B2B/B2G/B2C engagement within the Rhône-Alpes Auvergne region, supported by a portfolio website (www.hors-les-murs.com) organized by project type. Customer mix spans individuals, public institutions (municipalities, universities, healthcare operators), commercial real estate, and religious/heritage bodies; no named end-customer concentration is disclosed. No external funding, M&A, subsidiaries, patents, partnerships, or third-party endorsements are present in the data.

Name

HORS LES MURS ARCHITECTURE

Legal name

Architecture Hors Les Murs

Website

https://hors-les-murs.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

HORS LES MURS ARCHITECTURE is a 12-person Lyon-based architecture atelier founded in 2008 by Joseph Rigot, specializing in Haute Qualité Environnementale (HQE) sustainable design across residential, public, commercial, urban planning, and heritage restoration projects in the Rhône-Alpes region.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

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GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

HORS LES MURS ARCHITECTURE provides architectural design and project delivery services for residential housing, public facilities, urban planning and landscape, commercial and office buildings, and heritage restoration projects. The firm is oriented toward Haute Qualité Environnementale (High Environmental Quality) building standards and operates from its atelier on rue de Sully in Lyon, serving clients in the Rhône-Alpes Auvergne region.

Product overview

Hors Les Murs Architecture is an architectural firm led by Joseph Rigot, based in Lyon, Rhône Alpes, specializing in High Environmental Quality (Haute Qualité Environnementale) design. The firm offers a comprehensive portfolio of architectural services organized into five main categories: Habitat (residential housing including individual houses and collective buildings), Équipement (public facilities such as healthcare, education, and cultural buildings), Aménagement (urban planning and landscape architecture), Tertiaire (commercial and office spaces), and specialized heritage restoration projects. The practice works across scales ranging from private residences to large public infrastructure.

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Products and services

• Habitat - Residential Architecture Services Architectural design services for residential projects including individual houses (maison O+R, maison E, maison C+R, maison P+C, maison D), alternative/intermediate housing (logements imbriqués, habitations Laos), collective housing (immeuble Mably, immeuble painlevé, immeuble gambly, résidence étudiante, résidence Croix Neyrat), and intergenerational housing, all oriented toward Haute Qualité Environnementale standards.
• Équipement - Public Facility Architecture Services Architectural design for public and community facilities including worship buildings (abbaye), cultural centers (médiathèque, halle en bois, amphithéâtre), municipal buildings (mairie et salles associatives), healthcare facilities (clinique surélevée, maison court séjour, EPHAD Bertrand, bloc opératoire), educational and leisure facilities (centre de loisirs, salle de cours et T.P., atelier simulation, BDE UFRAPS), and sports facilities (pôle sportif, vestiaire SIUAPS).
• Aménagement - Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture Services Urban planning and landscape architecture services including historic center work (Montbrison), Europan 10 participation, market hall design (halle de marché), sports center projects (pôle sportif), cemetery design (cimetière de Longes), and participation in garden festivals (Festival Jardins 09 and Festival Jardins 10 at Chaumont).
• Tertiaire - Commercial and Office Architecture Services Architectural design for commercial and tertiary-sector buildings including offices (Geode, Lyon), business incubators (pépinière d'entreprises at Annemasse), industrial facilities (création atelier ADF at Vénissieux, extension atelier T+B at Trévoux), and retail spaces (boutique à Lyon).
• Abbaye de Sept Fons Heritage Restoration Services Specialized heritage restoration services for the historic Abbaye de Sept Fons, encompassing the Saint Aelred wing, hotel, church renovation, cloister, dormitory, and Chapelle Cour des Dames.

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Broad incumbents

• Foster + Partners: Global architecture practice with leadership in sustainable design and environmental masterplanning. Comparable as a sustainability-credentialed incumbent competing for high-prestige public and commercial commissions.
• Snøhetta: International architecture and landscape architecture practice known for integrating environmental performance into cultural, public, and landscape projects. Comparable across both architectural services and landscape/urban planning work.
• Atelier Jean Nouvel: Renowned Paris-based architecture firm with strong cultural, public, and urban-planning portfolio. Comparable for the cultural and public-facility commissions (mediathèques, cultural centers, sports) that form part of Hors Les Murs' Équipement segment.
• Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Global architecture firm with extensive cultural, public, and heritage restoration portfolio. Comparable for the heritage restoration work (e.g., Abbaye de Sept Fons) and cultural-facility commissions in the firm's Équipement segment.
• Architecture-Studio: Major French architecture firm headquartered in Paris with broad portfolio in cultural, public, and urban design. Comparable as a full-service French practice working across the same Habitat/Équipement/Aménagement/Tertiaire typologies, but at significantly larger scale.
• Wilmotte & Associés: Established French architecture practice with diversified cultural, residential, hospitality, and urban-planning work. Overlaps with Hors Les Murs in cultural, residential, and public-sector commissions, but operates at far greater scale and geographic reach.

Regional players

• Jakob + MacFarlane: Lyon-based architecture firm founded by Dominique Jakob and Brendan MacFarlane working across cultural, residential, and urban projects. Closest direct geographic peer given shared Lyon base, similar atelier scale, and overlapping portfolio in cultural and residential commissions.

Emerging players

• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): International architecture practice with a strong sustainability and environmental-performance identity. Comparable as a sustainability-forward design firm competing for the same ESG-driven private and public clients.
• Studio Gang: Architecture and urban-design practice with explicit focus on sustainability, ecology, and community-scale projects. Comparable for HQE-adjacent sustainable design positioning across residential, cultural, and landscape typologies.

Direct peers

• Tectoniques: French architecture practice explicitly focused on sustainable, bioclimatic, and HQE-compatible design across residential, public, and urban projects. The most direct functional peer given near-identical HQE/sustainability positioning and comparable project typology.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

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Funding overview

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