Winners of the French Prize for Young Designers Exhibit in D.C.

House on the Roof by Freaks Freearchitects Agency

Courtesy Freaks Freearchitects Agency

House on the Roof by Freaks Freearchitects Agency

As part AIA Architecture Week DC next week, the Alliance Française de Washington D.C. and the District Architecture Center present the work of up-and-coming French designers in Exploring Landscape and Architecture: Young French Artists Bring Flexibility and Improve Modern Design. The exhibiting firms—including Freaks Freearchitects, whose House on the Roof is shown—won the 2009 French Prize for Young Architects and Landscape Designers. Sept. 18 to 21, with a lecture at the Alliance on Sept. 21. • francedc.org

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