A graduate of the “Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture de Paris” and the Pratt Institute in NYC, Cyril Durand Behar is a pioneer of “architexture” : “A very personal approach, inspired by my activities and peers, and based on an analysis of volumes and materials, variations in scales between indoor and outdoor architecture”. On this basis, he no longer decorates, but sculpts a place, like the new Décathlon store in Antibes, a clever mix of solids and voids, all in total transparency. For this huge ship superbly anchored in its environment (a constant for Behar), he came up with a visible frame, easy circulation and a large opening to the outside. His agency with its international stance also handles the creation of furnishings, thus completing the concept’s indoor/outdoor approach.
