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Biography
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THIERRY W. DESPONT |
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| BIOGRAPHY |
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| Born, Limoges, France |
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| 1972 |
Diplôme dArchitecte, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris |
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| 1974 |
M.A., City Planning in Urban Design, Harvard University, Cambridge |
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| Thierry Despont is an architect, designer and artist who resides and works in New York. As an architect, Despont has acquired an outstanding reputation as a foremost residential designer with an elite clientele in both North America and Europe. He was Associate Architect for the Centennial Restoration of the Statue of Liberty, completed the restoration of Clayton, the Frick family mansion in Pittsburgh and designed the interiors of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. |
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MEDALS |
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| 1989 | Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et Letters | |
| 1999 | Chevalier, Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur | |