Adapt or Die
René Ammann | 5. October 2025
The number comes from architect Anne Lacaton, whose firm, Lacaton & Vassal, renovated Toir Bois-le-Prêtre in 2011 with Frédéric Druot. Their project expanded flats in a 1970s apartment slab instead of tearing it down. (Photo: Cahtls/Wikimedia Commons)
Estimated number of flats that have been demolished in Paris over the last 20 years: 200,000