UIA

JEAN CLAUDE RIGUET (France) UIA SECRETARY GENERAL (1999-2002)

Born in 1945, Jean-Claude Riguet gained his D.P.L.G. architecture diploma in 1971 and is a graduate of the "Conservatoire national des Arts et Métiers" and the Centre for Higher Studies of History and Preservation of Ancient Monuments.

He has been in private practice since 1971 and has managed the "Architecture 3A" firm since 1991. In addition to his career activities, he is involved in several charitable associations and teaches at the Paris la Seine School of Architecture. He serves the architectural profession through the French Society of Architecture and the Academy of Architecture at national level, and within the Franco-British Union of Architects at international level.

A member of the Administrative Commission and Council of the UIA French Section, he became involved in the activities of the Union as Deputy Council member from 1993 to 1999. His firm's achievements mainly include housing programmes, health care facilities, educational and commercial buildings, as well as the development and restructuring of buildings for social use located in France.