BQ+A Architectes et associés

Overview

BQ+A is the practice of Bernard Quirot, a graduate of the Paris-Belleville school and a former fellow of the Villa Medici, run from Pesmes in Haute-Saône with partners Chloé Blache and Julie Vielle. It grew out of Quirot & Vichard, set up in Besançon in 1996, and works mostly on public buildings in Burgundy and Franche-Comté: schools, a health centre, offices in historic town houses. Its Vézelay health centre won the Équerre d'argent in 2015, and Bernard Quirot received the Académie d'Architecture's medal of honour in 2024.

Founded

1996

Team

≈ 9

Projects

8

Awards

10

Bernard Quirot first co-founded a Paris practice in 1990; the firm traces its current line to Quirot & Vichard, set up in Besançon in 1996, which moved and became the SARL Bernard Quirot architecte et associés in 2008 and took the name BQ+A in 2020.

Partners and founders

Fields of work

Schools and after-school centres · Health and public facilities · Rehabilitation of historic buildings · Housing · Private houses

Built work

Prizes and awards

• 2025Prix AMO, 'best rural catalyst' category – Saint-Hilaire cultural and retail centre (with Atelier APA)
• 2025Heinrich Tessenow Medal (Bernard Quirot)
• 2024Académie d'Architecture medal of honour (Bernard Quirot)
• 2024Équerre d'argent, Culture, Youth and Sport category – nomination (Maîche school group)
• 2024Grand Prix national de l'architecture – nomination
• 2018Grand Prix national de l'architecture – nomination (Bernard Quirot)
• 2015Équerre d'argent – Vézelay health centre
• 2015Prix national de la construction bois, public and office buildings category – Vézelay health centre
• 2005Prix de l'Architecture du Grand Est – Écomusée du Pays de la Cerise, Fougerolles
• 2003Équerre d'argent – nomination (Besançon incineration plant restructuring, as Quirot & Vichard)