We are forward thinking, surprising and pragmatic. LOCAL move across the field of architecture and urbanism. We believe in minimising the impact of the materials and resources we use. We translate situations and transpose ideas. We are local.

LOCAL is based in Bergen, Bruxelles and Paris, founded by Matthieu Boustany, Benoist Desfonds, Gilles Guyot, Elida Mosquera & Jerome Picard. They are a Norwegian Wildcard-NAL since January 2020. Notable projects include Greymatter Auby, an intergenerational urban development focused on ageing in town center, awarded Europan 15 project, the winning entry for the new Latvian Paralympic center in Riga and the 100% Wooden house at Château De La Bourdaisière in France. LOCAL recently delivered a new hotel The Bellhop in thriving Rotterdam´s Witte de Withstraat and contemporary Art gallery Ground Effect in Paris. LOCAL is focused on the development of our Greymatter projects.

What is Greymatter? Greymatter is our vision to re-invent the places where we grow old. We want to place our seniors at the heart of urban renewal. We want to build the next generation of healthcare facility that is open to the city, inclusive and attractive for health professional, students, younger, senior residents and their relatives. A place where our future self would want to live: greymatter.city

 

 

Matthieu Boustany

Co-Founder & Partner
Architecte HMONP

+33 6 78 45 37 11
mboustany@locallll.com

Benoist Desfonds

Co-Founder & Partner
Architecte HMONP

+33 6 78 99 65 91
bdesfonds@locallll.com

Gilles Guyot

Co-Founder & Partner
ir. Architecte et Urbaniste

+33 6 25 75 5601
gguyot@locallll.com

Elida Mosquera

Co-founder
Architect MArch, MNAL, BIM
Daglig leder

+47 916 39 786
emosquera@locallll.com

Jérôme Picard

Co-Founder & Partner
Architect MNAL, MNIL, MA Urbanism
Faglig leder

+47 916 29 138
jpicard@locallll.com

Miriam Sharp Pierson

Architect
Passivhaus Designer MA(Cantab) ARB RIBA

+44 7859 754 043
msharppierson@locallll.com

Kjartan Neckelmann

Architect
Architect MNAL

+47 416 17 551
kneckelmann@locallll.com

Kimia Noorinejad

Architect
Architectural assistant & Communication

Clara Lamprencht

Architect
Architect MNAL

+47 975 70 567
clamprencht@locallll.com

Basilis Neururer

Architect
Architect Ztg.

bneururer@locallll.com

 

 

 

 

Flore Bourgine

Architectural Assistant
Architect HMONP

 

 

Awards

2025 – Winner of Europe 40 under 40
2025 – Finalist at the Architizer Awards in the Urbanism category
2025 – Special Mention Architizer Awards +Community category
2024 – Winner of Europe 40 under 40
2024 – World Architecture Festival for outstanding project
2023 – Winner of the Green Good Design Award, Chicago
2020–2025 – Recipient of the Wildcard Prize (national, Norway)
2023 – Winner, Sølvtaket Cultural Center, Stavanger
2023 – 1st Prize for Hotel Project, Jurmala (invited)
2023 – Shortlisted for 1st Prize, API Tours Ermitage
2023 – 2nd Prize for Helicopter Base, Bergen (invited)
2023 – Honorable Mention for Carpark Futures, Lille, France
2022 – 1st Prize for Maison 100% Bois, Montlouis-sur-Loire, France
2022 – 2nd Prize Fyllingsdalen Cultural House, Bergen (invited)
2021 – Winner of the Crossroads Prize at the Seoul Biennale
2020 – 1st Prize for the Paralympic Center, Riga, Latvia
2019 – Prize Winner, Europan 15, Greymatter, Auby, France

Client
Accor, Arteum, Aux Merveilleux de Fred, Auby – Municipality, Bazois Loire Morvan, Bellevilles, Bergen – Municipality, Berstad Real Estate, BOB Real Estate, Calmar Real Estate, Carsat Normandie, Château de la Bourdaisière, Europolia, French Tennis Federation, Greenstat, Greenstation, Ground Effect, Icade, Landsbyggefonden – National Social Housing Fund of Denmark, Department of Gironde, Linkcity, Linstow Real Estate, Møre og Romsdal – Regional Municipality, Norwegian Medical Association, Oslo – Municipality, Primonial REIM France, PUCA – Urban Planning, Construction and Architecture Agency (France), Rana – Municipality, Sauda – Municipality, Samusocial of Paris, SEFAL Property, Sogndal – Municipality, Stavanger – Municipality, Trysil – Municipality, Vestland – Regional Municipality, Ålesund – Municipality.

LOCAL places our seniors at the heart of urban renewal / LOCAL is serious about wood to minimise CO2 emission of the industry / LOCAL transforms and adapt our existing built environment in creative ways

LOCAL places our seniors at the heart of urban renewal / LOCAL is serious about wood to minimise CO2 emission of the industry / LOCAL transforms and adapt our existing built environment in creative ways

Collaborators Capucine Allé Anna Bakhlina Henrique Barbosa Sabrina Boutarraha Anne Brechenmacher Marine Delepière Mats Edal Cristina Fernández Loïc Ferragu Aleksandra Ivashkevich Enzo Migne Kjartan Neckelmann Ioana Necula Balogun Ola Davies Victorine Lalire Apolline Leterrier Silje Lockert Maylis Oury Celia Rodriguez Miriam Sharp Pierson Rafaël Valleran Emilie Wu

Collaborators Capucine Allé Anna Bakhlina Henrique Barbosa Sabrina Boutarraha Anne Brechenmacher Marine Delepière Mats Edal Cristina Fernández Loïc Ferragu Aleksandra Ivashkevich Enzo Migne Kjartan Neckelmann Ioana Necula Balogun Ola Davies Victorine Lalire Apolline Leterrier Silje Lockert Maylis Oury Celia Rodriguez Miriam Sharp Pierson Rafaël Valleran Emilie Wu