Maison Lumière
A family house built around one tall, sunlit stair. 2025.
Lyon, France
Elias Moreau
Architect · Calm houses and quiet public spaces
I design homes, small schools and courtyards that get better with age — honest materials, lots of daylight and rooms people actually use.
Twelve years in practice, now running a four-person studio in Lyon.
Selected projects
Les Tilleuls school
Six classrooms opening onto a shared garden. 2024.Courtyard of the Lime Trees
A new public square in the old silk district. 2023.Studio Atelier 9
Our own workshop, in a rebuilt printworks. 2021.
Folded facade, concept study Maison Lumière at dusk Terraced housing Open living room Stacked volumes Library corner
How I work
We start at the table
A long first meeting on site: how you live, what the light does, what has to stay.Drawn by hand first
Sketches and cardboard models before any screen, so ideas stay simple.One team to the end
I stay with builders on site every week until the keys are handed over.