Odile Decp created his own office just after graduating from La Villette in 1978 while studying in Political Science in Paris where he completed the postgraduate diploma in Urban Planning in 1979.
The international fame came quickly; and in 1990 he won his first major project: Banco Popular de l'Ouest in Rennes. The numerous awards and publications that distinguished the building underlined the emergence of a new hope directly born of punk rebellion which turned old conventions upside down.
By questioning the commission, use, matter, body, technique and taste of architecture Odile Decp it offers a paradoxical aspect to tender and severe time in the world today. She was awarded the Golden Lion at Venice in 1996. Since then, Odile Decp has been faithful to his attitude during combat, while diversification and radicalization of their research.