François Chaslin

François Chaslin (; 10 August 1948 – 7 August 2025) was a French architect.

Life and career Born in Bollène on 10 August 1948, Chaslin was the son of engineer Paul Chaslin. From 1980 to 1987, he led the expositions department at the . From 1987 to 1994, he was editor-in-chief of the magazine L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui and regularly contributed to Le Monde, Le Nouvel Observateur, and Libération. which was also called Les Jeudis de l’architecture. He also taught at the and the and was a corresponding member of the Institut de France and the Académie des Beaux-Arts. As an architecture critic, his study of Le Corbusier produced media criticism over the architect's association with the far right.

Chaslin died in Lanildut on 7 August 2025, at the age of 76.

Publications Articles "L’arche de Nouvel et les mythes du cargo" (2007) "Brume nette : le musée du Louvre-Lens" (2013) "Du fer, rien que du fer, mais que faire ?" (2013)

Books Les fontes ornées ou L'architecture des catalogues (1978) Pour une architecture urbaine : le concours des immeubles de ville de Cergy-Pontoise et les réflexions de François Chaslin, Paul Chemetov, Maurice Culot, Pierre Laconte, Bertrand Warnier (1982) Mario Botta 1978 - 1982 : laboratoire d'architecture (1982) Les Paris de François Mitterrand : Histoire des grands projets architecturaux (1985) La Grande Arche de La Défense (1989) Une haine monumentale : essai sur la destruction des villes en ex-Yougoslavie (1997) Henri Ciriani (1997) Deux conversations avec Rem Koolhaas, et cætera (2001) Jean Nouvel Critiques (2008) Paris/Carnet périphérique (2011) Un Corbusier (2015) Rococo ou Drôles d'oiseaux (divertissement) (2018)