About
Awards
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Finalist, EUmies Young Talent Open - Mies Von der Rohe Foundacion (2025)
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Winner, NSW Architectural Technologies Award - Australian Institute of Architects (2024)
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Winner, BLP Award for Best Project in the graduating cohort - University of Sydney (2023)
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USYD Nominee, NSW Architects Medallion - Australian Registration Board (2024)
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Nominated, RIBA Silver Medal - Royal Institute of British Architects (2024)
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Honourable Mention - ND Awards (2020)
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Finalist & Best Amateur - Samudra Prize (2020)
Writings & Research
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“The Vernacular Architecture of Mauritius: A Lost Identity” — BArch (Hons) Dissertation, 2020
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“Reimagining Urban Vernacular: From High-Tech Ruins to Low-Tech Ruins” — MArch Thesis, 2023
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Expert Peer Reviewer, Rothwell Chair Program, University of Sydney, 2025
Exhibitions
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2025 – “Intelligens. Talent.”, Palazzo Mora, Venice Architecture Biennale
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2024 – “Roche Bobois × The Octopus”, Roche Bobois Showroom, Mauritius
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2023 – “Lacaton & Vassal: Living in the City”, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney
Exhibition and research project on social housing in Ivry-sur-Seine -
2022 – Samudra Art Prize Exhibition, Caudan Arts Centre, Mauritius
Publications & Media
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2020 — Wakashio Oil Spill, Photographs published by BBC News, Al Jazeera, and The Sun UK, documenting the environmental impact oil spill.
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Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) - Photographic work featured in the Annual Report of the Mauritius Commercial Bank
Pierro's Corner
Pierro’s Corner is the personal body of work of Pierre Dalais.
It is an evolving platform spanning photography, design, and architecture, serving as an archive for projects, studies, and visual experiments.
The platform currently presents photographic work and will progressively incorporate architectural projects.
Pierro’s Corner has collaborated with hotels, brands, interior designers, and commercial institutions.
Some includes One&Only Le Saint Géran and the Mauritius Commercial Bank
Pierre
Pierre Dalais is a Mauritian-born architectural graduate based in Sydney.
He holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Sydney.
Pierre completed his Bachelor of Architecture in the UK, worked in Paris, and continued his studies in Australia.
His architectural interests centre on ideas of place, culture, and identity, informed by vernacular traditions and the impacts of globalisation.
Ideas developed through his thesis “Reimagining Urban Vernacular", which was recognised through multiple awards.
He undertook research in France with Lacaton & Vassal, developing a deep interest in adaptive reuse, material economy, and low-tech methodologies. Professionally, he gained experience in landscape and urbanism in Paris, contributing to masterplans and public-space projects. In Sydney, he worked with Aileen Sage Architects on competitions, private homes, and public buildings.
Pierre currently works at CHROFI Architects in Sydney, working on large scale residential and commercial projects, while continuing to develop his photographic practice in parallel.
