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L'Observatoire International

Lighting design firm

L'Observatoire International is a lighting design firm established by Hervé Descottes in 1993 in New York City. The firm works within a range of different spatial expressions including architecture, landscape, urban, and fine art projects. L'Observatoire has become known for its innovative ways of applying light within the built environment, and does so by merging the latest technologies with an aesthetic paradigm in order to most advantageously engage and reveal the program, space, and form.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1993Founded1
  • HeadquartersNew York1

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L'Observatoire International is a lighting design firm established by Hervé Descottes in 1993 in New York City. The firm works within a range of different spatial expressions including architecture, landscape, urban, and fine art projects.2

Timeline

  1. 1993Founded Founded1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.1M 2020–2021
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2021: $1.1M in all. PPP loans $1.1M.$0$200K$400K$600K2020 · PPP loans: $534.3K20202021 · PPP loans: $528.1K2021
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2021$528.1K$528.1K
2020$534.3K$534.3K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 28, 2020$534.3K PPP loan (first draw) from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association4To L'OBSERVATOIRE INTERNATIONAL, INC., New York NY; $540.1K forgiven Jun 2, 2021
  2. Feb 13, 2021$528.1K PPP loan (second draw) from JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association4To L'OBSERVATOIRE INTERNATIONAL INC., New York NY; $532.0K forgiven Nov 16, 2021

Sources

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