The "material by design" strategy consists in tailoring architectured materials in order to fulfill multi-functional specifications. This PhD study focuses more specifically on designing architectured panels in regards with mechanical compliances (bending and transverse shear), as well as thermal conductivity. Recent advances on periodic homogenization of plates are integrated into a finite elements tool that enables to identify the Reissner-Mindlin effective compliance from the unit cell geometry. The comparison with four-point bending tests illustrates a discussion on the shear loading for homogenization, and its contribution to the global bending stiffness. In a context of architectured steel solutions for automotive, a parametric study ...