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Auguste Perret (12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced concrete. His major works include the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the first Art Deco building in Paris; the Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy (1922–23); the Mobilier National in Paris (1937); and the French ...
Auguste Perret was a French architect notable for his pioneering contributions to the vocabulary of reinforced-concrete construction. He was the son of Claude-Marie Perret, a stonemason who, after 1881, had a flourishing business as a building contractor in Paris.
Dec 23, 2013 · The son of an exiled Communard stonemason, Auguste Perret (1874-1954) never completed his diploma at the École des Beaux-Arts, but by the time of his death had risen to become one of the grand old men of French architecture − a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1943, president of the Conseil de l’Ordre des Architectes in 1945, an ...
Auguste Perret (12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced concrete. His major works include the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the first Art Deco building in Paris; the Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy (1922–23); the Mobilier National in Paris (1937); and the French ...
Explore the architecture of the 20th century and its significant movements, styles, and architects. Learn about modernism, postmodernism, brutalism, Bauhaus, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and more.
May 14, 2018 · Auguste Perret (1874-1954), a French architect and building contractor, was one of the first to use concrete as an architecturally significant material, and his works had an important influence upon the International Style of the 1920s in Europe.
The city of Le Havre, on the English Channel in Normandy, was severely bombed during the Second World War. The destroyed area was rebuilt according to the plan of a team headed by Auguste Perret, from 1945 to 1964. The site forms the administrative, commercial and cultural centre of Le Havre.
