Auguste Perret
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Auguste Perret 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 C
Portrait of Auguste Perret (1914) by Théo van Rysselberghe
Reinforced-concrete apartment building at 25 rue Benjamin Franklin, Paris (1903)
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris (1913)
Interior of the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1913)
St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre is a Roman Catholic church in Le Havre, France. From 1945 to 1964, the City of Le Havre commissioned Auguste Perret and his studio to head the rebuilding of the entire ci
Auguste Perret
…Environmental Council building in Paris (1937–39). After World War II he designed a group of buildings in the centre of the port city of Le Havre, including St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre, to replace buildings destroyed by bombing during World War II. His reconstruction of the city is now a World Heritage Site for its exceptional urban…
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The tower of the Église Saint-Joseph dominates the reconstructed center of Le Havre
Photo of St. Joseph's Church in the mist