Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is an entertainment venue standing at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris. It is situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people, while the smaller Comédie and Studio des Champs-Élysées above the latter may seat 601 and 230 people respectively.
View of Théâtre des Champs-Élysées from avenue Montaigne, with visible bas-reliefs by Antoine Bourdelle
Perspective view
Street façade with bas-reliefs by Antoine Bourdelle
The Muses Running to Apollo and Apollo at his Meditation
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 Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy (1922–23); the Mobilier National in Paris (1937); and the French Economic, Social and 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 planning and architecture.
Portrait of Auguste Perret (1932)
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)