Jean Prouvé

Biographical Information

Name:	Jean Prouvé
Born on	8 April 1901 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France, Europe
Deceased on	23 March 1984 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle (54), Grand-Est, France, Europe
Brother of	Henri Prouvé
Father of	Claude Prouvé
1917 - 1919	Apprentice as ironworker in the atelier of Emile Robert
1924	Opens his first atelier in Nancy
1929	Founding member of the Union des artistes modernes (UAM)
1931	Enlargement of the atelier
1947	Moves his company to Maxéville
September 1952	Ferrières Kindergarten in Martigues.
1956	Founds Les Constructions Jean Prouvé in Paris
1957	Les Constructions Jean Prouvé merges with Compangnie industrielle du matériel de transport (CIMT); Lecturer at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers à Paris
1971	Committee chair for the Pompidou Center competition

Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:

architect

collaborator

engineer

owner

structural engineer

Prouvé, Jean / Sarger, René (1958): La contribution des ingénieurs-conseils. In: Acier = Stahl = Steel, v. 23, n. 5 (May 1958), pp. 204.
Gillet, Guillaume / Vallée, Pierre / Prouvé, Jean / Sarger, René (1958): Le Pavillon de la France à l'Exposition de Bruxelles 1958. In: Acier = Stahl = Steel, v. 23, n. 5 (May 1958), pp. 193-204.

Monnier, Gérard / Loupiac, Claude / Mengin, Christine (1997): L'architecture moderne en France (Tome 1). 1889 - 1940. Editions Picard, Paris (France).
Abram, Joseph (1999): L'architecture moderne en France de 1889 à nos jours (Tome 2). Du chaos à la croissance, 1940-1966. Editions Picard, Paris (France), pp. 323.
Picon, Antoine (1997): L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 391-393.
Pöllinger, Adrian Leander (2018): Experimental school constructions by Jean Prouvé. The benefit of closed prefabrication. Presented at: 6th International Congress on Construction History (6ICCH 2018), July 9-13, 2018, Brussels, Belgium, pp. 1061-1066.
Coley, Catherine / Potié, Philippe / Delhumeau, Gwenaël (1999): L'invention du mur rideau. In: L'acier pour construire, n. 63 (September 1999), pp. 40-45.