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), Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine, 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); |
| 1971 | Committee chair for the Pompidou Center competition |
Structures and Projects
Participation in the following structures & large-scale projects:
architect
- Forum des Halles
- Tour Initiale façade
collaborator
engineer
- Caisse centrale d'allocations familiales curtain wall
- CNIT façade
- French Embassy façade
- French Pavilion (Expo 58)
- La Maison du Peuple
- Paris-Bercy Omnisports Hall
- Pôle d'échanges de Lyon-Perrache
owner
structural engineer
Bibliography
- La contribution des ingénieurs-conseils in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", May 1958, n. 5 v. 23; pp. 204
- Le Pavillon de la France à l’Exposition de Bruxelles 1958 in "Acier = Stahl = Steel", May 1958, n. 5 v. 23; pp. 193-204
Relevant Websites
Relevant Publications
- Le pavillon 6x6 in "L'acier pour construire", September 1999, n. 63
- L'architecture moderne en France de 1889 à nos jours (Tome 2), Editions Picard, Paris (France), ISBN 270840556X, 1999
- Jean Prouvé et Paris, Éditions du Pavillon de l'Arsenal, Picard Editeur, Paris (France), 2000
- L'invention du mur rideau in "L'acier pour construire", September 1999, n. 63
- Jean Prouvé: les maisons de Meudon, Editions de La Villette, Paris (France), ISBN 2903539693, 2003
- L'architecture moderne en France (Tome 1), Editions Picard, Paris (France), ISBN 2708404490, 1997
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 391-393
- A l'école de Prouvé in "L'acier pour construire", January 2001, n. 69
- Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre complète / Complete Works [Volume 4], Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel (Switzerland), ISBN 3764324724, 2007
- Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre complète / Complete Works [Volume 3], Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel (Switzerland), ISBN 376432435X, 2005
- Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre complète / Complete Works [Volume 2], Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel (Switzerland), ISBN 376436002X, 2006
- Jean Prouvé. Oeuvre complète / Complete Works [Volume 1], Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel (Switzerland), ISBN 3764360402, 1999
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1000048 - Date created
05/01/1999 - Last Update
22/07/2014