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Jean Prouvé
Biographical Information
Name: | Jean Prouvé |
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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); |
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, v. 23, n. 5 (May 1958), pp. 204. (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. (1958):
Relevant Websites
Relevant Publications
- L'architecture moderne en France (Tome 1). 1889 - 1940. Editions Picard, Paris (France). (1997):
- 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. (1999):
- L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 391-393. (1997):
- 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. (2018):
- L'invention du mur rideau. In: L'acier pour construire, n. 63 (September 1999), pp. 40-45. (1999):
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1000048 - Date created
05/01/1999 - Last Update
22/07/2014