Auguste Perret - Work

Work

  • Rue Franklin apartments, Paris, 1902–1904
  • Garage Ponthieu, Paris, 1907
  • Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 1913
  • concrete cathedral in Le Raincy, France, Église Notre-Dame du Raincy, 1923, with stained-glass work by Marie-Alain Couturier
  • the Concert Hall of the École Normale de Musique de Paris, 1929
  • extensions to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1945
  • the City Hall, St. Joseph's Church and further reconstruction of the French city of Le Havre after more than 80,000 inhabitants of that city were left homeless following World War II, 1949–1956
  • the Gare d'Amiens, 1955
  • the villa Aghion, in Alexandria (partial attempt to destroy, 28 August 2009)

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