Émile Aillaud
Émile Aillaud (born January 18, 1902 in Mexico , † December 29, 1988 in Paris ) was a French architect .
Life
After attending school in 1921, Aillaud began studying architecture and fine arts in the studios of Georges Gromort and Louis Arretche and then at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (ENSBA Paris), which he graduated with a diploma in 1928 . He then worked as an architect and created a pavilion for the Paris World Exhibition in 1937 . In the following years he designed buildings for cities such as Creutzwald and Arras , but also large housing estates according to the 1933 Charter of Athens (CIAM) on the so-called "functional city" such as in Bobigny (1954 to 1960), Pantin (1957 to 1964), Forbach (1960 to 1965), Grigny (1964 to 1971) and Chanteloup-les-Vignes (1971 to 1975).
His most famous design was in particular the high-rise ensemble Tours Aillaud named after him and built in 1977 in the La Défense office district in the Paris suburb of Nanterre, as well as the redesign of the Quartier des Halles .
After his death, an exhibition of his sketches and designs took place in Paris from 1989 to 1990 under the title Exposition Emile Aillaud, Oeuvres Graphiques .
His son was the painter , graphic artist and set designer Gilles Aillaud .
Web links
- Literature by and about Émile Aillaud in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Émile Aillaud in the catalog of the German National Library
- Émile Aillaud. In: arch INFORM .
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- Fischer Weltalmanach , 1990, ISBN 3-596-19090-8 , column 1031
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aillaud, Émile |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1988 |
| Place of death | Paris |