Bertrand Lemoine

Bertrand Lemoine (born May 12, 1951 in Beirut ) is a French architect, engineer and publicist. He is director of the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette and, since February 10, 2010, director of the international workshop in the greater Paris area.

Life

Lemoine is a graduate of the École polytechnique and the École des Ponts ParisTech School of Civil Engineering . A trained architect and engineer, he holds a PhD in history from the University of Paris III .

Lemoine specializes in architectural history, history of iron and metal structures of the 19th and 20th centuries. He was editor of the magazine AMC-Le Moniteur Architektur und Acier pour construire and editor-in-chief of the magazine Architecture Acier Construction . He is currently a member of the Academy of Architecture. As a professor at the Center national de la recherche scientifique , he taught the history of construction at the École d'architecture de la ville et des territoires in Marne-la-Vallée . Since 2010 he has been the director of the international workshop in the greater Paris area.

As a publicist, Lemoine has written over 40 books and 400 articles in the field of engineering history, architecture and urban development, including books on Gustave Eiffel and his buildings. He has also curated numerous exhibitions.

Publications (selection)

As an author

• The Eiffel Tower. Gustave Eiffel: La Tour de 300 Mèters. Taschen Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-8365-0903-9 .
• Découvertes Gallimard (n ° 465): Construire, équiper, aménager: La France de ponts en chaussées , Gallimard 2004, ISBN 978-2-07-031655-7 .
• La Tour de Monsieur Eiffel , Découvertes Gallimard series (n ° 62), Gallimard 1989, Paris (France), ISBN 978-2-07-053083-0 .
• The fantastic story of the Eiffel Tower , Éditions Ouest-France 1998, ISBN 978-2-7373-2238-9 .

As a co-author

• Paris en Ile-de-France, histoires communes , Editions A&J Picard 2006, ISBN 978-2-7084-0785-5 .

Awards

• 1987: Prix Rhône-Alpes du Livre
• 1992: Silver Medal from the City of Paris
• 2000: Publication medal of the Académie d'architecture
• 2011: Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Web links

• Web presence of Bertrand Lemoine (French)
• Biographical summary of Bertrand Lemoine (French)
• Interview with Bertrand Lemoine - video contribution
• Grand Paris: Bertrand Lemoine propose de construire la ville sur la ville

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Description of Bertrand Lemoine ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 231 kB), accessed on November 26, 2012