Henri Labrouste

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Henri Labrouste

Portrait photograph of Labrouste in profile.

Born

11 May 1801

Paris

Died

24 June 1875 (aged 74)

Resting place

Fontainebleau

Nationality

French

Occupation

Architect

Known for

cole des Beaux Arts

Pierre Franois Henri Labrouste (French

pronunciation: [pj f

swa

) (11 May 1801 24 June 1875) was a Frencharchitect from the famous cole des Beaux Arts school

of architecture. After a six year stay in Rome, Labrouste opened an architectural training workshop, which quickly became the center of the Rationalist view. He was noted for his use of iron
frame construction, and was one of the first to realize the importance of its use.

Sainte-Genevive library in Paris.

[edit]Biography

Born in Paris, Labrouste entered Collge Sainte-Barbe as a student in 1809. He was then admitted to the second class in the Royal School of Beaux Arts to the Lebas-Vaudoyer workshop in
1819. In 1820, he was promoted to the first class. Competing for the Grand Prix, Labrouste took second place behind the Palais de Justice by Guillaume-Abel Blouetin 1821. In 1823 he won
the departmental prize, and worked as a lieutenant-inspector (sous-inspecteur) under the direction of tienne-Hippolyte Godde during the construction of Saint-Pierre-du-Gros-Caillou. 1824
was a turning point in Labrouste's life, as he won the competition with a design of a Supreme Court of Appeals. In November he left Paris for Italy, visiting Turin, Milan, Lodi, Piacenza, Parma,
Modena, Bologna, Florence and Arezzo.

[edit]Stay

in Rome

Receiving a pension or stipend from the French government for five years, the laureates stayed in the Medici Villa. The Directors of the French Academy at Rome said in correspondence about
the laureates that in their studies of Anitiquity they "must research the laws of proportion and reduce them to formulas to be used by masters and students in Paris."[1]

His buildings include:

Bibliothque Sainte-Genevive, built between 1843 and 1850 in Paris.

The Reading Room of the Bibliothque Nationale de France in Rue Richelieu, Paris and built between 1862 and 1868.

[edit]References

1.

^ Correspondance des directeurs de lAcadmie de France Rome, tome 1, p.28

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