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Dominique Perrault

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Dominique Perrault (born 9 April 1953 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French architect and urban planner. He became world known for the design of the French National Library, distinguished with the Silver medal for town planning in 1992 and the Mies van der Rohe Prize in 1996. In 2010 he was awarded the gold medal by the French Academy of Architecture for all his work. He was named as the 2015 Praemium Imperiale Laureate for Architecture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dominique Perrault is the 337th most popular architect (down from 316th in 2019), the 3,710th most popular biography from France (down from 3,462nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Dominique Perrault ranks 337 out of 518. Before him are Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Marcello Piacentini, Camillo Boito, Christoph Dientzenhofer, Bruno Zevi, and Joseph Bové. After him are Willem Marinus Dudok, Girolamo Cassar, Michael Graves, Francesco Sabatini, Vannoccio Biringuccio, and Frederick Law Olmsted.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Dominique Perrault ranks 230. Before him are Anna Thomson, Barry Sonnenfeld, Adel Safar, Russell Mulcahy, Georgina Rizk, and Michael Curry. After him are Robert Parish, Karen Bass, Gideon Levy, James Russo, Pavel Vinogradov, and Yoko Shimada.

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In France

Among people born in France, Dominique Perrault ranks 3,710 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippe Alliot (1954), Lowell Weicker (1931), Robert Cambert (1628), Tony Robert-Fleury (1837), Philippe de Villiers (1949), and François Buzot (1760). After him are Theo Hernandez (1997), Jean Nicolas (1913), Alfred Grandidier (1836), Gaspard Ulliel (1984), Georges Marchal (1920), and Léon Gaumont (1864).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Dominique Perrault ranks 39. Before him are Édouard André (1840), Tony Garnier (1869), Charles Percier (1764), Salomon de Brosse (1571), Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762), and Libéral Bruant (1636). After him are Victor Laloux (1850), Alberto Palacio (1856), Victor Baltard (1805), Auguste de Montferrand (1786), Daniel Marot (1661), and Victor Louis (1731).

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