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Jean Prouvé

1901 - 1984

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Jean Prouvé (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ pʁuve]; 8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring manufacturing technology from industry to architecture, without losing aesthetic qualities. His design skills were not limited to one discipline. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Prouvé is the 222nd most popular architect (up from 227th in 2019), the 2,526th most popular biography from France (up from 2,528th in 2019) and the 30th most popular French Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jean Prouvé ranks 222 out of 518. Before him are François Blondel, Pierre Jeanneret, Ferdinand Fellner, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Friedrich von Schmidt, and Josep Lluís Sert. After him are Imre Steindl, Hermogenes of Priene, Nicholas Negroponte, Vittorio Gregotti, Shigeru Ban, and Adrian Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Jean Prouvé ranks 115. Before him are Chen Yi, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Michel Leiris, Maxwell D. Taylor, Nina Berberova, and Fred Uhlman. After him are Otto Wächter, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Robert J. Van de Graaff, Wolfgang Schmieder, Karl-August Fagerholm, and Ed Sullivan. Among people deceased in 1984, Jean Prouvé ranks 83. Before him are Trygve Bratteli, Rodrigo Lara, Nodar Dumbadze, George Gallup, Faina Ranevskaya, and Ken Carpenter. After him are Christa Schroeder, Aurelio Peccei, Richard Brautigan, William Powell, Vladimir Chelomey, and Richard Basehart.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Prouvé ranks 2,526 out of 6,770. Before him are Benjamin Péret (1899), Louis de Jaucourt (1704), Jean Wahl (1888), Marius Jacob (1879), Catherine of Burgundy (1378), and Renaud de Vichiers (1198). After him are Legall de Kermeur (1702), Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau (1846), Jacques Doriot (1898), Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon (1676), Jérôme Eugène Coggia (1849), and Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Jean Prouvé ranks 30. Before him are Paul Andreu (1938), Jacques Lemercier (1585), Quatremère de Quincy (1755), Matthias of Arras (1290), Robert de Cotte (1656), and François Blondel (1618). After him are Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816), Henri Labrouste (1801), Édouard André (1840), Tony Garnier (1869), Charles Percier (1764), and Salomon de Brosse (1571).

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