Gérard Grandval (7 October 1930 – 2 December 2021) was a French architect.[1] He received the Prix de Rome[2] and was a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres[3] and notably designed the Choux de Créteil.[4][5]
Gérard Grandval | |
|---|---|
 Grandval in 1975 | |
| Born | 7 October 1930 |
| Died | 2 December 2021 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Architect |
Biography edit
Grandval studied at the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly and at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, where he was an apprentice of Emmanuel Pontremoli and André Leconte.[3] He received the Prix Rougevin in 1957 and 1958 and the Prix Edmond-Laberre in 1958.[6]
He began his career as an architect in 1959. He headed the directorate of architecture at the Ministry of Culture from 1967 to 1972 and led an urban planning workshop held in Niort from 1966 to 1970.[7] He worked for a long time in Algeria and also served as a member of the Commission régionale des affaires immobilières et d'architecture de Paris et de la région parisienne.[3] He served as vice-president of the Académie d'architecture from 1999 to 2001.[8][9][10] He also headed the jurors' panel for the academy's Prix du Livre d'architecture.[11]
Grandval died on 2 December 2021, at the age of 91.[12]
References edit
- ^ "Disparition de Gérard Grandval". Le Moniteur (in French). 7 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Les Grands Prix de Rome de 1864 à 1967". Grande Masse des Beaux-Arts (in French).
- ^ a b c "Biographie Gérard Grandval". Who's Who in France (in French).
- ^ "" Ces tours ont marqué les esprits "". Le Parisien (in French). Créteil. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "A Créteil, les Choux tiennent le coup". Les Echos (in French). 5 November 1998. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Grandval, Gérard". AGORHA (in French).
- ^ "Les Choux de Créteil". Architectuul.
- ^ "Académiciens". Académie d'Architecture (in French).
- ^ "ACADEMIE D'ARCHITECTURE Nouveau bureau". Le Moniteur (in French). 7 June 2006. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "La ville introuvable". Le Moniteur (in French). 16 February 2001. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Le Prix du Livre de l'académie d'architecture récompense Jean-Louis Cohen". Le Moniteur (in French). 22 October 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ Benjebria, Laurine (7 December 2021). "L'architecte qui avait créé les "Choux" de Créteil, Gérard Grandval, est mort". France Bleu (in French). Créteil. Retrieved 10 December 2021.