(Pierre François) Henri Labrouste (11 May1801–24 June1875) was a Frencharchitect from the famous École des Beaux Arts school of architecture. He was noted for his use of iron frame construction. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 308 KB)From fr: taken by Pol in August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 308 KB)From fr: taken by Pol in August 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... June 24 is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 190 days remaining. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect/Building designer is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... École des Beaux Arts refers to several art schools in France. ...
Labrouste was born in Paris. He died in Fontainebleau. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Location within France Fontainebleau is a city and commune in central France. ...
Henri Labrouste[ANrE´ lAbrOOst´] Pronunciation Key, 1801–75, French architect.
He was among the first to make effective architectural use of metal construction, as in his treatment of the reading room of the BibliothEque Ste GeneviEve (1843–50), Paris, in which the ceiling domes were supported upon an exposed iron framework.
Labrouste also made extensive alterations on the BibliothEque nationale.
Labrouste was one of the most significant exponents of this trend at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and went as far as to oppose architecture expressing the qualities of the materials and the methods used for its construction to the Academic idea of abstract composition.
Considering this and Labrouste’s practical ideas stated in the Paestum temples restoration regarding the need to adapt architecture to purpose, location, and climate, it is obvious that the analysis of the bridge project must relate to the function of passage.
Labrouste’s project Pont destiné à réunir la France à l’Italie is analysed in depth as a fifth year envoi by Neil Levine in ’The Romantic Idea of Architectural Legibility: HenriLabrouste and the Neo-Grec’, Drexler, A. (ed.), The Architecture of the École des Beaux-Arts, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977, pp.
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