Gérard Grandval
Gérard Grandval (7 October 1930 – 2 December 2021) was a French architect. He received the Prix de Rome and was a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and notably designed the Choux de Créteil.
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- Name
- Gérard Grandval
- Born
- 7 October 1930
- Birthplace
- 16th arrondissement of Paris, France
- Died
- 2 December 2021
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- France
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris · Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
- Teachers
- Emmanuel Pontremoli · André Leconte
- Honours
- Prix de Rome · Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- Languages
- French
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Gérard Grandval (7 October 1930 – 2 December 2021) was a French architect. He received the Prix de Rome and was a Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and notably designed the Choux de Créteil.
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• Name — Gérard Grandval • Born — 7 October 1930 • Birthplace — 16th arrondissement of Paris, France • Died — 2 December 2021 • Occupation — Architect
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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. He received the Prix Rougevin in 1957 and 1958 and the Prix Edmond-Laberre in 1958. 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. 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. He served as vice-president of the Académie d'architecture from 1999 to 2001. He also headed the jurors' panel for the academy's Prix du Livre d'architecture. Grandval died on 2 December 2021, at the age of 91.
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Gérard Grandval is recorded as having received Prix de Rome and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
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1930
Gérard Grandval was born in 1930 at 16th arrondissement of Paris.
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Gérard Grandval died in 2021 at 15th arrondissement of Paris.
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Gérard Grandval studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris and Lycée Janson-de-Sailly. He trained under Emmanuel Pontremoli and André Leconte.
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