Henri Ciriani
Enrique Ciriani (December 30, 1936 – October 3, 2025) was a Peruvian architect and teacher. Ciriani was born and worked in Lima, Peru before moving to Paris in 1964. He worked on modernist experimental living projects in the 1960s and 1970s, such as the San Felipe housing complex in Lima, and in 1980 on the Noisy II housing plan for Marne-la-Vallée.
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Henri Ciriani
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- Name
- Enrique Ciriani
- Born
- 30 December 1936
- Birthplace
- Lima, Peru
- Died
- 3 October 2025
- Full name
- Enrique Eduardo Ciriani Suito.
- Nationality
- Peru and France.
- Occupation
- architect and university teacher.
- Education
- National University of Engineering.
- Honours
- Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Grand prix national de l'architecture, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France.
- Languages
- Spanish and French.
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He also designed the St. Antoine Hospital kitchen building in Paris in 1985, the Museum of the Great War in Peronne in 1992, and the Archaeological Museum in Arles in 1993. Ciriani died on October 3, 2025, at the age of 88.
Henri Ciriani studied at National University of Engineering. Michel Kagan is recorded as having studied under Henri Ciriani. The recorded working language is Spanish and French. Employment is recorded with Beaux-Arts de Paris. Distinctions recorded are Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Grand prix national de l'architecture and Knight of the Legion of Honour.
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• Name — Enrique Ciriani • Born — 30 December 1936 • Birthplace — Lima, Peru • Died — 3 October 2025
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Henri Ciriani is recorded as having received Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Grand prix national de l'architecture.
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1936
Henri Ciriani born at Lima.
2025
Henri Ciriani died at Montereau-Fault-Yonne.
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Lima.
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Montereau-Fault-Yonne.
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scholarly publication
- Henri Ciriani dans le champ de l'Histoire : d'une morale architecturale à l'esthétique du quotidien
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- Henri Ciriani: The Last of the Modernists, 2025
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2025
- Une élite moderne pour l'architecture. Henri Ciriani et les siens
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1605781: Henri Ciriani
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- “Henri Ciriani”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Entrevista a Enrique Ciriani sobre la Residencial San Felipe in https://arquitecturaperuana.blogspot.com/2009/06/entrevista-enrique-ciriani-peru-21.html. (Entry retrieved Feb. 10, 2012)
- 2.Rattenbury, Kester. Architects of Today. Laurence King. 38–39. 2004. 978-1-85669-492-6.
- 3.Le Moniteur. Disparition : Henri Ciriani, architecte charismatique et clivant. 3 October 2025.
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scholarly publication
Henri Ciriani dans le champ de l'Histoire : d'une morale architecturale à l'esthétique du quotidienCrossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Henri Ciriani: The Last of the Modernists, 2025Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Une élite moderne pour l'architecture. Henri Ciriani et les siensCrossref registry
Institutional witnessreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q1605781: Henri CirianiWikimedia Foundation
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Henri Ciriani was recorded at birth as Enrique Eduardo Ciriani Suito. The authorities additionally record the heading Enrique Ciriani. His recorded languages were Spanish and French. Formation and teaching. Ciriani studied at National University of Engineering. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Ciriani received Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Grand prix national de l'architecture, Knight of the Legion of Honour and Prix de l'Académie d'Architecture de France.
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