Jacques Couëlle
Jacques Couëlle (1902–1996) was a French architect, whose work was marked by the movement known as architecture-sculpture.
Also recorded as Jacques Couelle
Jacques Couëlle
- Full name
- Jacques Hippolyte Couëlle.
- Born
- 1902 · Marseille.
- Died
- 1996 · 7th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages
- French
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Jacques Couëlle (1902–1996) was a French architect, whose work was marked by the movement known as architecture-sculpture.
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Jacques Couëlle (1902–1996) was a French architect. Born Jacques Hippolyte Couëlle in Marseille, the architect died in 7th arrondissement of Paris. Jacques Couëlle was a member of Académie des beaux-arts. Languages used include French.
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Couëlle was a self-taught architect. Uncategorised, he remains on the margins of major movements in architecture and in particular the Modernist movement. His architecture, with its sculptural forms of concrete designed and carved, evokes the movement of architecture-sculpture born after the war. Couelle was nicknamed "the architect of billionaires". In 1946, Couëlle founded "the Research Centre of natural structures". An eccentric character, he was a friend of Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. He worked together with his son Savin Jacques Couëlle (1929–2020). For his artistic merits, Couëlle was awarded the Legion of Honour at the French Academy.
Achievements
Achievements
• Bastide Saint-François (1925–1936) in the Alpes-Maritimes • Villa Goupil in Chevreuse (78) • Village Castellarras-le-Vieux (1955–1963) on the Côte d'Azur • Hotel Cala di Volpe (1962) in Sardinia • The House stones at Louveciennes (1994) • Villa Super, Cannes
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1902
Jacques Couëlle born at Marseille.
1996
Jacques Couëlle died at 7th arrondissement of Paris.
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Marseille.
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- Jacques Couëlle : quand l’architecture se révèlesculpture, Labyrinthe, 2002
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3158600: Jacques Couëlle
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- “Jacques Couëlle”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.The versatility of concrete allows for creativity and individualism adopted from an article by George Perkin. Reprinted courtesy of CONCRETE QUARTERLY, Cement and Concrete Association, 52 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW 1, England
- 2.Maison " Les pierres levées " Jacques Couëlle Louveciennes (78).
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Michel Ragon, "Jacques Couëlle,inCimaise, No. 103, August–October 1971.
- Luigi Gilbert Couëlle Jacques:architectural brackets, Brussels, Peter Mardaga, 1982.
- Luigi Gilbert,Jacques Couëlle: live elsewhere now,the catalog of the exhibition at the Pompidou Center, Paris: Center Georges Pompidou, 1988.
- "Jacques Couëlle, (AMC), No. 69, March 1996, p. 18-19.
- Frances Arnold, "Jacques Couëlle: houses carved in stone, Architecture Movement Continuity (AMC), No. 77, February 1997, pp. 56–59.
- Jacques-Couelle Castellaras-le-Vieux houses landscape a 52-minute documentary by Patricia Civel and Jerome Sadler.
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Jacques Couëlle was recorded at birth as Jacques Hippolyte Couëlle. The authorities additionally record the heading Jacques Couelle. His recorded language was French.
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