Paul Andreu
Paul Andreu (10 July 1938 – 11 October 2018) was a French architect, known for his designs of multiple airports such as Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and multiple prestigious projects in China, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
Paul Andreu
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- Name
- Paul Andreu
- Born
- 10 July 1938
- Birthplace
- Bordeaux, France
- Died
- 11 October 2018
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Education
- Lycée Louis-le-Grand École Polytechnique École des ponts ParisTech
- Occupation
- Architect Civil engineer
- Nationality
- France
- Known for
- Guangzhou Gymnasium · Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport · National Centre for the Performing Arts · Shandong Grand Theater
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Paul Andreu (10 July 1938 – 11 October 2018) was a French architect, known for his designs of multiple airports such as Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and multiple prestigious projects in China, including the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
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Key facts
• Name — Paul Andreu • Born — 10 July 1938 • Birthplace — Bordeaux, France • Died — 11 October 2018 • Place of death — Paris, France • Education — Lycée Louis-le-Grand École Polytechnique École des ponts ParisTech • Occupation — Architect Civil engineer • Illustration — National Grand Theatre, Beijing
Early life and education
Early life and education
Andreu was born at Caudéran (Gironde), in southwest France. He graduated in 1958 from the École Polytechnique and continued his studies at the École des ponts ParisTech, graduating in 1961. He next studied under architect Paul Lamarche in the École des Beaux-Arts, graduating in 1968.
Projects
Projects
Andreu was responsible for the design of numerous airports, including Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila), Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta), Shanghai Pudong International Airport in China, Abu Dhabi International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, Cairo International Airport, Brunei International Airport, and the Charles de Gaulle Airport, and Orly Airport in Paris. • Illustration — Collapsed Terminal 2E, June 2004 He was in charge of planning and constructing Charles de Gaulle Airport (Roissy) in Paris from 1967 on. On 23 May 2004 a portion of Terminal 2E collapsed, killing four people. Terminal 2E, inaugurated in 2003, is the seventh terminal at Roissy by Andreu, and has been described as one of Andreu's boldest designs. The collapse was attributed by the ad hoc administrative enquiry commission to a variety of technical causes and the lack of margins of safety in the design. Andreu blamed the collapse on poor execution by the building companies. Andreu's other projects included the Grande Arche at La Défense in Paris (as associate of Johann Otto von Spreckelsen), Shandong Grand Theater in Jinan and the National Grand Theater of China enclosed in a titanium and glass shell near Beijing's Tiananmen Square which was inaugurated on 22 December 2007. In 2008, Andreu was hired to design a cultural centre and ticket office in Montreal's new Quartier des Spectacles entertainment district.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1938
Paul Andreu was born in 1938.
2018
Paul Andreu died at 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Other activities
In 2011, Andreu became dean emeritus and chair professor of the Architecture Department at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, where he taught three months per year. In 2015 and 2016, he was a member of the Prix Versailles judges panel.
Paul Andreu in 1996
GianAngelo Pistoia
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- 1.Caudéran est une ancienne commune qui fusionne en 1965 avec Bordeaux, et constitue depuis un des huit quartiers officiels du chef-lieu girondin.
- 2.Insee. Acte de décès de Paul René Marcel Andreu. MatchID.
- 3.Benjamin Puech. Décès de l'architecte Paul Andreu, le bâtisseur de Roissy et de la Grande Arche de la Défense. Le Figaro. 2018-10-12. 2018-10-14.
- 4.La Grande Arche, Laurence Cossé, éditions Gallimard, 2016 .
- 5.Anne Pélouas. A Montréal, le "petit" projet de Paul Andreu. Le Monde.fr. 2008-11-03. 2021-09-14.
- 6.Résultats de l'enquête administrative sur le Terminal 2E - L'Usine nouvelle, 15 février 2005.
- 7.L'Opéra de Pékin sur la place de tous les pouvoirs. Les Echos. 2004-02-24.
- 8.« Pékin inaugure son opéra en attendant les Jeux olympiques », Frédéric Edelmann, Le Monde, 21 décembre 2007.
- 9.Marie-Douce Albert. L'architecture de Paul Andreu se déploie. Le Moniteur. 2021-06-25. 2021-09-14.
- 10.Oh les beaux jours - Samuel Beckett, - mise en scène Frederick Wiseman, - theatre-contemporain.net. www.theatre-contemporain.net.
- 11.Paul Andreu (1938-2018), disparition d’un grand architecte français. Giornale dell'Architettura. 2018-10-30.
- 12.Isabelle Paré. Le 2-22 prend finalement vie dans le Quartier des spectacles. Le Devoir.
- 13.New Opera in Jinan / Paul Andreu Architecte. ArchDaily. 2014-02-03.
- 14.A Bordeaux, la Cité municipale a ouvert au public. Le Moniteur. 2014-08-06. 2021-09-14.
- 15.Décret du 26 juillet 1996 portant approbation d'une élection à l'Académie des beaux-arts. www.legifrance.gouv.fr.
- 16.« L’Académie internationale d’architecture décerne ses prix », Jacques-Franck Degioanni, Le Moniteur, 12 décembre 2006
- 17.Paul Andreu. academiedesbeauxarts.fr.
- 18.Paul Andreu. lefigaro.fr. 18 octobre 2018.
- 19.Exposition: Paul Andreu : L'architecte et le peintre. Connaissance des Arts.
- 20.Exposition. Paul Andreu. L'architecture est un art. « Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine ».
- 21.Cannes 2025 : “L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche”, une reconstitution palpitante au casting impeccable. www.telerama.fr. 2025-05-16.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Andreu. Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine. 2024. 978-2-376660-83-5.
- Paul Andreu. Éditions Le Moniteur / Electa. 1990. 978-2-86653-081-5.
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