André Wogenscky (3 June 1916 – 5 August 2004) was a French Modernist architect and member of the

Académie des Beaux-Arts The (; ) is a French learned society based in Paris. It is one of the five academies of the . The current president of the academy (2021) is Alain-Charles Perrot, a French architect. Background The academy was created in 1816 in Paris as a me ...

. He was the designer of the Holiday Inn Beirut, which was damaged during the

Lebanese Civil War The Lebanese Civil War ( ) was a multifaceted armed conflict that took place from 1975 to 1990. It resulted in an estimated 150,000 fatalities and led to the exodus of almost one million people from Lebanon. The religious diversity of the ...

and which remains in a dilapidated state.

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20th-century French architects Modernist architects from France 1916 births 2004 deaths People from Remiremont Members of the Académie des beaux-arts École des Beaux-Arts alumni {{France-architect-stub