Henri Gaudin (25 September 1933 – 5 March 2021) was a French architect.

Early life

Henri Gaudin was born on 25 September 1933 in Paris, and he grew up in

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was his cousin. Gaudin graduated from the

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Career

Gaudin designed the nursery and primary schools in

Souppes-sur-Loing Souppes-sur-Loing (, literally ''Souppes on Loing'') is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department at the southern edge of the Île-de-France region in north-central France. The town of Souppes-sur-Loing has 5,390 inhabitants (2017),

with Charles Maj in 1970. In 1980, he designed buildings in

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and

Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines () is a new town and an agglomeration community in the French department of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles (new towns) of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to ...

. With his son

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, Gaudin renovated the

Stade Sébastien Charléty Stade Sébastien-Charléty (; ), also known as Stade Charléty or Charléty, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. Comprising a running track and a football field, the stadium is a 20,000-seat state ...

in Paris. They also redesigned the

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in 2001. Gaudin became a professor of architecture at the

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in 1987. Gaudin turned down the

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in 1988. However, he accepted the 1994

Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent The Prix d'architecture de l'Équerre d'argent (The Silver T-square Prize) is a French architecture award. This prize was launched in 1960 by "Architecture Française" magazine and its director Michel Bourdeau. It is given annually by Le Moniteu ...

, which he was awarded with his son Bruno for their design of the Stade Sébastien Charléty.

Personal life

Gaudin resided in

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. He died on 5 March 2021 at the age of 87.Henri Gaudin, architecte du stade Charléty de Paris, est décédé

Works

*''La cabane et le labyrinthe'' (éditions Mardaga, 1984) *''Seuil et d'ailleurs'' (éditions du demi-cercle, 1992) *''Naissance d'une forme'' (éditions Norma, 2001) *''Considérations sur l'espace'' (éditions du Rocher, 2003) *''Hors les murs'' (éditions Nicolas Chaudun, 2012)

References

2021 deaths 1933 births Architects from Paris École des Beaux-Arts alumni 20th-century French architects 21st-century French architects {{France-architect-stub