Henry Eugène Pottier (21 February 1912 – 7 September 2000), often erroneously written as Henri Pottier, was a French
architect
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. A disciple of
Victor Laloux
Victor Alexandre Frederic Laloux (15 November 1850 – 13 July 1937) was a French Beaux-Arts architect and teacher.
Life
Born in Tours, Laloux studied at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts ''atelier'' of Louis-Jules André, with his studies i ...
, he won a Prix de Rome in 1944.
As it was customary to fill the position of Architecte en chef des bâtiments civils et palais nationaux (English: Chief Architect of Civilian Buildings and National Palaces) from among recipients of the award, Pottier ascended to the function in 1968.
An adherent to the
Athens Charter
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, he is perhaps best known to the general public as the chief architect of the
Front de Seine
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, a major 1970s redevelopment in the
15th arrondissement
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Mathematics
15 is:
* A composite number, and the sixth semiprime; its proper divisors being , and .
* A deficient number, a smooth number, a lucky number, a pernicious num ...
of
Paris
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, and several entertainment facilities in the
Principality of Monaco
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, for whose government he was a consulting architect. He designed many public buildings, first in his native
Eure
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Yamoussoukro
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,
Côte d'Ivoire
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Clamart
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The town is divided into two parts, separated by a forest: ''bas Clamart'', the historical centre, and ''petit Clamart'' with urbaniz ...
Colombes
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Name
The name Colombes comes from Latin ''columna'' (Old French ''colombe'') ...
Colombes
Colombes () is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. In 2019, Colombes was the 53rd largest city in France.
Name
The name Colombes comes from Latin ''columna'' (Old French ''colombe'') ...
Auditorium Maurice-Ravel
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,
Lyon
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, France
*
École Polytechnique
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* an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée)
* École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France
* École, Savoi ...
Embassy of Germany, Paris
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There are also Consulates-General in Bor ...
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
Courbevoie
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Higher Institute of Mining, Industry and Geology
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