Marion Tournon-Branly (23 September 1924 – 15 May 2016) was a French

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

. She was born in Paris to architect Paul Tournon and painter Élisabeth Branly (daughter of Edouard Branly). After studying at the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Scienc ...

, she collaborated with her father and with

Auguste Perret Auguste Perret (12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced concrete. His major works include the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the first Art Deco building in Paris; the C ...

. She designed villas, elementary schools, buildings for the Fleury Abbey and the modern church of the Fontenelle Abbey.''Le Don de l'architecture. Paul Tournon, Marion Tournon-Branly'', French National Archives, Fontainebleau, 2013 (exhibition booklet)

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