Maurice Novarina (June 28, 1907 - September 28, 2002) was a French architect; born in
Thonon-les-Bains
Thonon-les-Bains (; frp, Tonon), often simply referred to as Thonon, is a subprefecture of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France. In 2018, the commune had a population of 35,241. Thonon-les-Bains is ...
, in
Haute-Savoie, he died in the town of his birth.
He is best known for having designed the church of
Notre-Dame de Toute Grâce du Plateau d'Assy
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. He was a student of the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
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, and later became an engineer of public works. Elected to the
Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1979, he was succeeded by
Aymeric Zublena in 2008.
Novarina had two sons;
Patrice Novarina became an architect, while
Valère Novarina
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is a writer.
1907 births
2002 deaths
People from Thonon-les-Bains
20th-century French architects
Members of the Académie des beaux-arts
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