Gérard Thurnauer (September 24, 1926 – December 22, 2014) was a French architect and a founding member of the Atelier de Montrouge, an architectural and urban planning studio.

Biography

Gérard Thurnauer was born in Paris to a Jewish father and a pastor's daughter. At age 15, he joined the French resistance. He studied at the

École des Beaux-arts de Paris The (), formally the (), is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level fine arts education and training. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences et Lettres University, is located on two sites: Saint-G ...

and received the ''prix du meilleur diplôme'' from his alma mater alongside Pierre Riboulet and Jean-Louis Véret in 1952.

Atelier de Montrouge

In 1958, Gérard Thurnauer founded the Atelier de Montrouge with Jean Renaudie, Pierre Riboulet and Jean-Louis Véret, whom he met during his studies at the École des Beaux-arts de Paris. Together, they were awarded the 1981 '' Grand prix national de l'architecture'' by the French Ministry of Culture. The Atelier de Montrouge was dissolved the same year.

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20th-century French architects French urban planners 1926 births 2014 deaths Architects from Paris {{France-architect-stub