Paul Charles Auguste Herbé (15 October 1903 - 25 August 1963) was a French

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Early years

Paul Charles Augustus Herbé was born in Reims on 15 October 1903, son of Edmond Herbé and brother of Jacques Herbé, also architects. He studied under

Emmanuel Pontremoli Emmanuel Pontremoli (13 January 1865 – 25 July 1956) was a French architect and archaeologist. Biography Pontremonli was born in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, to a Jewish family from Piedmont; he studied in the ''atelier'' of Louis-Jules André. ...

at the

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in Paris. He gained his certificate as an architect and town planner in 1934.

Career

Herbé's first significant project as an independent architect was in 1933 when he and Robert Camelot he won the design competition for a girls' school in Beaune, France. He won second prize in a competition for the Exhibition of 1937 in

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, Paris, with Robert Auzelle, Robert Camelot, Jean de Mailly and

Bernard Zehrfuss Bernard Louis Zehrfuss (Angers, 20 October 1911 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, 3 July 1996) was a French architect. Life He was born at Angers, into a family that had fled from the Alsace in 1870 after the Franco-Prussian War. Zehrfuss's father was kil ...

. He and Camelot designed the Ceramics pavilion for this fair. During

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Herbé moved to Tunisia, where in 1943 he collaborated with

. From 1945 he was the chief consulting architect in the Tunisian government's department of architecture and town planning, headed by Bernard Zehrfuss, where he directed reconstruction work in keeping with traditional architectural styles. He later worked with Michael Patout for two years at Sidi-Bou-Said in Tunisia. In 1948 he and Patout created the Villa Kagan-Renaud at Sidi-Bou-Said. After

he built a mock Roman Villa in

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, Tunisia, which he built for a wealthy farmer. In 1948 Herbé was appointed the city planner for Sudan and Niger. Working with

Jean Le Couteur John Le Couteur (10 June 1916 – 30 May 2010) was a notable French architect, a long-time associate of Paul Herbé. Early years Le Couteur was born in Brest, Brittany, on 10 June 1916, the son of a naval doctor. He had a talent for drawing an ...

, with whom he continued to be associated until his death, he worked on projects such as Bamako and Niamey (1949-1950), Villeneuve-la-Garenne (1949-1950), a college in Dakar (1951). After returning to France in 1951 he became chief architect of the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism. Herbé was the main architect for the exhibition center of Lille in 1951, with

Jean Prouvé Jean Prouvé (; 8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) was a French metal worker, self-taught architect and designer. Le Corbusier designated Prouvé a constructeur, blending architecture and engineering. Prouvé's main achievement was transferring m ...

. With Jean Le Couteur he was responsible for the hospital at Fort Lamy in Chad (1953) and the Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger of Algiers (1955-1961). Herbé was responsible for several groups of housing in Bagneux, Massy, Louveciennes, Sevran and Ermont. He was one of the authors of the first development plan for

, in Paris, submitted in 1958. He succeeded

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 ...

as a studio head at the National School of Fine Arts. The studio headed by Herbé and Edouard Albert was one of the more progressive of those at the Beaux-Arts, and it was there that

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and

Antoine Stinco Antoine Stinco (9 January 1934 – 14 February 2023) was a French architect who specialized in the construction and renovation of museums and exhibition rooms. Early years Stinco was born in Tunis, Tunisia, and studied at the École nationale ...

of "pneumatique" fame were taught in the early 1960s. He was also a member of the UAM.

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