Paul Tournon
| Paul Tournon | |
|---|---|
| Born |
19 February 1881 Marseille |
| Died |
22 December 1964 (aged 83) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | second Prix de Rome (1911), member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts (1942) |
| Buildings | Casablanca Cathedral, Église du Saint-Esprit in Paris, Notre-Dame-des-Missions in Épinay-sur-Seine |
Paul Tournon (b. 19 February 1881 - 22 December 1964) was a French architect. He was born in Marseille and died in Paris.
He was an architect in chief of many French civil buildings and national palaces, and a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
He is known for his reinforced concrete religious buildings such as the Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus in Élisabethville (Yvelines), with extensive sculptural work by sculptor Carlo Sarrabezolles. Also, Tournon designed the Église du Saint-Esprit in Paris, Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur in Casablanca and several churches in Morocco.
Tournon was the son-in-law of Édouard Branly, the husband of Élisabeth Branly, painter, and the father of two girls, Florence Tournon-Branly, author of stained glasses, and Marion Tournon-Branly, architect and professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the Fontainebleau Schools.
References and notes
Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article, accessed February 14, 2007.