Xavier Arsène-Henry

Xavier Arsène-Henry
Born 10 May 1919
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
Died 19 June 2009
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Occupation Architect, urban planner

Xavier Arsène-Henry (1919-2009) was a French modernist architect and urban planner. He designed many tall residential buildings on the outskirts of French cities.

Nîmes-Ouest-Pissevin, on the southern outskirts of Nîmes.
Valdegour, on the northern outskirts of Nîmes.
La Rouvière on the northern outskirts of Marseille.

Early life

Xavier Arsène-Henry was born on 10 May 1919 in Bordeaux, France.[1][2]

Career

He was a proponent of modern architecture.

In 1960, he designed a church, Église Saint Jean-Marie Vianney, located at 1 Place Mozart on the boulevard Président Wilson in Reims.[3] That same year, he designed three residential tall buildings in Reims: the Tour Berlioz, the Tour Bach, and the Tour Beethoven.[3] He designed similar residential tall buildings in Montereau-Fault-Yonne a year later, in 1961.[4][5]

He designed the Tour Chartis, also known as the Tour AIG, in Courbevoie in 1967.[6] A year later, in 1968, he designed the Centrale à béton in Ivry-sur-Seine.[7] That same year, he designed the masterplans of Bordeaux-Lac on the outskirts of his hometown of Bordeaux.[8]

He designed La Rouvière, a neighbourhood on the northern outskirts of Marseille, in 1969.[3] Four years later, in 1973, he designed the offices of the Corsican subsidiary of BNP Paribas at 475 Avenue du Prado in Marseille.[3]

He designed two buildings in Puteaux: Le Galion in 1982 and Le Minerve in 1984.[3]

He was a Professor at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.[1] He was the recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome.[4]

Death

He died on 19 June 2009 in Paris.[2]

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