About André Gutton
Lived 1904 – 2002 (aged 98). André Gutton was a French architect, urban planner and art historian.
André Gutton (8 January 1904 – 10 November 2002) was a French architect.
Gutton became employed by the French government in 1927 as a town planner, and was successively chief architect of civil buildings and palaces in 1936. He served as chief architect of the Institute of France during 1943–1969, and after World War II he was employed in Aleppo, Syria, in which he redesigned part of the city and in 1952 had a number of roads widened to allow easier passage for modern traffic. He was chief architect of the Paris Opera (1950–1954), and a professor at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (1949–1958) and at the Institute of Urban Planning at the University of Paris (1944–1952).
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Who was André Gutton?
French architect (1904–2002)
When was André Gutton born?
André Gutton was born on 8 January 1904 in Fontenay-sous-Bois.
When did André Gutton die?
André Gutton died on 10 November 2002 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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André Gutton was an architect, urban planner and art historian.
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André Gutton was French.
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