About Émile Aillaud
Lived 1902 – 1988 (aged 86). Émile Aillaud was a French architect.
Émile Aillaud (; 18 January 1902 – 29 December 1988) was a French architect who was born in Mexico City and died in Paris.
His designs can be found after World War II in France, such as Les Courtilières in Pantin (1955–1956, 1957–1960), Wiesberg at Forbach (1959, 1961 ff.) and La Grande Borne at Grigny (1964–1971), are representative of the attempts to compensate for the uniformity which resulted from extensively industrialized constructional methods (principally heavy construction employing prefabricated reinforced-concrete panels) by adopting more individualizing urban planning strategies.
This is chiefly achieved in the overall arrangement of the building masses, reduced to smooth abstract forms, in curved serpentine compositions;
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Who was Émile Aillaud?
architect (1902–1988)
When was Émile Aillaud born?
Émile Aillaud was born on 18 January 1902 in Mexico City.
When did Émile Aillaud die?
Émile Aillaud died on 29 December 1988 in Paris.
What was Émile Aillaud's occupation?
Émile Aillaud was an architect.
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Émile Aillaud was French.
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