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  2. Henri Labrouste - Wikipedia

    • Pierre-François-Henri Labrouste (11 May 1801 – 24 June 1875) was a French architect from the famous École des Beaux-Arts school of architecture. After a six-year stay in Rome, Labrouste established an architectural training workshop, which soon became known for rationalism. He became noted for his use of iron-frame construction and was one of the first to rea… See more

    Born11 May 1801 · Paris
    Died24 June 1875 (aged 74) · Fontainebleau
    OccupationArchitect
    Biography

    Born in Paris, Labrouste was one of five children of François-Marie-Alexandre Labrouste [fr], a lawyer and politician from Bordeaux and Anne-Dominique Gourg (1764-1851), daughter and granddaughter of cognac … See more

    Stay in Rome

    Receiving a pension or stipend from the French government for five years, he and the other Académie française laureates stayed in the Medici Villa in Rome. The directors of the Académie stated in correspond… See more

     
  1. Henri Labrouste | Neoclassical, Structural Iron, Reading …

    Learn about Henri Labrouste, who won the Prix de Rome in 1824 and designed two Parisian libraries with exposed iron structural elements. The article covers his life, works, and legacy in the field of architecture.

  2. Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Life - ArchDaily

  3. Henri Labrouste’s “Precision and Liberty” - MoMA

    May 8, 2013 · Learn about the influential French architect Henri Labrouste (1801–1875), who combined classical culture and bold innovation in his library designs. Explore his drawings, photographs, and legacy in the first US …

  4. Redressing the balance: Henri Labrouste - The …

    Nov 23, 2012 · Labrouste’s oeuvre of libraries and pioneering iron constructions gets a long-overdue revisit in a new Parisian exhibition, later travelling to MoMA, NYC. Henri Labrouste (1801-75) was perhaps one of the 19th century’s most …

  5. Saint Genevieve Library - Arch Journey

    Labrouste | 1850. 10 Place du Panthéon, Paris 75005, France. "One of the greatest cultural buildings of the nineteenth century to use iron in a prominent, visible way was unquestionably the Bibliotheque Ste.-Genevieve in Paris, …

  6. Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light - MoMA

    Mar 10, 2013 · Labrouste made an invaluable impact on 19th-century architecture through his exploration of new paradigms of space, materials, and luminosity in places of great public assembly.

  7. Lighting up architecture: The brilliant legacy of Henri …

    You may never have heard of the architect Henri Labrouste (French, 1801–75), I certainly hadn't, but his influence on 19th- and 20th-century architects and the way civic space, and that of libraries in particular, is conceived has been …

  8. Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light

    Apr 4, 2014 · A celebrated protagonist of nineteenth-century French architecture, Henri Labrouste (1801–1875) has been rigorously reappraised by subsequent generations of architects and architectural historians.