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1901
\n<\/strong>Jean Prouv\u00e9 was born in Paris on April 8th into a family of artists: Victor Prouv\u00e9, his father, is a painter and Marie Duhamel, his mother, a pianist. He is the second of seven children. In Nancy in 1904, Victor Prouv\u00e9 succeeds Emile Gall\u00e9 as president of the \u201c \u00c9cole de Nancy \u201d Art Nouveau movement, and later becomes director of the \u00c9cole des beaux-arts. <\/p>\n

1916-1921
\n<\/strong>The learning years<\/p>\n

1916-1919
\n<\/strong>Learns wrought iron skills in the Enghien workshop of sculptor-ironworker Emile Robert, a friend of his father. In 1917 he begins making his own wrought iron pieces: a garden gate for the painter Victor Guillaume and a base for a vase made by his godfather Emile Gall\u00e9. <\/p>\n

1919-1921
\n<\/strong>Trains under the wrought-iron craftsman Szabo in Paris, learning modern metalworking and welding techniques.<\/p>\n

1921-1923
\n<\/strong>Military service in the cavalry. Shows his wrought-iron work in exhibitions at the \u00c9cole des beaux-arts in Nancy. <\/p>\n

1924-1931
\n<\/strong>First workshop, Rue du G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Custine, Nancy : \u201c Jean Prouv\u00e9, wrought iron craftsman \u201d<\/p>\n

1924
\n<\/strong>Marries Madeleine Schott, one of his father\u2019s students at the fine arts school. They will have five children. Numerous projects in Lorraine: gates, railings, chandeliers, etc. <\/p>\n

1925
\n<\/strong>Exposition internationale des Arts d\u00e9coratifs, Paris (International Exhibition of Decorative Arts). Crucial contact with modernism, sparking his interest in sheet metal, stainless steel and advances in welding techniques. <\/p>\n

1926
\n<\/strong>Member of the Comit\u00e9 Nancy-Paris, an avant-garde group founded by Georges Sadoul. Glass roof, banisters, balusters, furniture and light fittings for the Palais de la Bi\u00e8re, Nancy. <\/p>\n

1927
\n<\/strong>Gate for the Reifenberg House in Paris (Robert Mallet-Stevens, architect).<\/p>\n

1928
\n<\/strong>First bent sheet metal elevator cars. His light fittings are produced and marketed by the DIM Gallery. <\/p>\n

1929
\n<\/strong>Founding member of the Union des artistes modernes (UAM). First furniture: adjustable reclining armchair, pedestal table with rubber top, folding reclining chairs. First patents taken out in the name Jean Prouv\u00e9: movable partitions, metal doors, sash windows. Numerous metal items for the building industry: banisters, sash windows, movable indoor partitions, bent sheet metal elevator shafts, notably for the H\u00f4tel de l\u2019Hermitage in Vittel (designed by F. C\u00e9sar), for which he also creates furniture. Glass facade for the Marbeuf garage in Paris, (A. Laprade and L. Bazin, architects). <\/p>\n

1930
\n<\/strong>Takes part in the first UAM exhibition, notably showing his furniture. Numerous items for the Grange-Blanche hospital in Lyon (T. Garnier, architect). Furniture design competition for the Cit\u00e9 universitaire in Nancy (bed, bookshelves, desk, chair, armchair). <\/p>\n

January 1931 – january 1956
\n<\/strong>\u00ab Les Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9 \u00bb<\/p>\n

\n1931
\n<\/strong>Founding of the company \u201cAteliers Jean Prouv\u00e9\u201d and the move to new premises on the Rue des Jardiniers in Nancy. This space facilitates modernization of working techniques and fulfi llment of Jean Prouv\u00e9\u2019s new goals: increasingly industrialized items for the building industry and mass-produced furniture. From here on the many patents taken out by Jean Prouv\u00e9 are systematically in the name of \u201cAteliers Jean Prouv\u00e9\u201d, the name that becomes his signature. Furniture for the public sector (the Cit\u00e9 universitaire in Nancy, hospitals, sanatoriums, offi ces). Railings and stainless steel doors for the liner Koutoubia. Main gate for the Mus\u00e9e des Colonies in Paris (A. Laprade, architect).
\nLarge glass facade for the Citro\u00ebn showrooms in Lyon (M. Ravaz\u00e9, architect). <\/p>\n

1932
\n<\/strong>Doors and windows for the Mus\u00e9e et institut de zoologie in Nancy (J. and M. Andr\u00e9, architects). Facades and stainless steel vitrines for the Gillet- Lafont store in Nancy (P. Le Bourgeois, architect). Metal joinery at the Cit\u00e9 de la Muette, Drancy, 1932- 39, (E. Beaudouin and M. Lods, architects). 1933 Designs a bus station for Citro\u00ebn at Paris La Villette. Doors, partitions, furniture, joinery for the Boulogne- Billancourt city hall, 1933-35 (T. Garnier, architect). <\/p>\n

1933
\n<\/strong>Designs a bus station for Citro\u00ebn at Paris La Villette. Doors, partitions, furniture, joinery for the Boulogne-Billancourt city hall, 1933-35 (T. Garnier, architect). <\/p>\n

1934<\/strong>
\nFirst \u201cstandard\u201d type chair with a tubing and bent steel base. Lecture-hall furniture for the \u00c9cole des sciences politiques, Paris. Stainless steel panels and offi ce furniture for the Compagnie parisienne de distribution d\u2019elec-tricit\u00e9, Paris, 1934-35 (U. Cassan, architect). <\/p>\n

1935
\n<\/strong>Roland-Garros Aviation Center, Buc, 1935-36 (E. Beaudouin and M. Lods, architects). Ocean liner cabin fitted out with stainless steel for the OTUA exhibition, in association with interior decorator Marcel Gascoin. Numerous public sector furniture projects: desks, armchairs, bookshelves, beds, tables, chairs, scholastic furniture. <\/p>\n

1936
\n<\/strong>Purchase of the Pels metal pressing and folding machine (length of bend: 4 meters). The Maison du peuple and covered market in Clichy, 1935-39 (E. Beaudouin and M. Lods, architects, V. Bodiansky, engineer). Bronze joinery for the French embassy in Ottawa, 1936-38 (E. Beaudouin, architect). Entrance doors for the Minist\u00e8re des PTT (Ministry of the Post and Telecommunications) in Paris, 1936- 39 (J. Debat-Ponstan, architect). <\/p>\n

1937
\n<\/strong>Bathroom unit for a project by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret and Charlotte Perriand. Staircase for the UAM pavilion and steel and Rhodo\u00efd garden furniture, with Jacques Andr\u00e9, Exposition Internationale, Paris. \u201cBLPS\u201d weekend house, (E. Beaudouin and E. Lods, architects, Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9 and Forges de Strasbourg, constructors), prototype 1937-38. Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019Air competition: internal portal frame principle; external portal frame principle,1937-38. <\/p>\n

1939
\n<\/strong>Competition for the construction components for OTUA (M. Lods, architect). Demountable buildings with internal portal frame and furniture for the SCAL, Issoire, with the BCC (Central Construction Bureau), (P. Jeanneret, architect). Production of several hundred demountable, external frame barracks for combat units of the IVth and Vth armies. Prototype for a caravan, with P. Jeanneret. <\/p>\n

1940-1944
\n<\/strong>The War years; Jean Prouv\u00e9 plays an active part in the Resistance. Wartime production: gas generators for trucks, charcoal ovens, \u201cPyrobal\u201d stoves, bicycle frames, trailers, etc. \u201c\u00c9coles volantes\u201d project (temporary school buildings) and village clubhouses with internal portal, with Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. 8\u00d78 pavilon with wooden portal frame for the BCC, Saint-Auban, 1941-1942 (P. Jeanneret, architect). \u201cAll wood\u201d furniture: chairs, tables, stools. Furniture for the Solvay hospital in Dombasle: chaise longue and designs for the Visiteur armchair. Offi ce furniture: tables, chairs, rack shelving. Designs aluminum house with Marcel Lods and builds prototype.
\nRestores the Jean Lamour gates on Place Stanislas and Place de la Carri\u00e8re in Nancy. <\/p>\n

1944
\n<\/strong>Nancy is liberated. Pending elections, Jean Prouv\u00e9 is made mayor (September 1944-May 1945) and a member of the Assembl\u00e9e consultative provisoire. Actively dedicates himself to restoring acceptable living conditions and promoting public awareness of the need for mutual aid. <\/p>\n

1945
\n<\/strong>450 demountable houses 6 x 6 m and 6 x 9 m with internal portal frame for refugees in Lorraine.<\/p>\n

1946
\n<\/strong>After five years in POW camps, his brothers Henri and Pierre return to the Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9. Portal frame building site huts for the mines at Zellidja, in Algeria. Founds the Stahlhaus company in conjunction with the Dillingen steelworks. Prototype house build at Sarrebruck. Prefabricated house for an experimental Minist\u00e8re de la Reconstruction project at Noisy-le-Sec (with H. Prouv\u00e9). Studies prefabricated units for Le Corbusier\u2019s Unit\u00e9 d\u2019Habitation in Marseille (Le Corbusier, architect). Domestic furniture; \u201call wood\u201d dining room suite (sideboard, table, chairs); awarded the 1947 Meubles de France seal. <\/p>\n

1947
\n<\/strong>The Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9 leave the Rue des Jardiniers and move into a real factory in Max\u00e9ville, near Nancy. Gold Medal from the Minist\u00e8re de la Reconstruction et de l\u2019Urbanisme (MRU). Designs the \u00c9cole professionnelle de Verrerie, Croismare, 1947-48 (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect). Portal frame cabins for the EDF mobile site at Ottmarsheim, 1947-48. Testing chambers and partitions for the Institut de recherche de la sid\u00e9rurgie (IRSID) at Saint-Germainen- Laye, 1947-52 (R. Coulon, architect). <\/p>\n

1948
\n<\/strong>Offices for the Ferembal factory, Nancy (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect). Designs the \u201cHaricot\u201d desk, later renamed \u201cPr\u00e9sidence\u201d. <\/p>\n

1949
\n<\/strong>L’Aluminium Fran\u00e7ais buys into the Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9. Aluminium Fran\u00e7ais subsidiary STUDAL given exclusive sales rights in the construction sector. Steph Simon becomes exclusive agent for \u201cAteliers Jean Prouv\u00e9\u201d furnishings. Partitions and furniture for the Organisation europ\u00e9enne de coop\u00e9ration \u00e9conomique (OECE) in Paris (J. D\u00e9maret, architect). Facade panels for the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration nationale du b\u00e2timent in Paris, 1949-51 (R. Gravereaux and R. Lopez, architects). Metal fl oors, staircases and furniture for the display apartment in Le Corbusier\u2019s Unit\u00e9 d\u2019Habitation in Marseille, 1949-50 (Le Corbusier, architect). Primary schools and teachers\u2019 accommodations, Vantoux and Bouqueval (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect). Competition for the state offi ces, law courts and secondary school, Niamey, Nigeria (P. Herb\u00e9,
\narchitect). Tropique House, Niamey, Nigeria (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect). Portal frame and \u201cCoque\u201d houses, MRU housing development in Meudon, 1949-53, (H. Prouv\u00e9 and A. Sive, architects). Portal frame holiday house for the Dollander family, Le Lavandou \/ Saint-Clair, 1949-51 (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect). <\/p>\n

1950
\n<\/strong>Made Chevalier de la L\u00e9gion d\u2019honneur for his work in the Resistance. Hangar structure roof for the Mame printers in Tours, 1950-52 (Drieu la Rochelle and B. Zehrfuss, architects). M\u00e9tropole house (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect) for the Salon des arts m\u00e9nagers, Paris. Facades for the palais de la Foire, Lille, 1950-51 (P. Herb\u00e9, architect). Le Placieux kindergarten, Villers-les-Nancy (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect). Martigues kindergarten, 1950-53 (A. Arati, M. Boyer and C. Lestrade, architects). \u201cCoque\u201d houses for Citro\u00ebn (Nardin and Oudot, architecture interns). <\/p>\n

1951
\n<\/strong>Founding member of the groupe Espace. \u201cCoque\u201d house for the Salon des arts m\u00e9nagers, Paris (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect). Lopez House, Guerrevielle, 1951-54 (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect). Salle m\u00e9ridienne (central hall), Paris Observatory (A. R\u00e9mondet, architect). MM. Janicot Houses, Charenton (H. Prouv\u00e9, architect). Facade panels for the Casino de la Grande C\u00f4te, Royan (L. Simon architect).Tropique Houses for Aluminium fran\u00e7ais, Brazzaville. Filling stations for Mobiloil, Shell and Socony. IXth Milan Triennial: prize for a metal-frame table. Berg\u00e8res Lecture-hall seats, Aix-Marseille University.
\nFurniture and fittings for the Air-France Congo building in Brazzaville (Ch. Perriand, interior decorator). Centrale table. Lighting library table for the Maison de l\u2019\u00e9tudiant in Paris, with Charlotte Perriand and Andr\u00e9 Salomon. <\/p>\n

1952
\n<\/strong>Grand Prix of the Cercle d\u2019\u00e9tudes architecturales for the facades and partitions of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration nationale du b\u00e2timent building, with architects Raymond Gravereaux and Raymond Lopez. Industrial-production classroom and scholastic furniture, Salon des arts m\u00e9nagers, Paris. Facades and sun-shutters for the H\u00f4tel de France, Conakry (Atelier LWD, architect). Aviation center at Doncourt-les-Confl ans, 1952 57 (J. and B. Og\u00e9 and Le Corbusier, architects). Firestation, Bordeaux, 1952-53 (Cl. Ferret, architect). Aluminum facades for the Front de mer, Royan. Study for aluminum \u201cvoile grille\u201d facades.Designs for the Alba House, 1952-53 (M. Silvy, architecture intern). Projects for the central-core tower at the Universit\u00e9 europ\u00e9enne in Nancy (J. Belmont, M. Silvy and T. Carim, architecture interns). Facades for the Ni\u00e8vre prefecture, Nevers, 1952-53 (Robert, architect). Offi cial contract with Charlotte Perriand and Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9 employee Martha Villiger for furniture design\u2014notably for the bookshelves\u2014in the Maison de la Tunisie and Maison du Mexique student dormitories at the Cit\u00e9 universitaire in Paris, and offices in Africa. Aluminium Fran\u00e7ais becomes the majority stakeholder in the Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9. <\/p>\n

1953
\n<\/strong>\u201cCompass\u201d base desks and tables. Presents a school unit and scholastic furniture at the Z\u00fcrich Exhibition. Gate for the ClAM (International Congress of Modern Architecture) in Aix-en-Provence, with architecture interns J. Belmont and M. Silvy. Facade panels, porch roof and furniture for the S\u00e9curit\u00e9 sociale offices in Le Mans, 1953-54 (J. Le Couteur, architect). Facades for the apartment block on Square Mozart, Paris, 1953-54, (L. Mirabeau, architect). Schools at Palaiseau, L\u2019Hay-Ies-Roses, Saint-Avold, Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef, Aubergenville etc., 1952- 53. Facades and interiors for the SFR plant in Saint- Egr\u00e8ve (A. Gutton, architect). Wins the competition for the project for the Cit\u00e9 universitaire in Nancy, with P. La Mache (architect), T. Carim and M. Silvy (architecture interns) and S. K\u00e9toff (engineer). Facades for the state offi ces in Bayonne (A. Remondet, architect). Design for a polar research station in Terre Ad\u00e9lie (V. Bodiansky, engineer). Numerous items of furniture for the public sector, (in particular student dormitories). In June, Jean Prouv\u00e9 designs the bent aluminum \u201cTokyo\u201d table in collaboration with Charlotte Perriand. Resigns as CEO of Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9 as a sign of his disagreement with Studal policy. He stays on as administrator at Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9 until January 1956. <\/p>\n

1954
\n<\/strong>Works in the Aluminium Fran\u00e7ais offices in Paris, but remains in contact with the factory at Max\u00e9ville. Pavilion for the Centenaire de l\u2019aluminium, Paris (M. Hugonet, engineer). Schools at Blanc-Mesnil (A. Lur\u00e7at, architect), Custines (Ph. Legrand, architect), Genneville, etc. Builds his own house in Nancy. Aluminum facades for social housing blocks, Saint- Jean-de-Maurienne (M. Blanc, architect). Sun-shutters for a holiday spot at Cap-Martin, (Le Corbusier, architect). <\/p>\n

1955
\n<\/strong>\u201cBeaut\u00e9 France\u201d seal of approval for the architectural features of the Centenaire de l\u2019aluminium pavilion. Props and facades for the Institut fran\u00e7ais des p\u00e9troles, Rueil-Malmaison (P. Dufau, architect). Design for a mass-produced apartment block. Furniture, Cit\u00e9 universitaire. <\/p>\n

1956
\n<\/strong>On March 15th, the Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9 company in Max\u00e9ville becomes the Ateliers de construction pr\u00e9fabriqu\u00e9e de Max\u00e9ville (ACPM).
\nIn Paris, Jean Prouv\u00e9 sets up the company \u201cLes Constructions Jean Prouv\u00e9,\u201d with Michel Bataille. On April 1st, Steph Simon (who has opened a gallery on the Boulevard Saint Germain), exclusive distributor of Ateliers Jean Prouv\u00e9 furniture, becomes the manufacturer of Charlotte Perriand and Jean Prouv\u00e9 furniture. Designs and creates the glass roofs at CNIT (Centre des Nouvelles Industries et Technologies),
\nParis-la-D\u00e9fense (B. Zehrfuss, R. Camelot and J. de Mailly, architects). Maison Les Jours Meilleurs for Emmaus. Cachat pump room, Evian, 1956\u201357 (M. Novarina, architect, S. K\u00e9toff, engineer). <\/p>\n

1957
\n<\/strong>Constructions Jean Prouv\u00e9 is absorbed by the Compagnie industrielle de mat\u00e9riel de transport (CIMT). Jean Prouv\u00e9 is put in charge of the construction department while retaining the freedom to work and an engineering consultant. The consultancy is henceforth known as CIMT-Jean Prouv\u00e9. Temporary school at Villejuif. Lobby for the Renault building in Flins (B. Zehrfuss, architect). Studies for \u201c nomadic \u201d churches and executes projects in Moselle, 1957-63. <\/p>\n

1958
\n<\/strong>Holds the chair of Conservatoire national des arts et m\u00e9tiers (CNAM) in Paris, 1958-71. Sahara House at the Salon des arts m\u00e9nagers, Paris (Ch. Perriand, cabin fi ttings). Facade panels for the social housing block La Tour du Fer \u00e0 Cheval in Roubaix, (G. Gillet, architect). Bagnols-sur-C\u00e8ze secondary school (Badani and Roux-Dorlut, architects). Pavillon de la France (G. Gillet, architect, R. Sarger,
\nengineer) and pavillion du Luxembourg (R. Mailliet, architect), Exposition universelle, Bruxelles. <\/p>\n

1959
\n<\/strong>Glass facade and superstructure for the shopping mall at Orly Sud airport (H. Vicariot, architect). Administrative buildings and underground facilities for the EDF company at Serre-Pon\u00e7on (J. de Mailly, architect). M. Bosquet House, Cordon, France. <\/p>\n

1960
\n<\/strong>Vice-president of the Cercle d\u2019\u00e9tudes architecturales. Light diffuser, curtain wall and doors for the Mus\u00e9e et maison de la culture in Le Havre, 1955-61 (Audigier and Lagneau, Weill, Dimitriejevic, architects). Facade for the Institut national des sciences appliqu\u00e9es, Lyon (Perrin-Fayolle, architect). Facade panels for the mass-produced GEEP schools (M. Silvy, J. Belmont, architects). Schools in Cameroon (Atelier LWD, architect). <\/p>\n

1961
\n<\/strong>Buildings for the facult\u00e9 des Sciences in Lyon (Perrin-Fayolle, architect). Parish centre and design for a church, Villerupt- Cantebonne. Seynave House, Beauvallon, 1961-62 (N. Hutchison, architect, J. Parente, Sauzet and Vilfour, supervising architects). Sheathing for the isotope separation factory at Pierrelatte (J. Swetchine, engineer). <\/p>\n

1962
\n<\/strong>Gauthier House, Saint-Di\u00e9 (H. Baumann, associate). Reynolds Prize for the Centenaire de l\u2019aluminium pavilion, the Evian pump room and the Le Havre museum. <\/p>\n

1963
\n<\/strong>Auguste Perret Prize awarded by the UIA (International Union of Architects). Facade for CIMT headquarters in Neuilly (Deschler, architect). Church at L\u2019Hay-Les-Roses (P. Picot, architect). Enters the competition Conception-Construction, Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9ducation nationale design and building (with J. Belmont, J.-C. P\u00e9rillier and M. Silvy). Formulates his \u201ctabouret\u201d (stool) building principle, a weight bearing system with a single central pilotis. <\/p>\n

1964
\n<\/strong>Exposition Jean Prouv\u00e9 au pavillon de Marsan, mus\u00e9e des Arts d\u00e9coratifs, Paris. Pavillons d\u2019exposition, parc des Floralies, Orl\u00e9ansla- Source. Fa\u00e7ades de l\u2019ambassade de France \u00e0 Varsovie (H. Bernard, G. Gillet, B. Zehrfuss, arch.), panneaux en aluminium moul\u00e9. <\/p>\n

1965
\n<\/strong>Chevalier de l\u2019ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Youth centre prototype for the Salon des artistes d\u00e9corateurs, Grand Palais, Paris (Perrotet and Deroche, architects). Studies polyester-panel houses for Saint-Gobain, 1965-69. Public university, Berlin, 1965-73 (G. Candilis, A. Josic, S. Woods and M. Schiedhelm, architects). <\/p>\n

1966
\n<\/strong>End of Jean Prouv\u00e9\u2019s activity at CIMT. \u201cTabouret\u201d-system school, lobby and two houses at the Villagexpo, Saint-Michel-sur-Orge. Facades for Grenoble city hall (M. Novarina, architect).<\/p>\n

1967-1984<\/strong>\u00a0
\nIndependant design office in Paris<\/p>\n

\n1967
\n<\/strong>Jean Prouv\u00e9 opens his own consultancy on Rue des Blancs Manteaux, Paris. Facades for girls\u2019 secondary school, Orl\u00e9ans-la- Source, 1967-68 (M. Andrault and P. Parat, architects). Youth club, Ermont. Nobel Tower, La D\u00e9fense, Puteaux (J. de Mailly and H. Depuss\u00e9, architects). <\/p>\n

1968
\n<\/strong>Palais des expositions, Grenoble (Cl. Prouv\u00e9, architect). Facades for the oceanography centre in Nantes (O. Vaudou and R. Luthi, architects). Facades for the medical faculty in Rotterdam, 1965-68 (OD 205: Choisy, van Emdben, Roorda van Eysinga, Smelt, Wittermans and Hagoort, architects). Competition for the French pavilion at the Universal Exhibition in Osaka. <\/p>\n

1969
\n<\/strong>Facades and structure for the Institut de l\u2019environnement, Paris (R. Joly, architect). Facades for Unesco Building V, Paris (B. Zehrfuss, architect). Administrative center for the new town of Le Vaudreuil. Petroff-system freeway fi lling stations for Total. <\/p>\n

1970
\n<\/strong>Circular buildings for Total fi lling stations. Facades for the Sandoz laboratories, Rueil- Malmaison (B. Zehrfuss, architect). Architecture School, Nancy (J. Binoux and M. Foliasson, architects). Jaoul House, Mainguerin (J.-C. Drouin, architect). Facades for the headquarters of the PCF (French Communist Party), Paris (O. Niemeyer, architect). Study for Les Arcs 2000 ski resort, with Charlotte Perriand. 1st Prize for the competition for the offi ces of the Minist\u00e8re de l\u2019\u00c9ducation nationale (with J. Belmont and J. Swetchine). <\/p>\n

1971
\n<\/strong>End of Jean Prouv\u00e9\u2019s teaching career at CNAM. President of the Cercle d\u2019\u00e9tudes architecturales, 1971-77. President of the jury for the Centre Georges Pompidou competition, Paris. Les Evettes mountain shelter (G. Rey-Millet, architect).<\/p>\n

1972
\n<\/strong>Made an associate member of the Acad\u00e9mie Stanislas in Nancy. Medal for Research and Technique awarded by the Oscar Phidias Academy of Architecture. Bron-Parilly University, Lyon (R. Dottelonde, architect, P\u00e9troff, engineer). Facades for the Cr\u00e9dit Agricole bank headquarters, Bourg-en-Bresse (P. and M. Dosse, architects). <\/p>\n

1973
\n<\/strong>School, Trappes (Merlin, architect).<\/p>\n

1974
\n<\/strong>Perrache Trainstation, Lyon (R. Gag\u00e8s, architect).<\/p>\n

1975
\n<\/strong>Prize in the La Villette competition (with J. Belmont). Studies and builds the bell-tower for the Notre- Dame-du-Haut chapel at Ronchamp, after an idea by Le Corbusier. <\/p>\n

1976
\n<\/strong>Designs \u201cumbrella\u201d structures for the Forum des Halles in Paris 1976-80 (J. Willerval, architect). Designs the structure for the Bercy velodrome, Paris (M. Andrault and P. Parat, architect). Aviary at Villars-les-Dombes (P. Dosse, architect). <\/p>\n

1981
\n<\/strong>Medal of Commandeur de la L\u00e9gion d\u2019honneur presented by President Mitterrand at the Palais de l\u2019\u00c9lys\u00e9e. Erasmus Prize and \u201cJean Prouv\u00e9, Constructeur\u201d, exhibition at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam. TV tower, Ouessant (J.-M. Jacquin, architect). <\/p>\n

1982
\n<\/strong>Grand prix d\u2019architecture de la Ville de Paris.<\/p>\n

1983
\n<\/strong>Metro terminus shelter, Paris (L. Petroff, engineer).<\/p>\n

1984
\n<\/strong>Jean Prouv\u00e9 dies at home in Nancy on March 23rd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1901 Jean Prouv\u00e9 was born in Paris on April 8th into a family of artists: Victor Prouv\u00e9, his father, is a painter and Marie Duhamel, his mother, a pianist. He is the second of seven children. In Nancy in 1904, Victor Prouv\u00e9 succeeds Emile Gall\u00e9 as president of the \u201c \u00c9cole de Nancy \u201d Art […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-36599","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nInventory and biography of Jean Prouv\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Inventory of Jean Prouv\u00e9's furniture, architectural elements and demountable houses. 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