- Jacques Gréber
Infobox Architect
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name=Jacques Gréber
nationality=French
birth_date=birth date|1882|9|10|df=y
birth_place=Paris ,France
death_date=death date and age|1962|6|5|1882|9|10|df=y
death_place=Paris ,France
practice_name=
significant_buildings=Rodin Museum Esso Tower ,La Défense
significant_projects=Benjamin Franklin Parkway National Capital Region (Canada)
awards=|Jacques-Henri-Auguste Gréber (
10 September 1882 -5 June 1962 ) was a French architect specializing inlandscape architecture andurban design . He was a strong proponent of the Beaux-Arts style and contributor to theCity Beautiful movement , particularly inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania andOttawa ,Canada .Early life and education
He was born in
Paris , the son of sculptorHenri-Léon Gréber , and attended theÉcole des Beaux-Arts in that city. After graduation in 1909, he designed many private gardens in theUnited States for clients such asClarence Mackay (1910, Harbor Hill at Roslyn on Long Island),Joseph E. Widener (1913,Lynnewood Hall withHorace Trumbauer ), andEdward T. Stotesbury atWhitemarsh Hall inWyndmoor, Pennsylvania (1914 – 1916).Major works
He is best known for the 1917 master plan for the
Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, his work as master architect for the 1937 Paris International Exposition, and plans for Ottawa and the National Capital Region in Canada produced from 1937 to 1950 (with an interruption duringWorld War II ).He also collaborated with fellow French-American architect
Paul Cret on Philadelphia'sRodin Museum in 1926.In France, he worked on urban plans in
Lille ,Belfort ,Marseille (1930),Abbeville , andRouen , among others, between the world wars, but he is not as well-known today in France as he is in North America.External links
* [http://www.mackayhistory.com/index.html Web site about Clarence H. Mackay and Harbor Hill]
* [http://www.serianni.com/wh16bM.htm#1167 Gréber's plans for Whitemarsh Hall]
* [http://www.liveauctiontalk.com/free_article_detail.php?article_id=670 Gréber's bronze fountain from Lynnewood Hall]
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