- Paul Andreu
Paul Andreu (born
July 10 ,1938 inCaudéran /Gironde ) is a renowned Frencharchitect . He is best known for having planned numerousairport s worldwide, notablyNinoy Aquino International Airport (Manila),Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta),Shanghai Pudong International Airport (China)Abu Dhabi International Airport ,Dubai International Airport ,Cairo International Airport ,Brunei International Airport ,Charles de Gaulle International Airport (Paris) andParis - Orly Airport ).Other prestigious projects include the
Grande Arche atLa Défense in Paris (as associate ofJohann Otto von Spreckelsen ) and a new performing arts center nearBeijing 'sTiananmen Square which has been inaugurated on the 22 December 2007 [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/23/asia/theater.php China's national theater makes debut] ,International Herald Tribune , 23 december 2007.] .Andreu graduated in 1961 from the
École Polytechnique .He has been in charge of planning and constructing
Charles de Gaulle International Airport (Roissy) in Paris since 1967.OnMay 23 ,2004 , a portion of Terminal 2E's ceiling collapsed, killing four people. Terminal 2E, inaugurated in 2003, is the seventh terminal at Roissy by Andreu, and has been described as one of his boldest designs.The collapse was attributed by the ad hoc administrative enquiry commission to a variety of technical causes and the lack of margins of safety in the design. Andreu blamed the collapse on poor execution by the building companies.On
September 28 ,2004 , a reinforcement cage section erected to form a retaining wall on another Andreu-designed terminal, Terminal 3 atDubai International Airport , collapsed while under construction, killing five construction workers.References
External links
* [http://www.paul-andreu.com/ www.paul-andreu.com] Andreu's homepage fr icon
*BBC News: [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3742081.stm Profile: Paul Andreu]
* [http://www.equipement.gouv.fr/article.php3?id_article=710 Official report of the enquiry commission] fr icon
* [http://www.specifier.com.au/pastissues/32842/Left-of-the-Forbidden-City.html Pictures and profile at "Specifier Magazine"]
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