- Jacques Hermant
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Jacques Hermant (
May 7 , 1855 inParis ,France –June 5 ,1930 in France) was a Frencharchitect .Hermant was one of the most renowned French architects of
fin-de-siècle Paris . He was arationalist architect, but was a strong advocate for theneoromanticism style of the time, preferably the style of "Louis XIII". Hermant was a pioneer withinconcrete construction and erected two of the firstreinforced concrete buildings in Paris along with the French engineerEdmond Coignet (1856–1915), who patented his system in 1892. Hermant was a Professor at theÉcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He employed the Danish architectHack Kampmann during his stay in Paris in 1883.Significant buildings
* La
Caserne des Célestins ,Paris , 1895–1901. Home of the cavalry of theFrench Republican Guard .
* LeMagasin des Classes Laborieuses , department store, reinforced concrete.
* La SalleGaveau , concert hall, reinforced concrete,Paris , 1905.
*Société Générale , office building, Blvd. Haussmann,Paris , 1907.Honours
* Second
Grand Prix de Rome , 1880.
* CommanderLégion d'honneur , 1929.References
* Balteau, J. (editor), "Dictionnaire de biographie française", 1933.
* "'Livraisons d'histoire de l'architecture", 2003, Vol. 6, Number 1, p. 47–67.External links
* [http://www.sallegaveau.com/ La Salle Gaveau website]
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