Auguste Perret (1874–1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of building with reinforced concrete. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he kept the order and symmetry of classical architecture but let the concrete frame show. Le Corbusier worked in his office from 1908 to 1910, and in 2005 his post-war rebuilding of Le Havre was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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His first important project, the apartment building at 25 bis rue Franklin in Paris (1904), left its concrete structure visible as part of the façade instead of hiding it. The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1913), which he took over from Henry van de Velde, is often called the first Art Deco building in Paris. Notre-Dame du Raincy (1923) is a concrete church filled with stained glass by Marguerite Huré. The Perret Tower in Grenoble (1925), built for an exhibition of hydropower and tourism, was the first concrete tower of its kind. In Le Havre, St. Joseph's Church (1957) raises a 107-metre lantern tower that acts as a beacon seen from the sea. Auguste Perret's buildings are studied for how a concrete frame can carry classical proportion.
25 bis rue Franklin1904 · Paris
Notre-Dame du Raincy1923 · Le Raincy
Chapelle du Rosaire1951 · Vence
St. Joseph's Church1957 · Le Havre
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées1913 · Paris
Perret Tower1925 · Grenoble
Mobilier National1937 · Paris
Tour Perret1952 · Amiens
Hôtel de Ville, Le Havre1958 · Le Havre