Француз архитекторі: Пьер Франсуа Анри Лабруст

French architect

Pierre François Henri Labrouste (pjɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa ɑ̃ʁi labrust) (11 May 1801 – 24 June 1875) was a French architect from the famous École des Beaux Arts school of architecture. After a six year stay in Rome, Labrouste established an architectural training workshop, which soon became known for rationalism. He became noted for his use of iron frame construction and was one of the first to realize the importance of its use.

Born in Paris, Labrouste was one of five children of François Marie Alexandre Labrouste [fr], a lawyer and politician from Bordeaux and Anne Dominique Gourg (1764 1851), daughter and granddaughter of cognac merchants. He entered the Collège Sainte Barbe as a student in 1809. He was then admitted into the second class and the Lebas Vaudoyer workshop in the École Royale des Beaux Arts in 1819. In 1820, he was promoted to the first class. Competing for the Grand Prix, Labrouste was awarded second place (the Palais de Justice scored first) by Guillaume Abel Blouet in 1821. In 1823, he won the departmental prize and worked as a lieutenant inspector (sous inspecteur) for the director Étienne Hippolyte Godde during the construction of the Saint Pierre du Gros Caillou parish in Paris. In 1824 Labrouste won the competition with a design of a Court of Appeals (Cour de cassation). In November, he left Paris for Italy, visiting Turin, Milan, Lodi, Piacenza, Parma, Modena, Bologna, Florence and Arezzo. In July 1835 in Paris he was present at the scene when Giuseppe Marco Fieschi attempted the assassination of King Louis Philippe using a home made, multi barrel gun fired from an upstairs window. Although the King only received a minor injury, 18 people were killed, including Henri's father, Alexandre Labrouste.