André Wogenscky
André Wogenscky, born June 3, 1916 in Remiremont (Vosges) and died August 5, 2004 in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (Yvelines), is a French architect, disciple of Le Corbusier. After his divorce from Simone Galpin (1913-1973)2, he married the visual artist Marta Pan in 1952.
Coming from a family of Polish aristocrats who immigrated to France in the 18th century, he entered the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in 1934. His younger brother is the painter Robert Wogensky. From 1936 to 1956
For more than two decades, he was also one of the most active representatives of the French presence in the countries of the Middle East. Thus, in Beirut he built the Lebanese Ministry of Defense, the Faculty of Sciences, the Holiday Inn hotel, the Saint-Charles City Center and the El Center, a vast residential, tertiary and hotel complex. Although his major projects for leisure complexes, sports, cultural or military infrastructures did not come to fruition, a private commission allowed him to end his career with the construction of the Takarazuka University of the Arts in Japan.
André Wogenscky's contribution to the evolution of architecture in France and his participation in its international expansion was recognized by the award of the Grand Prix national d'architecture in 1989. In 1998, he was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in the chair of Jacques Couelle. He was a delegate to the annual public session of the Five Academies in 1999. Jacques Rougerie succeeded him in 2008. He remained president of the Le Corbusier Foundation from 1971 to 1988.
He created the Foundation with Marta Pan which bears both their names. This is based at their house in Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse. It was recognized as being of public utility in 2011.
Born
Jun 03, 1916
Remiremont, Vosges, France
Died
Aug 05, 2004
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