Jean Prouvé

Born: 1901 | Nancy, France

Died: 1984 | Nancy, France

Projects: Maison Tropicale, Ministère de l’Éducation Nationale, Rotterdam Medical School, Grenable Exhibition Center, Hotel de France Restaurant, Prefabricated Petrol Station


Tropical House (Maisons Tropicales) Niamey, Niger; Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo (1949-1951)

Tropical House by Jean Prouvé © Jean Pierre Dalbéra CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Mobiloil Petrol Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany, with Henri Prouvé (c. 1953, 2003)

Mobiloil Petrol Station by Jean Prouvé © Sandstein CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Maison de Jean Prouvé, Nancy, France (1953-1954)

Maison de Jean Prouvé by Jean Prouvé © Arnaud 25 CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Iron History Museum (Musée de l’Histoire du Fer -formerly, Le Féru des Sciences – currently), Jarville-la-Malgrange, France (1963-1966)

Iron History Museum by Jean Prouvé © Jean-Pierre Dalbéra CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Total Filling Station; Nantes, France; Weil am Rhein, Germany (1969)

Total Filling Station by Jean Prouvé © Jean-Pierre Dalbéra CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Municipal Administration Building Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (1969-1974)

Municipal Admin Buildings Lausanne by Jean Prouvé © Gzzz CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Metropolis Pavilion (or Maison Métropole, Pavillon Métropole), multiple locations (1949-1950)

Metropolis Paviliion by Jean Prouvé © VVVCFFrance CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

French Communist Party Headquarters Curtain Wall, 19th Arrondissement, Paris, France, with Oscar Niemeyer (1968-1980)

Communist Party Headquarters by Oscar Niemeyer with Jean Prouvé © Fred Romero CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons