Tony Garnier (architect)

Tony Garnier ( born August 13, 1869 in Lyon, † January 19, 1948 in Roquefort- la- Bédoule, France) was a French architect and town planner.

Life

His education completed Tony Garnier, first at the École technique la Martinière in Lyon (1883 ), then at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon ( 1886). In 1899 he received the first prize for architecture, the Prix de Rome, for which he won a scholarship stay at the Villa Medici in Rome.

After Édouard Herriot 1905 Mayor of Lyon, was Tony Garnier got orders for large construction projects, particularly in the east of the city, which was greatly expanded at that time.

Structures

• Abattoirs de la mouche (1906 - 1932)
• Halle Tony Garnier (1909-1928), Lyon 7e
• Édouard Herriot Hospital (formerly Grange- Blanche ) ( 1910-1933 ), Lyon 3e
• Sports Facilities Le stade de Gerland (1914-1926), Lyon 7e
• Quartier des États -Unis (1919-1933), Lyon 8e

Publications

• Une cité industrielle. Étude pour la construction des villes. 2nd edition Massin, PAris 1932 ( 2 vols ).
• Julius Posener (ed.): The ideal industrial city. An urban study ( "Une cité industrial "). Wasmuth, Tübingen, 1989, ISBN 3-8030-0147-1.