Editing Auguste Perret (section)

{{short description|French architect}}
{{Infobox architect
| image = Auguste_Perret_architecte_1932.jpg
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| caption = Portrait of Auguste Perret (1932)
| nationality = French
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1874|02|12}}
| birth_place = [[Ixelles]], Belgium
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1954|2|25|1874|2|12}}
| death_place = [[Paris]], France
| significant_buildings = [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]]<br />[[St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre]]<br />French Economic, Social and Environmental Council<br />[[Église Notre-Dame du Raincy]]
| significant_projects = 
| awards = [[AIA Gold Medal]] (1952)
}}

'''Auguste Perret''' (12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced [[concrete]]. His major works include the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]], the first [[Art Deco]] building in Paris; the [[Église Notre-Dame du Raincy|Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy]] (1922–23); the [[Mobilier National]] in Paris (1937); and the [[French Economic, Social and Environmental Council]] building in Paris (1937–39). After World War II he designed a group of buildings in the centre of the port city of [[Le Havre]], including [[St. Joseph's Church, Le Havre]], to replace buildings destroyed by bombing during World War II.  His reconstruction of the city is now a [[World Heritage Site]] for its exceptional urban planning and architecture.<ref name = "unesco">{{cite web |url = https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1181 |title = Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret |website = UNESCO World Heritage Centre |publisher = United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |access-date = 13 November 2021}}</ref>