Editing Auguste Perret (section)

==Early works (1913–1939)==
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File:Paris 16 (25437741212).jpg|Reinforced-concrete apartment building at 25 rue Benjamin Franklin, Paris (1903)
File:Théâtre des Champs-Élysées DSC09330.jpg|[[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]], Paris (1913)
File:Theatre Champs Elysees 35.jpg|Interior of the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] (1913)
File:Le Raincy-F-PAR-045.jpg|Interior of the [[Église Notre-Dame du Raincy|Church of Notre Dame du Raincy]] (1922–23)
File:Chapelle Auguste Perret Arcueil.jpg|The Chapel of Immaculate Conception in [[Arcueil]] (1930)
File:L'exposition Auguste Perret (Conseil économique, social et environnemental, Paris) (11872278295).jpg|Grand stairway of the Conseil économique, social et environnemental, Paris (1937)
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His most famous building was the [[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] a project which he took over from the [[Art Nouveau]] architect [[Henry van de Velde]].  The facade was simple and decorated only with a sculptural bas-relief by [[Antoine Bourdelle]].  The corner of the building was smooth and rounded, anticipating the [[Streamline Moderne]] style three decades later.  Thanks to the use of concrete pillars, the interior lobby and the theater itself was vast and open, unobstructed by columns.  The interior decoration featured works by the modernist artists of the day;  a dome by [[Maurice Denis]], paintings by [[Édouard Vuillard]] and [[Jacqueline Marval]], and a stage curtain by [[Ker-Xavier Roussel]].<ref name = "Robert1988"/>

In his later works, Perret used concrete in imaginative ways to achieve the functions of his buildings, while preserving classical harmony, symmetry and proportions.  His major works included the building of the [[French Economic, Social and Environmental Council]], originally built for the Museum of Public Works of the 1937 Paris Exposition;  and the Mobilier Nationale, the national government furniture atelier in Paris. He also created innovative industrial buildings, including a warehouse in [[Casablanca]] covered with a think veil of concrete (1915); the [[Perret tower (Grenoble)|Perret Tower]], the first concrete tower for the International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism of [[Grenoble]] (1925), to demonstrate his "Order of Concrete"; and the church of Notre Dame du Raincy (1922–23), where the interior columns were left undecorated and the concrete vaults of the ceiling became the most prominent decorative feature.  He experimented with concrete forms to achieve the best acoustics for the concert hall of the [[École Normale de Musique de Paris]] in Paris. (1929)<ref name = "Robert1988"/>