André Ravéreau

André Ravéreau, born July 29, 1919, in Limoges and died October 12, 2017, in Aubenas, was a French architect. In 1980, he received the Aga Khan Award for Architecture. He was elevated to the rank of Achir in the Algerian Order of National Merit in 2012. He studied under Auguste Perret at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris between 1946 and 1950. In 1949, while still a student, he traveled to the M'zab Valley in Algeria. The harmony of Mozabite architecture was decisive in his understanding of construction; this trip inspired a true architectural lesson for him. "Like everyone else, I was captivated by Ghardaïa before I could analyze it." We have the intuition that things possess a balance that we call aesthetic, even before we know what a balance is. It was analysis that taught me this later; I saw in the M'Zab both the rigor I loved in Perret, whose student I was, and the exhilarating forms found in Le Corbusier." In 1965, André Ravéreau was approached by the Algerian Ministry of Info...