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Dominique Perrault

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Dominique Perrault (born 9 April 1953 in Clermont-Ferrand) is a French architect and urban planner. He became world known for the design of the French National Library, distinguished with the Silver medal for town planning in 1992 and the Mies van der Rohe Prize in 1996. In 2010 he was awarded the gold medal by the French Academy of Architecture for all his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dominique Perrault has received more than 128,675 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Dominique Perrault is the 316th most popular architect (down from 313th in 2019), the 3,461st most popular biography from France (down from 3,337th in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Dominique Perrault ranks 316 out of 518Before him are Joseph Poelaert, Thom Mayne, Helmut Jahn, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Ron Arad, and Mauro Codussi. After him are Edwin Lutyens, Carl Humann, Steven Holl, Mammad Hasan Hajinski, Yvonne Farrell, and B. V. Doshi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Dominique Perrault ranks 186Before him are Riek Machar, Klaus Wowereit, Sergey Mironov, Pat Benatar, Mark Thatcher, and Sergio Castellitto. After him are Marlene Dumas, Richard Bremmer, Francis Cabrel, Serginho Chulapa, Ian Khama, and Zoran Janković.

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In France

Among people born in France, Dominique Perrault ranks 3,461 out of 6,770Before him are Marcel Bozzuffi (1928), Willy Sagnol (1977), Rutebeuf (1300), Loyset Compère (1440), Henri Ernest Baillon (1827), and Daniel Guérin (1904). After him are Philippe Gaubert (1879), Louis Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1586), Robert de Clari (1170), Paulette Dubost (1910), Robert Jonquet (1925), and Julien Guiomar (1928).

Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Dominique Perrault ranks 38Before him are Tony Garnier (1869), Édouard André (1840), Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine (1762), Libéral Bruant (1636), Salomon de Brosse (1571), and Charles Percier (1764). After him are Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816), Victor Laloux (1850), Auguste de Montferrand (1786), Victor Baltard (1805), Alberto Palacio (1856), and Victor Louis (1731).