Henri Prost

Henri Prost
Born(1874-02-25)February 25, 1874
DiedJuly 16, 1959(1959-07-16) (aged 85)
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Spéciale d'Architecture and École des Beaux-Arts
OccupationArchitect
PracticeArchitect and urban planner
ProjectsRedevelopment of Casablanca, Fes, Marrakesh, Meknes, Rabat, and Istanbul

Henri Prost (February 25, 1874 – July 16, 1959[1]) was a French architect and urban planner born in Saint-Denis. He was noted in particularly for his work in Morocco and Turkey, where he created a number of comprehensive city plans for Casablanca,[2] Fes, Marrakesh, Meknes, Rabat,[3] and Istanbul, including transportation infrastructure and avenues with buildings, plazas, squares, promenades and parks.[4]

  1. ^ "L'URBANISTE HENRI PROST qui fut l'architecte de Lyautey". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1959-07-18. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
  2. ^ Cohen, Jean-Louis. Henri Prost and Casablanca: the art of making successful cities (1912-1940). The New City, (fall 1996), № 3, p. 106-121.
  3. ^ Wright, Gwendolyn. Tradition in the service of modernity: architecture and urbanism in French colonial policy, 1900-1930. The Journal of Modern History, 59, № 2 (1987): 291-316.
  4. ^ From Grand Landscapes to Metropolises: Henri Prost. In Pierre Pinon, F. Cânâ Bilsel. From the Imperial Capital to the Republican Modern City: Henry Prost's Planning of Istanbul (1936-1951). Araștimalari Enstitüsü, Istanboul, 2010, p. 47-70.

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