Henry POTTIER

(1912 – 2000)

French architect and one of the more prolific representatives of post-World War II functionalism | 1912 born in Vernon, France | 1937 graduates in architecture from the “École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts” in Paris | 1944 wins the “Prix de Rome” | 1945~ after World War II he helps to rebuild the towns of Vernon and Évreux, both in the region of Normandy | 1951-54 teaches at École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts | 1960s-1970s designs many public buildings in the Paris region | 2000 dies in Clamart