Alexandre Persitz
Born(1910-06-04)4 June 1910
Moscow, Russia
Died15 July 1975(1975-07-15) (aged 65)
Paris, France
OccupationArchitect

Alexandre Persitz (4 June 1910 – 15 July 1975)[1] was a Russian Empire-born French Modernist architect.

Early life

Registration card of Alexandre Persitz as a prisoner at Dachau Nazi Concentration Camp

Alexandre Persitz was born in 1910 in Moscow, Russian Empire.[2] He emigrated to France as a child.[2] During World War II, he was sent to concentration camps by the Nazi invaders.[2] He survived The Holocaust.[2]

Career

The Synagogue Don Isaac Abravanel in Paris.

Persitz began his career as an architect by redesigning the port of Le Havre with Auguste Perret shortly after World War II.[2] In 1953–1956, he designed the Memorial to the Unknown Jewish Martyr on Rue Geoffroy-l'Asnier in the 4th arrondissement of Paris with Georges Goldberg.[3]

With Arthur-Georges Héaume, Persitz designed the Synagogue Don Isaac Abravanel, also known as the Synagogue de la Roquette, in the 11th arrondissement of Paris in 1962.[2] In 1964, they designed a skyscraper at 38-40 Rue des Épinettes in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.[4] In 1968, they designed two skyscrapers in the 14th arrondissement of Paris: the Le Méridien de Paris at 24-34 Rue Dareau and another building at 29 Rue de la Tombe Issoire.[5][6] In 1973, he designed Tour Nova, a skyscraper in La Garenne-Colombes.[7]

Persitz designed several skyscrapers in Puteaux with Héaume, Bernard Zehrfuss, and J. Merski: the Tour Diamant,[8] Tour Emeraude,[9] and the Résidences Bellerive.[10][11][12]

Persitz was the editor-in-chief of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui, a French magazine about architecture, from 1949 to 1965.[2]

Death

Persitz died in 1975.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Wellers, G. (1975). "Alexandre Persitz". Le monde juif (in French). 3 (79): 27. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Persitz, Alexandre". Jewish Virtual Library. American–Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ Jarrassé, Dominique (Autumn 2001). "Jewish Heritage in France: Evaluation of Twenty Years Work and Protection". European Judaism: A Journal for the New Europe. 34 (2): 53. JSTOR 41444546.
  4. ↑ "38-40 Rue des Épinettes". Emporis. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Le Méridien de Paris". Emporis. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ "29 Rue de la Tombe Issoire". Emporis. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Tour Nova". Emporis. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Tour Diamant". Emporis. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Tour Emeraude". Emporis. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Résidences Bellerive I". Emporis. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Résidence Bellerive III - Tour Sud". Emporis. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Résidences Bellerive III - Tour Nord". Emporis. Retrieved November 4, 2016.


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