Jacques Kalisz

Jacques Kalisz (September 6th 1926 with Minsk (Poland) - March 5th 2002) is a French architect

Participant of the innovative and multi-field movement of the AUA - Workshop of town planning and architecture, of which he was member of 1963 to 1972, seedbed of the talents of the red belt, before to have even obtained its diploma.
Its first major realization was the administrative center of Puppet, located on the channel of Ourcq, the building, completed in 1972, remained like one of the best examples of architecture known as " brutalist ".
Antoinette Robain and Claire Gueysse, one coming from to Christian Hauvette, the other of in Jean Nouvel, were selected as architects to take again the work of Jacques Kalisz, and to transform it into national center of the dance (inaugurated in 2004 and Prix of the Money Square 2004).

Principal achievements

1972 - administrative Center of Puppet, become the National center of the dance
the swimming pool of Aubervilliers,
1968 - the school of architecture of Defense,
the City Republic (" Lénine" city;) of Aubervilliers,
the Olympic skating rink of Albertville,
the administrative center of the new city of Saint-Quentin-in-Yvelines
great projects of residences to Saint-Omer and Nanterre
1995 - Stage Gabriel-Montpied with Clermont-Ferrand
1985 - House of cure " Collégiale" in Paris 5th
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Decorations

member of the Academy of Architecture,
knight of the national order of the Merit,
knight about Arts and letter.

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