Tony Garnier (1869-1946) Architect

Tony Garnier was a French architect. He worked mainly in Lyon. He was one of the first that applied Reinforced Concrete Technology in his buildings with business style. From 1914 he was leader of the "Société des Entreprises Limosin. In memory of his achievements, in Lyon their is set up a museum named "Le Musée Urbain Tony Garnier.

Main buildings
Slaughterhouse in Lyon (1910).
Stadium of  Lyon (1916).
Cité Industrielle, (Project for an ideal city), 1904.
Rothschild Foundation Housing in Paris, 1905.
Slaughterhouse and Stockyard in Lyon, (1905-1924), later named after Halle Tony Garnier.
Grange-Blanche Hospital (now the  H. Edouard Herriot Hospital), Lyon (1910-1927).
Quartier des Etats-Unis Housing in Lyon
Villy Tony Garnier, Saint-Rambert in Lyon (1911).
Stade de Gerland, municipal stadium in Lyon (1914-1918).
Quartier des Etats-Unis Housing in Lyon (1919-1935).
Villa Gros, Saint-Hilaire de Touvet (1923).
Lyon en Saint-Etienne Pavilions, International Exposition of Modern Industrie and Decorative Art, Paris (1925).
Hotel de Ville town hall in Boulogne-Brillancourt (a realisation together with Jacques Debat-Ponsan) (1934).

Publicaties
Une Cité Industriëllle: Etude pour la construction des villes (1918).
Les grands travaux de la ville de Lyon (1920).

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