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Alexandre Persitz
Alexandre Persitz (4 June 1910 – 15 July 1975)[1] was a Russian-born French Modernist architect. Early life 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 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] DeathPersitz died in 1975.[2] References
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