Paul Philippe Cret

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French American architect educator person

Paul Philippe Cret was a French-born American architect and influential educator known for his Beaux-Arts–inspired civic and institutional buildings across the United States.

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Label	Occurrences
Paul Philippe Cret canonical	14
Paul Cret	1
Paul Cret (consulting architect for Hall of State and planning)	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French American ⓘ architect ⓘ educator ⓘ person ⓘ
almaMater	École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
awardReceived	AIA Gold Medal ⓘ surface form: Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects
birthDate	1876-10-23 ⓘ
birthPlace	Lyon ⓘ surface form: Lyon, France
citizenship	France ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
conflict	World War I ⓘ
deathDate	1945-09-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
designed	Benjamin Franklin Bridge pylons and architectural treatment ⓘ Federal Reserve Board Building facades and plan ⓘ Folger Shakespeare Library ⓘ surface form: Folger Shakespeare Library building Main Building, University of Texas at Austin ⓘ surface form: Main Building and Tower at the University of Texas at Austin Rodin Museum ⓘ surface form: Rodin Museum building and gardens in Philadelphia World War I memorials for the American Battle Monuments Commission ⓘ
educatedAt	Lyon École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ surface form: École des Beaux-Arts, Paris
employer	University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
field	architecture ⓘ
influenced	American civic architecture in the early 20th century ⓘ generations of architects trained at the University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
knownFor	architectural education ⓘ civic buildings in the United States ⓘ institutional buildings in the United States ⓘ
movedTo	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
movement	Beaux-Arts ⓘ Neoclassical architecture ⓘ Stripped Classical ⓘ surface form: Stripped Classicism
name	Paul Philippe Cret self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ French ⓘ
notableWork	Benjamin Franklin Bridge ⓘ Chateau-Thierry American Monument, France ⓘ Detroit Institute of Arts ⓘ surface form: Detroit Institute of Arts (collaborating architect) Federal Reserve Board building, Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Federal Reserve Board Building, Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library ⓘ surface form: Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. Main Building, University of Texas at Austin ⓘ Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme ⓘ surface form: Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval (consulting role) Valley Forge National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: National Memorial Arch, Valley Forge Pan American Union Building ⓘ surface form: Pan American Union Building landscaping and additions Rodin Museum ⓘ surface form: Rodin Museum, Philadelphia
occupation	architect ⓘ university professor ⓘ
residence	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
servedIn	French Army ⓘ
style	classically ordered compositions with simplified ornament ⓘ
taughtAt	University of Pennsylvania School of Design ⓘ surface form: University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture

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Benjamin Franklin Parkway → designedBy → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

Folger Shakespeare Library → hasArchitect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

Detroit Institute of Arts → architect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

Eternal Light Peace Memorial → designer → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

Eternal Light Peace Memorial → architect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

Rodin Museum → architect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul Cret

Paul Philippe Cret → name → Paul Philippe Cret self-link ⓘ

Pan American Union Building → architect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

University Avenue Bridge → designer → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

Eccles Building, Washington, D.C. → architect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

The Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia → hasNotableBurial → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

Texas Centennial Exposition buildings → significantArchitect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

this entity surface form: Paul Cret (consulting architect for Hall of State and planning)

Main Building, University of Texas at Austin → architect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

Chateau-Thierry American Monument, France → architect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

subject surface form: Chateau-Thierry American Monument

National Memorial Arch → architect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ

Eccles Building → architect → Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ