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.

Aliases (1)

Paul Cret ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French American → architect → educator → person →
almaMater	École des Beaux-Arts →
awardReceived	Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects →
birthDate	1876-10-23 →
birthPlace	Lyon, France →
citizenship	France → United States →
conflict	World War I →
deathDate	1945-09-08 →
deathPlace	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
designed	Benjamin Franklin Bridge pylons and architectural treatment → Federal Reserve Board Building facades and plan → Folger Shakespeare Library building → Main Building and Tower at the University of Texas at Austin → 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, 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 →
movement	Beaux-Arts → Neoclassical architecture → Stripped Classicism →
name	Paul Philippe Cret →
nationality	American → French →
notableWork	Benjamin Franklin Bridge NERFINISHED → Chateau-Thierry American Monument, France → Detroit Institute of Arts (collaborating architect) → Federal Reserve Board Building, Washington, D.C. → Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. → Main Building, University of Texas at Austin → Memorial to the Missing of the Somme at Thiepval (consulting role) → National Memorial Arch, Valley Forge → Pan American Union Building landscaping and additions → Rodin Museum, Philadelphia →
occupation	architect → university professor →
residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
servedIn	French Army →
style	classically ordered compositions with simplified ornament →
taughtAt	University of Pennsylvania School of Architecture →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Detroit Institute of Arts → Eternal Light Peace Memorial → Rodin Museum ("Paul Cret") →	architect
Benjamin Franklin Parkway →	designedBy
Eternal Light Peace Memorial →	designer
Folger Shakespeare Library →	hasArchitect
Paul Philippe Cret →	name