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New Sorbonne: Cour d'honneur looking north towards a peristyle

Date

Circa 1910

Creator

G. Massiot & cie

Location

Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries

Runs parallel to the Rue de la Sorbone (Rue Victor Cousin). It is done in a Renaissance Revival style of Louis XIII. A new architectural competition, was won by a pupil of Charles Garnier, Henri-Paul Nénot in 1884. The New Sorbonne (completed 1901) consisted of faculty buildings extending the courtyard plan of the original site (including the chapel) and adding a new auditorium. Nénot demonstrated skill in planning and scale while using traditional French styles in an eclectic manner.

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Runs parallel to the Rue de la Sorbone (Rue Victor Cousin). It is done in a Renaissance Revival style of Louis XIII. A new architectural competition, was won by a pupil of Charles Garnier, Henri-Paul Nénot in 1884. The New Sorbonne (completed 1901) consisted of faculty buildings extending the courtyard plan of the original site (including the chapel) and adding a new auditorium. Nénot demonstrated skill in planning and scale while using traditional French styles in an eclectic manner.
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G. Massiot & cie
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