Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: French architect and longtime member of the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO), passed away on 22 August 2024 at the age of 88.Over a distinguished career spanning five decades, Pierre devoted himself to the conservation of architectural heritage across Asia.He is remembered not only for his technical brilliance and remarkable body of work, but also for 1 This is a streamlined English version of an obituary originally published in French by François Lagirarde & Christophe Pottier in Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient 111 (2025).Republished with permission.his moral clarity, generosity, and deeply human approach to both scholarship and life.Born in 1936 into a family of artists, Pierre grew up in an environment steeped in creativity.His father was a painter, his mother an illustrator and arts and crafts teacher.This early exposure to art laid the foundation for his life's work.The family lived near the Beaux-Arts in Paris and the nearby atmosphere of artistic freedom and playfulness profoundly influenced him.
Source: Journal of the Siam Society
Authors: EFEO, François Lagirarde
Institution: École Française d'Extrême-Orient
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4416510925
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