Paul Andreu (born July 10, 1938 in Caudéran / Gironde) is a renowned French architect. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gironde (Gironda is a common name for the Gironde Estuary - sound where merge the mouths of the Garonne river and of the Dordogne river - and for This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction He is best known for having planned numerous airports worldwide, notably Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila), Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Jakarta), Shanghai Pudong International Airport (China) Abu Dhabi International Airport, Dubai International Airport, Cairo International Airport, Brunei International Airport, Charles de Gaulle International Airport (Paris) and Paris - Orly Airport). An airport is a location where Aircraft such as airplanes, Helicopters and blimps take off and land The Ninoy Aquino International Airport ( Filipino: Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Ninoy Aquino) or NAIA (ˈnæijɑ is the Airport serving the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Bandar Udara Internasional Soekarno-Hatta is the main Airport serving the greater Jakarta area on the island of Java Shanghai Pudong International Airport ( ( is a major Aviation hub in Asia, particularly in the East Asian region and is the primary international Abu Dhabi International Airport ( مطار أبو ظبي الدولي) is an Airport in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates Dubai International Airport (مطار دبي الدولي is an international Airport serving Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates Cairo International Airport (Arabic مطار القاهرة الدولي is the busiest airport in Egypt and the primary hub for Star Alliance member Brunei International Airport ( Malay: Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Brunei ( Jawi) لاڤڠن تربڠ انتارابڠسا بروني) is the primary Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle also known as Roissy Airport (or just Roissy in French in the Paris area is Paris - Orly Airport (Aéroport de Paris - Orly is an Airport located partially in Orly and partially in Villeneuve-le-Roi, south of Paris

Osaka Maritime Museum, Osaka, Japan

Other prestigious projects include the Grande Arche at La Défense in Paris (as associate of Johann Otto von Spreckelsen) and a new performing arts center near Beijing's Tiananmen Square which has been inaugurated on the 22 December 2007^[1]. is a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The Grande Arche de la Fraternité is a Monument in the business district of La Défense to the west of Paris. La Défense is a major Business district for the city of Paris, bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself Johann Otto von Spreckelsen (May 4 1929 -- March 16 1987 was a Danish Architect. The National Centre for the Performing Arts ( formerly known as the National Grand Theatre, and colloquially described as The Egg, is an Opera house Tiananmen Square ( is the large Plaza near the center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen (literally Gate of Heavenly Peace

Andreu graduated in 1961 from the École Polytechnique. For other Écoles Polytechniques see École Polytechnique de Montréal and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

He has been in charge of planning and constructing Charles de Gaulle International Airport (Roissy) in Paris since 1967. Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (Aéroport Paris-Charles de Gaulle also known as Roissy Airport (or just Roissy in French in the Paris area is Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. On May 23, 2004, a portion of Terminal 2E's ceiling collapsed, killing four people. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Terminal 2E, inaugurated in 2003, is the seventh terminal at Roissy by Andreu, and has been described as one of his boldest designs. The collapse was attributed by the ad hoc administrative enquiry commission to a variety of technical causes and the lack of margins of safety in the design. Andreu blamed the collapse on poor execution by the building companies.

On September 28, 2004, a reinforcement cage section erected to form a retaining wall on another Andreu-designed terminal, Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport, collapsed while under construction, killing five construction workers. Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Dubai International Airport (مطار دبي الدولي is an international Airport serving Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates

References

1. ^ China's national theater makes debut, International Herald Tribune, 23 december 2007. The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international Newspaper

External links

• www.paul-andreu.com Andreu's homepage (French)
• BBC News: Profile: Paul Andreu
• Official report of the enquiry commission (French)
• Pictures and profile at Specifier Magazine
• Paul Andreu information at Structurae