Eugène Hénard
✓ Source-basedfallingFrench architect (1849-1923)
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Eugène Alfred Hénard was a French architect and a highly influential urban planner. He was a pioneer of roundabouts, which were first introduced in Paris in 1907.
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Plan for great crossroads in Paris
Cross-section of Hénard's proposed moving sidewalk for the 1889 exposition.
Chateau d'Eau and Palais de l'Electricité from the Champ de Mars
Detailed plan for transforming the place de l'Opéra into a carrefour à girations (roundabout)
Illustration of a Carrefour à Giration from one of Hénard's transformation proposals. Note that most of the vehicles are still horse-drawn.
Sample stepped boulevard design
Illustration of Hénard's "street of the future", published in American City in January 1911Awards 1
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About this person
Country
FranceCategory
Architects
Type
Architect
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1849 to 1923 · aged 73
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