Jean-Antoine Alavoine

(1778–1834) fransk arkitekt

Jean-Antoine Alavoine (France, 1778–1834) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Jean-Antoine Alavoine belongs to the chapter ‘The Enlightenment’ in this site’s history of architecture.

Jean-Antoine Alavoine was born in Paris and died in Paris. Jean-Antoine Alavoine trained at Beaux-Arts de Paris. The teachers included Jean-Thomas Thibault and Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand. Jean-Antoine Alavoine worked in Paris. Jean-Antoine Alavoine became a member of Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen. Jean-Antoine Alavoine was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour. The students included Auguste Pouliquen, Pierre Auguste Guiauchain, Pierre-Charles Gourlier, and Symphorien Meunié.

One of the best-known works is ‘July Column’. The catalogue has one building by Jean-Antoine Alavoine. The dated building is from 1830.

Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Auguste Henri Victor Grandjean de Montigny, François Debret, Frédéric Nepveu, William Wilkins, and Stefano Gasse.