Louis-Robert Goust

Louis-Robert Goust (8 June 1761 – 11 July 1838) was a French architect.

Louis-Robert Goust
Born(1761-06-08)8 June 1761
Beaumesnil
Died11 July 1838(1838-07-11) (aged 77)
OccupationArchitect
AwardsPrix de Rome (1786, 1788)
PracticeNeoclassicism
BuildingsArc de Triomphe

Biography

Born in Beaumesnil, he won the second Grand Prix for Architecture (the future Prix de Rome) in 1786 and 1788. On 1 May 1811 he was appointed architect for the construction of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, replacing Jean-François Chalgrin, who had died five months earlier.

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