French architect (1923–2022)
Ludwik Janusz Peretz (9 January 1923 – 1 December 2022) was a Polish-born French architect.[1]
Biography
Peretz began his university studies at the Warsaw University of Technology and served in the Home Army. He was a prisoner of war from 1944 to 1945. After World War II, he emigrated to France and became a student of Marcel Favier [fr], Robert Clément [fr], and André Lys [fr] at the École des beaux-arts de Lille [fr], from where he graduated in 1955. In 1966, he became a naturalized French citizen. He worked as an architect in Roubaix and Lille, primarily working on construction of churches.[2]
Peretz died in Villeneuve-d'Ascq on 1 December 2022, at the age of 99.[3]
Main constructions
- École des beaux-arts (Lille, 1959–1964)
- Église du Saint-Curé-d'Ars (Lille, 1960)[4]
- Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité (Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 1963)[5]
- Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité (Armentières, 1964)[6]
- Chapelle Saint-Pierre (Lomme, 1964)[7]
- Église Saint-Joseph (Grande-Synthe, 1965)[8]
- Chapelle Saint-Paul (Saint-André-lez-Lille, 1965)[9]
- Église Sainte-Bernadette (Rosendaël, 1966)[10]
- Maison Monniez (Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 1972)
- Maison Derville (Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 1973)
- Immeuble (Lille, 1975)[11]
- Maison Camus (Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 1976)
- Maison Wallez (Mouvaux, 1979)
- Chapelle dite Centre Romero (Villeneuve-d'Ascq, 1980)[12]
References