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"Lighting bollard by Jean Balladur 1969 with a height of 67 cm and a width of 25 cm by 33 cm. Traces of oxidation on the foot, this so-called ""BB"" bollard decorated the public spaces of the large motte.
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After studying literature and philosophy, in khâgne, at the Condorcet high school, where he was a student of Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Balladur turned to architecture, which he studied at the National School of Fine Arts. from Paris.
His main achievement was the town of La Grande-Motte, a seaside resort and marina, during the 1960s and 1970s. Built in about ten years, on virgin land, it is characterized by great architectural homogeneity, whose the most visible elements are the buildings in the shape of pyramids. He was also responsible for coordinating the development work of Port Camargue.
In 1999, he was elected a member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the Institut de France, in the architecture section, in the chair of André Remondet. In 2001, he was delegate of the Academy to the annual public session of the five academies and gave a remarked speech.
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