Académie d'architecture

This article is about the current architecture society in France. For the former French architecture society, see Académie royale d'architecture.
Académie d'architecture
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Established1840
Focusarchitecture
HeadPaul Quintrand
Members100
Formerly calledSociété centrale des architectes
Location
Hôtel de Chaulnes, 9 Place des Vosges
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Paris
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France

The Académie d'architecture (French pronunciation: [akademi daʁʃitɛktyʁ]) is a French learned society whose purpose is the recognition of architectural quality. Founded in 1840 as the Société centrale des architectes (French: [sɔsjete sɑ̃tʁal dez‿aʁʃitɛkt]; English: "Central Society of Architects"), the society was renamed Académie d'architecture in 1953, reviving the name of the former Académie royale d'architecture, founded in 1671 by Jean-Baptiste Colbert.

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