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;void(0)) ** SUMMARY ** . Architecture and Planning / Africa & Haiti . Architecture and Planning / USA & Europe . Interior Design . Beaux-Arts Works . Sketches . Drawings . The Art of the Table During his 39-year career as an Architect/Planner (started in 1965 with Jean Dick, Architect/Urbanist), Gilles contributed to the improvement of many lives through: ** REGIONAL PLANNING ** (in France and Africa) ** CITY PLANNING / URBAN DESIGN ** including rehabilitation of slums and squatter settlements, and City services management (in NYC, Haiti and Africa) see section Africa & Haiti ** DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION ** -- in the "western world": . Several major buildings in the USA (worked on Roosevelt Island "Rivercross" and "Island House", the "Park Belvedere" at Columbus/79St, "The Vanderbilt" on East 40St in NYC, among others) and in France (worked on churches, hospitals and housing complexes) . Private residences in the USA, Mexico and Europe, see section USA & Europe . Interior design for private clients, see section Interior Design -- in the "delevoping world" and overseas: . Some 12 thousand units of housing for the poor in developing countries (Haiti and Africa) with grant money from Development Banks, see section Africa & Haiti . Formulation of subsidized Housing finance mechanisms for the very poor, and . Conception/supervision of many educational complexes in Africa (primary, secondary and graduate schools) see section Africa & Haiti . Private developer's apartment building in St-Maarten and several residences in Guinea, Haiti and Rwanda - see section USA & Europe ** PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS ** . Main Representative of the International Society for City and Regional Planning (ISoCaRP) to the UN / ECOSOC, see website: www.isocarp.org . Member of the USA National delegation of ISoCaRP since 1984 . Member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation since 1983, see website: www.nationaltrust.org ** PAINTINGS / DRAWINGS / SCULPTURES ** Selected works have been shown in private exhibits in France and Rwanda: see section Artwork . Classical works: see Artwork1 . Sketches: see Artwork2 . Drawings: see Artwork3  ;void(0)) ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING
NEW YORK AND ...
under construction... see section USA & Europe Entry in the International competition for the Pompidou Center (Beaubourg) in Paris, 1971 ;void(0)) SKETCHES, SKETCHES...
see section Artwork2 A sampler of freehand drawings done in the field, of architectural / urban nature ;void(0)) SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION
see section Artwork3 Inspiration that cannot be explained... all artwork © Gilles Marie-Paul Laheurte | Africa & Haiti | USA & Europe | Interior Design | | Return Home | Architecture & the Arts | Fine Arts | Writing | Poetry | Music | Photography | Theater | Contact | |
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