Henri Prost

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Henri Prost (25 February, 1874 - 16 July ,1959) was a French architect and town planner. He was noted in particularly for his work in Morocco and designed a number of city streets and buildings between 1914 and 1922 including Casablanca, Fès, Marrakech, Meknès and Rabat.

He was the co-founder in 1911 of the French Society of Planners with architects Donat Alfred Agache, Mr. Auburtin, A. Bérard, Eugène Hénard, Léon Jaussely, A. Parenty, engineer Jean Claude Nicolas Forestier and the landscape architect Edouard Redont.

He became a member of the Central Society of Architects in 1930. He was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in 1933. He served as Director of the Special School of Architecture from 1929 to 1959.

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