Jean Le Couteur

John Le Couteur (10 June 1916 – 30 May 2010) was a notable French architect, a long-time associate of Paul Herbé.

In 1939 he joined the studio of Auguste Perret at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, but the outbreak of World War II interrupted his schooling.

He then established his own firm in Bizerte, building his first major work, the Notre-Dame-de-France (1948-1953), which was inspired by Auguste Perret.

[2] Le Couteur and Herbé formed an official partnership in 1949, working on a variety of projects while based in the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism (MRU).

[1] After Herbé died in 1963, Le Couteur created the French Pavilion at the Osaka World Fair (1969), and built many housing estates.