José Oubrerie

José R. Oubrerie (born November 9, 1932) is a French architect, educator, and author. He was a protégé of Le Corbusier.

Education

Oubrerie studied painting at the Ecole des Beux-Arts (1946–51) in Nantes, and architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA), (1955-58/ 1966-68) in Paris, France. Since 1970, Oubrerie is registered in the Ordre des Architect, Paris, France, and an American Institute of Architects honorary member.

Projects

• Église Saint-Pierre with Le Corbusier; 1960–70, 1970–78, 2003–06 (completed)
• Miller House, Lexington, Kentucky
• French Cultural Center, Damascus, Syria; 1988 (completed)
• Centre Le Corbusier, Zurich, Switzerland; 1963-1967 (completed) with Le Corbusier, G. Jullian, et al.

Academic career

Oubrerie is professor emeritus at Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture at Ohio State University, having held the position of chair of the architecture department (1991–97) and professor of architecture. Oubrerie is also a visiting professor at the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. From 1987-91, Oubrerie was dean at University of Kentucky College of Design, formerly College of Architecture, in Lexington, Kentucky, where he also taught as a professor of architecture (1980–81, 1983-4). Previously, Oubrerie taught architectural design as assistant professor at New York Institute of Technology (1985–87), Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (1985–87), and Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of Cooper Union (1974) in New York City, as well as Polytechnic University of Milan (1981–83) and Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beux-Arts (1974–84), Paris.

Awards, honors

• 2002 Lumley Research Award, The College of Engineering, Ohio State University

Exhibitions

• 2007/ 2008, L'Eglise Saint-Pierre de Firminy-Vert. John Hartell Gallery, AAP, Cornell University ; Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University

Publications

• "L'Oriente di Jeanneret", Parametro, 1986,143, G. Gresleri, L. Benevolo, G. Trebbi, P. L. Cervellati, L. M. Colli, I. Zannier, C. de Seta, J. Oubrerie, E. Masi, K. Frampton, pp. 1–1, 6–64
• Oubrerie, José, 2015, Architecture With And Without Le Corbusier: Jose Oubrerie Architect. Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers, ISBN 978-988-15125-7-4