Pierre-Antoine Gatier

Architecte en Chef des Monuments Historiques, since 1990;
Inspecteur Général des Monuments Historiques, since 2003;
Minstère de la Culture et de la Communication, France
Président, ICOMOS France since 2010
Head of his own architectural firm in Paris

1991 - First French Heritage Society French fellow for the Richard Morris Hunt Fellowship.

Pierre-Antoine regularly welcomes American Richard Morris Hunt fellows to his architectural firm in Paris and to work sites for historic preservation under his supervision. He has been a loyal and devoted collaborator with French Heritage Society since his fellowship days.

Pierre-Antoine is one of the most prominent architects for historic preservation in France. He represented the French Ministry of Culture to do inventories of the damages sustained to the French architectural heritage in New Orleans following Katrina and has served as a consultant for the restoration of Passebon Cottage, part of the African-American Museum and one of French Heritage Society's Katrina Grants.

He also teaches at the Centre des Hautes Etudes de Chaillot, as is in charge of courses on the history of restoration of modern materials and at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Paris Belleville where he is in charge of courses on restoration of 20th patrimony as part of the DSA "Patrimoine du 20è siècle". Pierre-Antoine is also contributes to scientific committees at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (Acquisitions Committee); the Comité de Rédaction de la Revue Monumental (Ministère de la Culture) and the Comité des Experts de la Fondation Le Corbusier (Paris) for the safeguard and promotion of the built works of Le Corbusier.

His recent projects include: Architectural and urban works by Le Corbusier, request for inclusion on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (2006-2009); La Roche House by Le Corbusier (1922) Paris 16th, Classified as an historic monument (work completed Oct. 2009); Villa E-1027 by Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici (1929) Roquebrune-Cap Martin (Alpes Martimes) classified as an historic monument. Preliminary studies for the overall restoration of the Villa and its gardens (work completed Feb. 2010); musical theater l'Opéra Comique-Salle Favart (Paris 2nd).