• Artist: Paul Andreu
• Medium(s): Architect, mix media artist
• Born in: Bordeaux, France
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Throughout his life, Paul Andreu had only one goal: to become an architect. It was a goal that, he says, one never reaches, but its elusiveness has inspired him to continue his studies in science and art. Andreu was born in 1938 in Bordeaux. He grew up in France, where he studied Engineering and Architecture at Louis le Grand College, Ecole Polytechnique, Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées and Ecole des Beaux Arts.

“Neither the diplomas nor the academic distinctions will really bring you closer to [becoming an architect].,” says Andreu. [Though] passion, desire, and work of course, will undoubtedly help.” Andreu worked for almost forty years in the industry of Airport Design to achieve his goal.

He worked as Chief of Construction on the Orly International Airport and on the Le Bourget Airport in Paris. He conceived and supervised the construction of the Charles de Gaulle Airport. He also worked as Director of Design and Architecture on various international airport terminals in Abu Dhabi, Jakarta, Cairo, Dar-are Salam, and Shanghai.

As Andreu resists confinement to engineering art, he worked to broaden his professional horizons. Among projects intended to expand his expertise were the Sea Museum in Osaka, a gymnasium in Canton, the Oriental Art Centre in Shanghai and, most profoundly, the Grand National Theatre of China in Beijing.