Theorist

Tony Garnier

1869–1948

Settlement Production Type

Details

Nationality: French

Notes

Lyon-born Prix de Rome (1899); developed Une Cité Industrielle, a 35,000-inhabitant socialist-utopian industrial town in reinforced concrete with no walls, churches or jails, anticipating CIAM by three decades; partially realised in Lyon under mayor Édouard Herriot.

Connections

preceded Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
authored Une Cité Industrielle

Sources

Tony Garnier. Une Cité Industrielle. Vincent, 1917.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Tony Garnier." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/tony-garnier/. Accessed July 17, 2026.