Name Michel Pinseau Role Architect | ||
Education Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts | ||
The Hassan II Mosque
Michel Pinseau (1926 – September 15, 1999) was a French architect. He is known for his conception of the tallest minaret in the world, Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco.
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Casablanca's Hassan II Mosque - Sam's Exotic Travels of 2011
Career
Michel Pinseau graduated from École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1956. He then worked on many projects in the French capital especially in the Champs-Elysées area.
Pinseau was known as Hassan II's architect. They met in the 1970s and from then Pinseau worked on many projects in Morocco.
Pinseau died on 15 September 1999 in Paris.
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Michel Pinseau Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA