- Birthday
- 1930-04-08
- Deathday
- 2009-04-30
- Place of Birth
- Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Jean-Jacques Deluz
ActingBiography
Jean-Jacques Deluz, born April 8, 1930 in Lausanne and died April 30, 2009 in Algiers, was a Swiss architect and urban planner. He settled in Algiers in 1956, where he lived and worked until his death in 2009, when he was buried. Through his work—his buildings, his writings, and his teaching—he is one of the most important figures in modern Algerian architecture. Jean-Jacques Deluz, born in Lausanne in 1930, arrived in Algiers almost by chance in the mid-1950s. Upon his arrival in 1956, the young Swiss architect joined the firm of architects Alexis Daure and Henry Béri, before collaborating o...
