René Egger

{{short description|French architect}}

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| death_date = 21 February 2016

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René Egger (12 September 1915 - 16 February 2016) was a French Modernist architect. He worked with Fernand Pouillon from 1944 to 1953.{{cite book|editor-last1=Bucci|editor-first1=Alessandro|editor-last2=Mollo|editor-first2=Luigi|title=Regional Architecture in the Mediterranean Area|date=2010|publisher=Alinea|location=Firenze|isbn=9788860552938|oclc=875751611|page=76|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YuQZcdbG0HQC&q=Ren%C3%A9+Egger&pg=PA76}} Over the course of his career, he designed many buildings in Marseille, including more than 150 university and school buildings.{{cite news|last1=Manelli|first1=Sophie|title=René Egger, la mort du bâtisseur de Marseille|url=http://www.laprovence.com/article/edition-marseille/3810861/rene-egger-la-mort-du-batisseur.html|accessdate=15 August 2017|work=La Provence|date=21 February 2016}} He also designed the Hôpital Nord, known as "Europe's most modern" hospital when its construction was completed in 1959.