Installed(Settled) since its creation (1971) in old(former) rubanerie, giving Jacquard on the place(square), the graduate school of architecture of Saint-Étienne is directly confronted to social and urban life. This trader's building was a textile recipe(takings) which belonged to the family Louison. This factory fabricated 35 nuances of ribbon(tape) of black silk. The construction of the building is between 1857 and 1864\\. The architect stéphanois Francisc Dodat is the author of the extra height of last level in 1910 and of enlargement on the court(yard), road side of the Corner(Place). This period corresponds at the time when the company installed(settled) machine-wovens and electrical devices. The city acquired(bought back) the primitive(initial) building in 1971 to instal(settle) the school of local architecture there transformed by decree into Pedagogic Unity(Unit) of Architecture on July 24th, 1972 then into School of Architecture in 1984
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