Background
He was born in Marseille and died in Paris.
He was born in Marseille and died in Paris.
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts.
He is known for his reinforced concrete religious buildings such as the Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-l"Enfant-Jésus in Élisabethville (Yvelines), with extensive sculptural work by sculptor Carlo Sarrabezolles. Also, Tournon designed the Église du Saint-Esprit in Paris, Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur in Casablanca and several churches in Morocco.
He was an architect in chief of many French civil buildings and national palaces, and a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.