Auguste Perret and visible at sea. Among the many young architects who worked in the office of Perret from 1908 to 1910 was Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, who later became known as Le Corbusier; it was his first experience in an architectural firm. From 1940 Perret taught at the École des Beaux-Arts. He won the Royal Gold Medal in 1948 and the AIA Gold Medal in 1952. Perret also served as a juror with Florence Meyer Blumenthal in awarding the Prix Blumenthal, a grant given between 1919 and 1954 to young French painters, sculptors, decorators, engravers, writers, and musicians. In 1998, the Perret Tower
Sel gris from meat). Selmeliers tend to pair "sels gris" with heartier foods like steak and root vegetables due to their mineral complexity. Most producers of fleur de sel also produce sel gris. Sel gris Sel gris (pl. sels gris, "gray salt" in French) is a coarse granular sea salt popularized by the French. "Sel gris" comes from the same solar evaporation salt pans as fleur de sel but is harvested differently; it is allowed to come into contact with the bottom of the salt pan before being raked, hence its gray color. "Sel gris" is coarser than "fleur de sel" but