Alexandre Marcel
Alexandre Marcel (11 September 1860 - 30 June 1928) was a French architect, best known for his Belle Époque interpretations of "exotic" international architectural styles. Marcel studied at the Parisian École des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Louis-Jules André.
Also recorded as Alexandre Auguste Louis Marcel
Alexandre Marcel
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- Name
- Alexandre Marcel
- Born
- 11 September 1860
- Died
- 30 June 1928
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Alexandre Marcel (11 September 1860 - 30 June 1928) was a French architect, best known for his Belle Époque interpretations of "exotic" international architectural styles. Marcel studied at the Parisian École des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Louis-Jules André.
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• Name — Alexandre Marcel • Born — 11 September 1860 • Died — 30 June 1928 • Birthplace — Paris • Illustration — Baron Empain Palace, Cairo • Illustration — Japanese Tower and the kiosk of the Chinese Pavilion, Laeken, Brussels
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His work includes: • the Pagoda Cinema, on the Rue de Babylon, Paris, 1896 • multiple buildings for the Paris Exposition of 1900, including the Cambodian Pavilion and the Panorama du Tour du Monde of the sea-transport company Compagnie des messageries maritimes with its "Japanese Tower" • structures at the Parc Oriental de Maulévrier, Paris, 1899-1913 • reconstruction of the Japanese Tower at Laeken, outside Brussels, for King Leopold II, c. 1901 • the new Chinese Pavilion at Laeken, for Leopold II, c. 1902 • royal racetrack at Ostend, for Leopold II • grand hall of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo, 1910 • Baron Empain Palace (Qasr Al Baron), Heliopolis, Cairo, completed 1911 • Latin Catholic Basilica "Basilique de Notre-Dame", Heliopolis, Cairo, 1910 • Palace for the Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, now Punjab, India, 1911 • French Embassy, Shiba Park, Tokyo, 1913 • Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, Villeneuve-l'Étang Imperial Estate, in Marnes-la-Coquette, Hauts-de-Seine, outside of Paris, 1928
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1860
Alexandre Marcel born at 7th arrondissement of Paris.
1905
Japanese Tower is dated 1905.
1907
Baron Empain Palace is dated 1907.
1908
Egyptian Diplomatic Club is dated 1908.
1920
Foreign Legion National Cemetery is dated 1920.
1928
Alexandre Marcel died at Paris.
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7th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Archives numérisées de l'état civil de Paris, acte de naissance (consulté le 24 juin 2012)
- 2.Notice du site du parc de Maulévrier.
- 3.Mercedes. Volait. Claudine. Piaton. L’identification d’un ensemble urbain du en Egypte : Héliopolis, Le Caire. In Situ, revue des patrimoines. 2005. 20 février 2010.
- 4.Lola Parra Craviotto. Maulévrier, le Japon à la française. Le Figaro Magazine. 54-60 . 2 juillet 2021.
- 5.Fiche Archiwebture.
- 6.De ses origines à nos jours. Parc oriental de Maulévrier.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- David de Pénanrun, Roux et Delaire, Les architectes élèves de l'école des beaux-arts (1793-1907), Librairie de la construction moderne, éd., 1907,
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Alexandre Marcel is recorded as architect. Works and catalogued output.
Egyptian Diplomatic Club
1908
Baron Empain Palace
1907
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