Gustave Saacké
Gustave Saacké (20 August 1884 – 18 April 1975) was a French architect. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games together with Pierre Montenot and Pierre Bailly for their design of a "Cirque pour Toros" ("Circus for Bullfights").
Also recorded as Gustave Saacke
Gustave Saacké
G. Saccké, P. Bailly, P. Montenot · The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932, Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A, 1933 (lire en ligne), p. 765 · Public domain
- Name
- Gustave Saacké
- Born
- 20 August 1884
- Birthplace
- Sète, France.
- Died
- 18 April 1975
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Awards
- * Olympic Games Gold Medal for Architectural Design
- Education
- Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Languages
- French
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Gustave Saacké (20 August 1884 – 18 April 1975) was a French architect. In 1932 he won a gold medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games together with Pierre Montenot and Pierre Bailly for their design of a "Cirque pour Toros" ("Circus for Bullfights").
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• Name — Gustave Saacké • Born — 20 August 1884 • Birthplace — Sète, France. • Died — 18 April 1975 • Place of death — Paris, France • Significant Buildings — * Jean Bouin stadium (1925) • New Caledonian Pavilion (1931) • Significant Projects — * "Cirque pour Toros" (1932) • Awards — * Olympic Games Gold Medal for Architectural Design • Education — Beaux-Arts de Paris
Jean Bouin stadium (Paris, 1925)
Jean Bouin stadium (Paris, 1925)
Associating with Jacques Lambert and Pierre Bailly, Saacké worked on a project for a stadium in the 16th district of Paris. The stadium was of a quite modern style, enabled by the use of concrete and a light shell. The stadium underwent renovations in 1968 but was ultimately destroyed in 2010 in order to build a new rugby stadium.
The New Caledonian Pavilion at the 1931 Colonial Exhibition in Paris.
The New Caledonian Pavilion at the 1931 Colonial Exhibition in Paris.
In 1930, Gustave Saacké, along with his former partner Pierre Bailly and new partner Pierre Montenot, was chosen as an architect for the New Caledonian Pavilion. They had already worked on "a study of a project to build a post office in Nouméa", New Caledonia's capital. The architects took inspiration from vernacular Kanak architecture and especially the chief's huts. They picked characteristic features such as the pointed roof or the carved door frames. They adapted the classic hut by adding two side sections, the one on the right dedicated to the Wallis Islands and the left one for the New Hebrides.
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Gold Medal: Cirque pour Toros, 1932 Los Angeles Olympics
The project Cirque pour Toros that Saacké, Bailly, and Montenot presented was unrelated to Olympic sports; it was in fact a project for a bullring, as opposed to its competitors, whose designs concerned venues for such sports. • Illustration — Jean Bouin stadium. • Illustration — The New Caledonian Pavilion. • Illustration — Cirque pour Toros.
Le Pavillon des diamantaires, exposition des Arts Décoratifs, 1925. Style Art déco.
Saacké, Bailly, Lambert (architectes) · Cité de l'Architecture, Paris
Plan pour le concours de l'hopital-sanatorium de Versailles, 1932. Détail de la vue perspective.
Saacké et Bailly, architectes · « Concours organisé par la Ville de Versailles pour la construction d'un Hôpital annexe de l'Hôpital civil (Service des Tuberculeux) », La Construction moderne: journal hebdomadaire illustré: art, t
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