Henry Lacoste
Henry Lacoste (January 16, 1885 - April 28, 1968) was a Belgian architect and archaeologist. His work is characterised by the extensive use of Art Deco style and motifs as well as solid wood. Two of his most renown works include The Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation, in Brussels (1927) and the Leuven Library Reading Room, which today contains 44,000 books.
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Henry Lacoste
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- Name
- Henry Lacoste
- Born
- 16 January 1885
- Birthplace
- Tournai, Belgium
- Died
- 28 April 1968
- Place of death
- Brussels, Belgium
- Education
- École des Beaux-Arts
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- architect · designer
- Fields
- architecture
- Teachers
- Ernest Acker · Henri Deglane · Gustave Umbdenstock
- Honours
- Croix de Guerre
- Languages
- French
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Henry Lacoste (January 16, 1885 - April 28, 1968) was a Belgian architect and archaeologist. His work is characterised by the extensive use of Art Deco style and motifs as well as solid wood. Two of his most renown works include The Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation, in Brussels (1927) and the Leuven Library Reading Room, which today contains 44,000 books.
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Henry Lacoste studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. Training under Ernest Acker, Henri Deglane and Gustave Umbdenstock is recorded. Jean Van Doosselaere is recorded as having studied under Henry Lacoste. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is architecture. Work by Henry Lacoste is recorded in the collections of Mijnmuseum. Distinctions recorded are Croix de Guerre.
Fondation Médicale Reine Elisabeth, Hôpital Brugmann, Bruxelles, Architecte Henry Lacoste
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Fondation Médicale Reine Elisabeth, Hôpital Brugmann, Bruxelles Architecte Henry Lacoste
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• Name — Henry Lacoste • Born — 16 January 1885 • Birthplace — Tournai, Belgium • Died — 28 April 1968 • Place of death — Brussels, Belgium • Significant Buildings — * Queen Elisabeth Medical Foundation • Academic libraries in Leuven (Reading Room Leuven University) • Education — École des Beaux-Arts
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Henry Lacoste was born in Tournai.
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Henry Lacoste died in Brussels metropolitan area.
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- 1.Académie royale de Belgique. www.academieroyale.be.
- 2.http://aam.be/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Lacoste-Henry.pdf
- 3.CReA-Patrimoine_Index. dev.ulb.ac.be.
- 4.MRAH-KMKG. kmkg-mrah.be via Wikiwix.
- 5.MRAH-KMKG. Wikiwix.
- 6.MRAH-KMKG. kmkg-mrah.be via Internet Archive.
- 7.Eglise_bleharies. lacoste.be.
- 8.14/18.
- 9.Maison personnelle de l'architecte Henry Lacoste - Inventaire du patrimoine architectural. Inventaire du patrimoine architectural de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
- 10.Fondation médicale Reine Élisabeth - Hôpital Brugmann Avenue Jean Joseph Crocq 3. Inventaire du patrimoine architectural de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
- 11.Fondation Médicale Reine Elisabeth : aspects historiques et architecturaux - CHU Brugmann. www.chu-brugmann.be.
- 12.Kindersanatorium Baronne Lucie Lambert. onroerenderfgoed.be.
- 13.Home Familia: contributions textes et photos. zeepreventorium.org.
- 14.Sint-Albertuskerk (Zwartberg)
- 15.photo.
- 16.Le home RTT. tchorski.morkitu.org.
- 17.Home RTT. lacoste.be.
- 18.Back in Time .be / Home RTT Oostduinkerke. Back in Time .be.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Éric Hennaut, Henri Lacoste, dans, Dictionnaire de l'architecture en Belgique de 1830 à nos jours, Bruxelles, 2003, .
- Éric Hennaut et Liliane Liesens, Henry Lacoste, architecte, 1885-1968, préface de Maurice Culot, AAM Éditions, Bruxelles, 2008.
- Denis Lacoste, Armoiries de la famille Lacoste, Héraldique vivante, dans, Le Parchemin, janvier- , à 53. (La famille de l'architecte Lacoste adopte comme armoiries, avec changement d'émaux, celles que le roi Baudouin avait concédées avec le titre de chevalier à Paul Lacoste (1883-1975), frère de l'architecte, cofondateur des Expositions nationales du Travail de Belgique, à savoir : d'or à une chouette de sable, allumée, becquée et armée de gueules, perchée sur un chicot de sinople posé en fasce, et accompagnée en chef de deux étoiles à cinq rais de gueules
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