Louis-Hippolyte Boileau
Louis-Hippolyte Boileau (lwi ipolit bwalo; 1878–1948) was a French architect. Grandson of Louis-Auguste Boileau (1812–1896) and son of Louis-Charles Boileau (1837–1914, architect of the Hôtel Lutetia), Louis-Hippolyte studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Gaston Redon. He is best known for his Art Deco.
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Louis-Hippolyte Boileau

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- Born
- 1878. · Paris.
- Died
- 1948. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- architect.
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Louis-Hippolyte Boileau (lwi ipolit bwalo; 1878–1948) was a French architect. Grandson of Louis-Auguste Boileau (1812–1896) and son of Louis-Charles Boileau (1837–1914, architect of the Hôtel Lutetia), Louis-Hippolyte studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Gaston Redon. He is best known for his Art Deco.
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• annex to the Le Bon Marché department store, Paris, 1920s • war monument, Longwy, 1925 • Pomone Pavilion for Bon Marché, for the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Paris, 1925 • the Pagode de Vincennes, for the Paris Colonial Exposition, 1931, now on the shore of the Lac Daumesnil in Paris • The Palais de l'Afrique Equatoriale Française at the Vincennes Colonial Exposition of 1931, along with Léon Carrière. • the new Palais de Chaillot at the Trocadéro, for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937), with fellow architects Jacques Carlu and Léon Azéma • additions to the Expositions Buildings at the Porte de Versailles, with Léon Azéma, 1937 • Hotel Plaza in Biarritz with Paul Perrotte, 1928 • Hôtel de Ville, Biarritz, 1929
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The authorities additionally record the heading Louis Hippolyte Boileau. His recorded language was French. He was the child of Louis-Charles Boileau.

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Le tombeau des familles Boileau et Tissier au cimetière communal de Bagneux dans les Hauts-de-Seine. Parmi les membres de la famille sont inhumés l'architecte Louis-Charles Boileau (1837-1914); son fils l'architecte Louis-Hippolyte Boileau (1878-1948); son gendre le juriste Théodore Tissier (1866-1944), ancien ministre et ancien maire de Bagneux; et le fils de ce dernier Pierre Tissier (1903-1955)
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1878
Louis-Hippolyte Boileau born at Paris.
1948
Louis-Hippolyte Boileau died at Paris.
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