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{{Short description|French architect}}
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[[Image:Louis Marie Cordonnier.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Louis Marie Cordonnier (1854-1940)]]
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[[File:Louis-Marie Cordonnier.jpg|thumb|200px|Louis Marie Cordonnier<br /> (date unknown)]]
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[[File:Beffroi Armentières (Nord).jpg|right|200px|thumb|Belfry, [[Armentières]]]]


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'''Louis Marie Cordonnier''' (July 7, 1854, [[Haubourdin]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] – 1940) was a [[French architecture|French architect]], born in [[Haubourdin]] and associated principally with [[Lille]] and the [[French Flanders]] region. He was influenced by [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc|Viollet le Duc]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=France 3 |date=2018 |title=Histoires 14-18 : Louis-Marie Cordonnier, l'architecte de la reconstruction |language=french |work=Radio France Info |url=https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/hauts-de-france/histoires-14-18-louis-marie-cordonnier-architecte-reconstruction-1480715.html}}</ref>
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[[File:Beffroi Armentières (Nord).jpg|right|250px|thumb|belfry, [[Armentières]]]]


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== Biography ==
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'''Louis-Marie Cordonnier''' (July 7, 1854, [[Haubourdin]], [[Nord (French department)|Nord]] – 1940) was a [[French architecture|French architect]], born in [[Haubourdin]] and associated principally with [[Lille]] and the [[French Flanders]] region.


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Son of the architect Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier (1820–1902), Cordonnier studied at the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts|Ecole des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris. He returned to Lille for his first major commission, the 1881 town hall of [[Loos, Nord|Loos]]. His chosen style was a strongly regional [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Flemish Renaissance Revival]] in brick, with a characteristic [[Bell tower|belfry]] tower.
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== Biography ==


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Further civic commissions in the area culminated in Cordonnier's best known work, the [[Peace Palace]] in [[The Hague]], seat of the [[International Court of Justice]]. There his neo-Flemish entry won a [[Architectural design competition|design competition]] against far more modern competitors like [[Hendrik Petrus Berlage|Hendrik Berlage]] and [[Otto Wagner]]. The jury's choice proved controversial enough to fuel lawsuits for seven years.
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Son of the architect Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier (1820-1902), Cordonnier studied at the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts|Ecole des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris. He returned to Lille for his first major commission, the 1881 town hall of [[Loos, Nord|Loos]]. His chosen style was a strongly regional [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Flemish Renaissance Revival]] in brick, with a characteristic belfry tower.


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Cordonnier alternated his regional Flemish style with occasional essays in the neo-classical [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] style so prevalent in Paris during these years. In Lille the architect's Flemish Chamber of Commerce building of 1910&ndash;21 stands twenty paces away from his Beaux-Arts [[Opéra de Lille]] of 1903&ndash;14, its design said to be inspired by [[Palais Garnier|Garnier's Paris Opera]].
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Further civic commissions in the area culminated in Cordonnier's best known work, the [[Peace Palace]] in [[The Hague]], seat of the [[International Court of Justice]]. There his neo-Flemish entry won a [[Architectural design competition|design competition]] against far more modern competitors like [[Hendrik Petrus Berlage|Hendrik Berlage]] and [[Otto Wagner]]. The jury's choice proved controversial enough to fuel lawsuits for seven years<ref>http://www.ppl.nl/100years/author.php?subject=carnegie&aulast=cordonnier</ref>.


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In the wake of the widespread destruction of [[World War I]] in this part of France, Cordonnier took the lead in efforts to rebuild civic buildings and local churches in strictly traditional style, although not averse to using structural concrete. Towards the end of his career he was joined in practice by his son, Louis-Stanislas Cordonnier (1884–1960).
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Cordonnier alternated his regional Flemish style with occasional essays in the neo-classical [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] style so prevalent in Paris during these years. In Lille the architect's Flemish Chamber of Commerce building of 1910-1921 stands twenty paces away from his Beaux-Arts [[Opéra de Lille]] of 1903-1914, its design said to be inspired by [[Palais Garnier|Garnier's Paris Opera]].


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== Work ==
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In the wake of the widespread destruction of [[World War I]] in this part of France, Cordonnier took the lead in efforts to rebuild civic buildings and local churches in strictly traditional style, although not averse to using structural concrete. Towards the end of his career he was joined in practice by his son, Louis-Stanislas Cordonnier (1884-1960).
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His work includes:

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== Work ==

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His work includes:


* the [[Opéra de Lille]], built 1903-1914
* the [[Opéra de Lille]], built 1903-1914
* Notre-Dame-de-Lille Pellevoisin, Lille, 1906-1911
* Notre-Dame-de-Lille Pellevoisin, Lille, 1906–1911
* the [[Peace Palace]] in [[The Hague]], 1907-1913
* the [[Peace Palace]] in [[The Hague]], 1907–1913
* series of seaside mansions and villas at [[Neufchâtel-Hardelot]], circa 1908-1912
* series of seaside mansions and villas at [[Neufchâtel-Hardelot]], circa 1908-1912
* Chamber of Commerce de Lille, 1910-1921
* Chamber of Commerce de Lille, 1910–1921
* basilica and memorial building, [[Notre Dame de Lorette]] war cemetery, 1921-1927
* basilica and memorial building, [[Notre Dame de Lorette]] war cemetery, 1921–1927
* the [[Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux]], the second-largest pilgrimage site in France, after [[Lourdes]], 1923-1959
* the [[Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux]], the second-largest pilgrimage site in France, after [[Lourdes]], 1923–1959
* Church of St. Vaast, [[Béthune]], 1924-1927
* Church of St. Vaast, [[Béthune]], 1924–1927
* Church of St. Vaast, [[Bailleul]], 1935
* Church of St. Vaast, [[Bailleul, Nord|Bailleul]], 1935
* ''Grands bureaux de la Société des Mines'' headquarters, in [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais]], with landscape architect [[Achille Duchêne]], 1928-1930<ref>http://www.lens-tourisme.fr/Grands-bureaux-de-la-Societe-des.html</ref>, now part of [[Artois University]]
* ''Grands bureaux de la Société des Mines'' headquarters, in [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais]], with landscape architect [[Achille Duchêne]], 1928–1930,<ref>[http://www.lens-tourisme.fr/Grands-bureaux-de-la-Societe-des.html Lens Tourisme]: Grands bureaux de la Société des Mines.</ref> now part of [[Artois University]]
* four of the [[Belfries of Belgium and France]] designated by [[UNESCO]] as a [[World Heritage Site]]. Of the 23 such municipal towers within [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]] and the [[Somme]], Cordonnier designed those in [[Loos, Nord|Loos]], [[Dunkirk]], [[Comines, Nord|Comines]], and [[Armentières]].
* four of the [[Belfries of Belgium and France]] designated by [[UNESCO]] as a [[World Heritage Site]]. Of the 23 such municipal towers within [[Nord-Pas-de-Calais]] and the [[Somme (department)|Somme]], Cordonnier designed those in [[Loos, Nord|Loos]], [[Dunkirk]], [[Comines, Nord|Comines]], and [[Armentières]].

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== Images ==

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== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center" widths="175" heights="185">
File:Lille opéra.jpg|[[Opéra de Lille]]
File:Lille opéra.jpg|[[Opéra de Lille]]
File:Normandie Calvados Lisieux1 tango7174.jpg|Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux
File:Basilique Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux-2876.jpg|Basilica of St. Thérèse, Lisieux
File: Chambre de commerce - Lille - 2003-21-09.jpg| Chamber of Commerce, Lille
File: Chambre de commerce - Lille - 2003-21-09.jpg| Chamber of Commerce, Lille
File:Peace Palace by Night.jpg|[[Peace Palace]] in [[The Hague]]
File:Peace Palace by Night.jpg|[[Peace Palace]] in [[The Hague]]
File:Bailleul_Saint_Vaast_R02.jpg|St Vaast church, [[Bailleul]]
File:Bailleul_Saint_Vaast_R02.jpg|Church of St Vaast, [[Bailleul, Nord|Bailleul]]

</gallery>
</gallery>


== Sources ==
== Sources ==

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* [http://www.remembrancetrails-northernfrance.com/learn-more/reconstruction/louis-marie-cordonnier-1854-1940-a-pioneer-of-regionalist-architecture.html online biography in English]


==External links==
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Latest revision as of 05:31, 11 May 2023

Louis Marie Cordonnier
(date unknown)
Belfry, Armentières

Louis Marie Cordonnier (July 7, 1854, Haubourdin, Nord – 1940) was a French architect, born in Haubourdin and associated principally with Lille and the French Flanders region. He was influenced by Viollet le Duc.[1]

Biography[edit]

Son of the architect Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier (1820–1902), Cordonnier studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He returned to Lille for his first major commission, the 1881 town hall of Loos. His chosen style was a strongly regional Flemish Renaissance Revival in brick, with a characteristic belfry tower.

Further civic commissions in the area culminated in Cordonnier's best known work, the Peace Palace in The Hague, seat of the International Court of Justice. There his neo-Flemish entry won a design competition against far more modern competitors like Hendrik Berlage and Otto Wagner. The jury's choice proved controversial enough to fuel lawsuits for seven years.

Cordonnier alternated his regional Flemish style with occasional essays in the neo-classical Beaux-Arts style so prevalent in Paris during these years. In Lille the architect's Flemish Chamber of Commerce building of 1910–21 stands twenty paces away from his Beaux-Arts Opéra de Lille of 1903–14, its design said to be inspired by Garnier's Paris Opera.

In the wake of the widespread destruction of World War I in this part of France, Cordonnier took the lead in efforts to rebuild civic buildings and local churches in strictly traditional style, although not averse to using structural concrete. Towards the end of his career he was joined in practice by his son, Louis-Stanislas Cordonnier (1884–1960).

Work[edit]

His work includes:

Gallery[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ France 3 (2018). "Histoires 14-18 : Louis-Marie Cordonnier, l'architecte de la reconstruction". Radio France Info (in French).{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Lens Tourisme: Grands bureaux de la Société des Mines.

External links[edit]

Media related to Louis Marie Cordonnier at Wikimedia Commons

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