Albert Laprade
Albert Laprade (born November 29, 1883 in Buzançais , † May 9, 1978 in Paris ) was a French architect and urban planner .
Life
Laprade was born in 1883 as the son of a grocer and a seamstress in Buzançais near Châteauroux . He attended the Lycée du Châteauroux from 1894 to 1900. Between 1900 and 1903 he then did his military service. From 1903 he studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. There he became a student of Ernest Cléret and Gaston Redon . While still a student, he worked for the architects and urban planners René Sergent , an uncle by marriage, and Henri Prost . In 1907 he completed his studies with a diploma.
In 1914 Laprade was called up for military service and was wounded near Ypres the following year . He was transferred to Rouen to recover , but the wound was too severe and he did not have to return to the war. In the same year he was sent to Henri Prost in Morocco, who was responsible for town planning there. With Prost, Laprade built, among other things, the new town of Casablanca and designed the seat of the permanent representative of the French government in Rabat . In 1920 he went back to France and opened his own architectural office, which he led at times together with other architects.
Between 1932 and 1960 he was chief architect for public buildings and national palaces, between 1944 and 1958 he was chief architect of the Ministry of Reconstruction and architect for the reconstruction of Le Mans .
Laprade was a member of the “Société des Architectes moderne”, vice-president of the Académie d'Architecture , founding member of the Union internationale des architectes and a member of the editorial board of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui .
Honors and awards (selection)
- Honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- Member of the Académie royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- Member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts and its president in 1965
Works (selection)
- 1916: El-Hank lighthouse, Casablanca , with Henri Prost
- 1916–1921: Parc Lyautey, Casablanca, with Henri Porst
- 1918–1924: Seat of the Permanent Representative of the French Government in Rabat
- 1924: Restoration of the Château de la Chaise
- 1925: Jardins des Nymphéas and Jardins des Oiseaux for the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern in Paris
- 1925–1929: Plant for a fertilizer factory, Berry-Bouy
- 1925–1930: Villa of the Marquise Maurigi, Port Cors
- 1926–1928: Villa Magdalena with garden, Bénodet
- 1927: Villa Dardiali, Pyla-sur-Mer
- 1931: Exhibition pavilion for the French overseas territories at the Paris Colonial Exhibition and the Palais de la Porte Dorée
- 1932: Abreu de Grancher Foundation in the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris student estate
- 1933–1935: Factory and workers' settlement in Colombe
- 1937: Villa Prinz Murat, Ferhala
- 1933–1937: French Embassy in Ankara , with Léon Bazin
- 1935: monument to Hubert Lyautey , Casablanca
- 1937. Iraqi pavilion at the world exhibition in Paris
- 1941: Place d'Armes, Valenciennes
- 1947: Dam in Seyssel
- 1945–1960: Authority district in Lille , with other architects
- 1950–1962: Workers' settlement in Le Creusot
- 1951–1954: Monument to Jean Giraudoux , Bellac
- 1955–1966: Administrative district in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, including the Paris prefecture
- 1957: Monument to Victor Hugo , Paris (draft, not realized)
- 1959–1964: Archives de la Seine, Paris, with René Fontaine
- 1965: Hilton Hotel , Orly
literature
- Pierre Vago: Albert Laprade . In: Muriel Emanuel: Contemporary Architects . Mac millan press, 1980, pp. 514f
- Jean-Paul Midant: Albert Laprade . Dictionnaire de l'Architecture du XXe siècle, Hazan, Paris, 1996, pp. 510f
Web links
- Extensive biography , Cité de L'Architecture et du Pratrimoine, Institut français d'architecture (French, PDF; 314 kB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of Section III of the Académie des Beaux-Arts
- ^ Entry on Albert Laprade , Cité de L'Architecture et du Pratrimoine, Institut français d'architecture
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Laprade, Albert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 29, 1883 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Buzançais |
DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1978 |
Place of death | Paris |