Alfred Olivet

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Alfred Etienne Olivet (born April 24, 1863 in Geneva ; † May 3, 1942 there ) was a Swiss architect .

Live and act

Nothing further is reported about Olivet's training, the son of an entrepreneur, in Geneva. It is known that as a young man he was involved in the planning of the building of the waterworks and the quay in Geneva. Travels took him to the United States, France and Italy.

From 1912 he took part in various competitions with Alexandre Camoletti , for example for the Geneva Natural History Museum and the Geneva Palace of Justice. He built hotels in Aix-les-Bains and Annecy, and he received orders to renovate luxury hotels in Geneva. Also in Geneva, he created today's Uniprix department store ( SA Galeries Modernes-Grand Bazar de Geneve ) in 1914 , the Hygiene Institute in 1915 and the Forensic Medicine Institute in 1919.

In addition to his work as an architect, Olivet has written specialist articles for newspapers and magazines.

Works (selection)

  • Residential and commercial building , Geneva 1889–91
  • Hotel Beau-Rivage , renovation and extension, Geneva 1901–34
  • Hotel Splendide , interior work, Aix-le-Bains 1906
  • Hotel Excelsior , Aix-le-Bains 1906
  • Hotel de la Paix , Geneva, extension in 1908, remodeling in 1937
  • Pension , Geneva 1909
  • Primary school , Cointrin 1912–13 (canceled)
  • Galeries Modernes - Grand Bazar de Genève , department store, Geneva 1911-14
  • École St. Jean , Geneva 1913–15 (with Alexandre Camoletti)
  • Institut d'Hygiene , Geneva 1913-15
  • Hotel Royal , Aix-le-Bains 1914
  • Forensic Medicine Institute , Geneva 1919
  • Imperial Palace , Annecy 1924
  • Residential and commercial buildings , Geneva 1931–32
  • Residential and commercial building , Geneva 1933

literature

  • Catherine Courtiau: Olivet, Alfred (Etienne) . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Muséum de la histoire naturelle. Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande. Vol. 38 (1912) No. 8, p. 94 ff.
  2. ↑ Palais Federal de justice. Bulletin technique de la Suisse romande. Vol. 39 (1913) No. 24, pp. 290 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Olivet, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olivet, Alfred Etienne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1942
Place of death Geneva