Jacques-Elysee Goss

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Hôtel National on the shores of Lake Geneva, 1875–76

Jacques-Elysée Goss (born April 23, 1839 in Geneva , † December 8, 1921 in Vesenaz ) was a Swiss architect who built numerous apartment buildings, stately homes and watch factories in his hometown and in Savoy in the second half of the 19th century .

Education and career

Ferney-Voltaire Castle, restored by Goss

Goss was initially with Charles Brocher and Adolphe Reverdin in Geneva and then continued his training from 1858 to 1861 in Paris with the architects Bridault and Lesoufaché. He then opened his studio in Geneva. Goss cultivated a Baroque-French style in the sense of Beaux-Arts architecture , his main work, the Grand Théâtre in Geneva , is probably influenced by the Opera Garnier, which was around the same time. The Hotel National , also built in the mid-1870s, shows a French palace architecture with a corps de logis and a mansard roof.

Works (selection)

The Grand Théâtre de Genève, main work by Goss, 1874–76
  • Residential building , 6 Rue de l'Hotel de Ville, Geneva 1866–1867
  • Grand Théâtre , Place Neuve, Geneva 1874–1876
  • Residential and commercial buildings , Rue St-Victor 12, Geneva 1900–1901
  • Hôtel National , (now Palais Wilson ), Rue due Pâquis 62, Geneva 1875–1876
  • Villa La Gandole , Genthod 1879–1880
  • Villa Perrot , Pregny 1881–1883
  • Patek et Philippe , watch manufacture, Rue du Rhône 41, Geneva 1891–1894 and 1907–1909
  • Business School , Rue du Géneral Dufour 2, Geneva 1900–1901
  • Banque Fédérale , Place du Molard 8, Geneva 1900–1901

literature

  • Dave Lüthi: Goss, Jacques-Elisée . In: Isabelle Rucki and Dorothee Huber (eds.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 227.
  • Leïla el-Wakil: Jacques-Elysée Goss. D'un petit au Grand Théâtre. In: Revue du Vieux Genève, 1992, pp. 34-47.

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ NN: Le nouveau Théatre de la ville de Genève . In: A. Waldner (Ed.): Die Eisenbahn . tape 12 , no. 1 , 1880, p. 2-5 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-8498 (French).
  2. ^ NN: Notice sur l'Hôtel National à Genève . In: A. Waldner (Ed.): Die Eisenbahn . tape 11 , no. 23 , 1879, p. 134; 136 , doi : 10.5169 / seals-7741 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Goss, Jacques-Elysee
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1921
Place of death Vesenaz