Jules Bourdais
Jules Bourdais (born April 6, 1835 in Brest (Finistère) , † June 2, 1915 in Paris ) was a French architect.
Bourdais received his architectural diploma in 1857 from the École centrale des Arts et Manufactures de Paris , built some churches, the mayor's office of the 19th arrondissement in Paris (1878) and achieved his greatest success in May 1876 when he won the First Prize for the World Exhibition Building in 1878, the Palais du Trocadéro (together with Gabriel Davioud ). Bourdais also took part unsuccessfully in the ideas competition for the Paris World's Fair in 1889. His design was about the same height as the winner in the competition, the Eiffel Tower , but was made of stone and, as a sun tower with a lighthouse tip , was intended to be reminiscent of the ancient lighthouse of Pharos .
Web links
- List of works by Jules Bourdais in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French text)
- Short biography (French text)
- Model of the "Sun Tower" by Jules-Désiré Bourdais
- Design for a monumental lighthouse for Paris, elevation - project description
Individual evidence
- ↑ Il ya 131 ans ... une tour en granit de 300 m pour concurrencer la tour Eiffel , accessed on August 17, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bourdais, Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brest |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1915 |
| Place of death | Paris |