Léon Werner Bovy

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The parish hall of Eaux-Vives, 1909

Léon Werner Bovy (born October 19, 1863 in Geneva ; † January 31, 1950 there ) was a Swiss architect , draftsman and politician .

Education and employment

The son of an enamel painter and stamp cutter came from a family originally from Vaud, where many relatives worked in similar professions, including medalists, engravers and painters. Bovy studied, without knowing more, at the École des arts industriels and drawing at the École des beaux arts with Barthélemy Menn . From 1879 he worked in the architectural office of Émile Reverdin . His own architectural activity is essentially limited to the period from 1895 to the First World War, after which he increasingly occupied himself with politics.

His main architectural work is probably the parish hall of Eaux-Vives , a Heimatstil building from 1909, in the fast-growing, noble suburb of Geneva. The picturesque ensemble, which is dominated by a clock tower, houses not only the town hall function but also other business and service functions such as the post office and telegraph office, an automobile club and private apartments in an entire wing of the building. In addition to a few other public buildings such as the Montchoisy schoolhouse, the public reading room of the library and the trade school, as well as some buildings used for business purposes such as B. the Hôtel Touring-Balance, Bovy built mainly and mainly residential buildings, from workers' apartments to luxury apartments. Since he belonged to many real estate companies, he often built on speculative grounds in the growing suburbs such as Eaux-Vives and Plainpalais, where he not only built individual houses, but also whole blocks of buildings.

Magazine editor, professional politics and politics

Bovy was the founder and editor of a magazine on Geneva art, Nos anciens et leurs œvres, recueil d'art genevois ( Eng . 'Our ancestors and their works, Collection of Geneva Art' ), which appeared from 1901 to 1920.

Bovy belonged to numerous associations, such as the Societé des Arts and the Societé pour l'Amelioration du Logement. From 1897 to 1928 he was a member of the Geneva section of the SIA .

From 1915 he was a member of the municipal council of Plainpalais , 1918, he joined the executive. From 1922 a member of the Geneva Grand Council as a member of the Union de défense économique , Bovy was a co-founder of the Union genevoise des interêts immobiliers and its president from 1930 to 1938.

Works (selection)

  • Rue de Vollandes , apartment buildings, Geneva 1896–1900
  • Rue du General Dufour 11 , residential building, Geneva 1898
  • Avenue de la Grénade , apartment buildings, Geneva 1900–1901
  • Place Claparède , apartment buildings, Geneva 1901
  • Rue de Chêne , apartment buildings, Geneva 1896–1900
  • Avenue de Pictet-de-Rochemont , apartment buildings, Geneva 1902–1903
  • Avenue de la Gare-des-Eux-Vives , apartment buildings, Geneva 1902–1904
  • Boulevard Carl Vogt , residential buildings, Geneva 1904–1905
  • Hôtel Touring-Balance , Hotel, Geneva 1904–1905
  • Eaux-Vives parish hall , Geneva 1905–1909
  • Boulevard de Tranchée et Rue d'Athenée , residential buildings, Geneva 1907
  • Rue de Beaumont , apartment buildings, Geneva 1907
  • Rue Versonnex , apartment buildings, Geneva 1907
  • Boulevard de la Cluse , apartment buildings, Geneva 1907
  • Route de Florissant , Villas, Geneva 1909–1910
  • Rue de L'Ecole-de-Médecine , apartment buildings, Geneva 1910
  • Avenue de Pictet-de-Rochemont , apartment buildings, Geneva 1910
  • Route de Frontenex , apartment buildings, Geneva 1912
  • Route de Florissant , apartment buildings, Geneva 1912, 1914
  • Rue des Pâquis , apartment buildings, Geneva 1930

literature

  • Sabine Lob-Philippe: Bovy, Léon Werner . In: Isabelle Rucki, Dorothee Huber (Hrsg.): Architectural Lexicon of Switzerland - 19./20. Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-7643-5261-2 , p. 80.

supporting documents

  1. ^ NN: Mairie des Eaux-Vives: built by Léon Rovy, architect in Geneva . In: Schweizerische Bauzeitung . tape 56 , no. 3 . Neuland-Verlag, 1910, p. 126 ff ., doi : 10.5169 / seals-28762 .
  2. ↑ On the work of the architect see also Gilles Barbey, Armande Brulhart, Georg Germann: INSA: Inventory of the newer Swiss architecture, 1850-1920. Vol. 4. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1982
personal data
SURNAME Bovy, Léon Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss architect
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1950
Place of death Geneva