Michel Polak

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Michel Polak (born January 27, 1885 in Mexico , † October 4, 1948 in Brussels ) was a Belgian architect .

Life

Michel Polak studied architecture at the ETH Zurich from 1903 to 1907 . Between 1907 and 1911 he attended the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris . From 1917 on he worked with the Swiss architect Alfred Hoch . In 1922 he settled in Brussels at the invitation of real estate developer Lucien Kaisin, where he designed several luxurious buildings in the style of Art Deco and classical modernism.

After the Second World War his office was continued by his sons André and Jean Polak ; these were u. a. involved in the construction of the Atomium .

Selected structures

  • 1910: Conversion of the Villa Henri Nestlé in Montreux
  • 1911–1913: Complex of luxury apartments Riant-Château in Montreux
  • 1923–1926: Residence Palace on Rue de la Loi, Brussels
  • 1926: Planning of a department store on Boulevard Anspach in Brussels
  • 1928: Hotel Atlanta in Brussels
  • 1928–1932: Plaza Hotel on Boulevard Adolphe Max in Brussels
  • 1928–1929: Electrabel headquarters on Place du Trône in Brussels
  • 1928: Villa attached to one side at 22 avenue Victoria in Brussels
  • 1929: Hotel Terminus-Albert I in Brussels
  • 1931: Reconstruction of a town house, Chaussée d'Etterbeek 166 in Etterbeek
  • 1931: Residence for Baron Louis Empain , avenue des Nations, now 67 avenue Franklin Roosevelt in Brussels, listed as a historical monument
  • 1933: Red Cross ambulance on Rue du Rempart des Moines in Brussels
  • 1934: Dental Institute George Eastman at Leopold Park in Brussels
  • 1935: House of Théo Fleischman, Avenue Hamoir in Uccle
  • 1936: Real Boulevard Saint-Michel in Etterbeek
  • 1936: Apartment block at 206 avenue de Tervueren in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (with Alfred Hoch)
  • 1937: Competition for the Mont des Arts , Brussels
  • 1937: Telegraph Administration, Rue des Palais in Schaerbeek

literature

  • Sebastian Redecke: Splendor at any price , in: bauwelt 21/2011, May 27, 2011/102. Volume, page 26f.
  • Diane Hennebert: Louis Empain was looking for space , in: bauwelt 21/2011, May 27, 2011/102. Volume, pages 28–35
  • Francis Metzger: Delune, Stoclet, Empain , in: bauwelt 21/2011, May 27, 2011/102. Volume, pages 36–41
  • Sebastian Redecke: Monika Neuner: “A very fine representation of the Milky Way” , in: bauwelt 21/2011, May 27, 2011/102. Volume, page 42f.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.irismonument.be/fr.Bruxelles_Extension_Sud.Avenue_Victoria.22.html
  2. ↑ http://www.irismonument.be/fr.Etterbeek.Chaussee_d_Etterbeek.166.html
  3. ↑ http://www.irismonument.be/fr.Bruxelles_Extension_Sud.Avenue_Franklin_Roosevelt.67.html
  4. ↑ http://www.irismonument.be/fr.Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.Avenue_de_Tervueren.206.html
personal data
SURNAME Polak, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Mexico
DATE OF DEATH October 4, 1948
Place of death Brussels