Paul Friesé

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Paul Émile Friesé (also written Friésé) (born April 12, 1851 in Strasbourg , † April 21, 1917 in Troyon ) was a French architect who was known for his industrial and commercial buildings.

Life

Friese was the son of a carpenter art and opted in 1871 after the annexation of Alsace by the German Reich for French nationality. He came to Paris , where at the age of 20 he began studying at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts with Georges-Ernest Coquart (1831–1902). After completing his studies, he became sous-inspecteur des bâtiments civils and then inspecteur des travaux at the Palais Bourbon . Finally, in 1878, he became inspecteur des travaux at the École centrale des arts et manufactures .

In 1885 he set up a joint architectural office with Jules Denfer. They first built high schools in Roanne et Saint-Étienne and then the expansion of the Sèvres crystal factory . As an architect and engineer, he now built in 1891 without a partner office and apartment buildings, villas and industrial buildings such as the Grands moulins de Corbeil , the malt factory of Ris-Orangis and the paper mill Darblay.

From 1908 he worked mainly for the Compagnie parisienne de distribution d'électricité (CPDE), for which he built over 20 substations (see substations of the Paris Métro ).

His clients such as the Compagnie parisienne de distribution d'électricité and the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP) belonged to the Empain-Schneider industrial group, for which he built a factory in Champagne-sur-Seine .

First World War

As an Alsatian who wanted Alsace to come back to France, he volunteered for military service in 1914 at the age of 63. In the battle for the Chemin des Dames he was wounded in Vendresse (Ardennes) in 1917 and died as a result. He was buried on the Cimetière Montparnasse in Paris.

successor

His colleague Eugène Haug , also from Strasbourg, took over his architectural office and built the Grands Moulins from Pantin .

His son Charles Friesé (* 1901), also an architect, built the La Samaritaine department store in Paris and the Decré department store in Nantes together with Henri Sauvage .

Paul Friesé is the maternal grandfather of Pierre Schœndœrffer .

Buildings (selection)

Grands moulins de Corbeil

Awards (selection)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Friesé, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Friesé, Paul Émile (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1917
Place of death Troyon