• Source: Alexandre Marcel

      • Alexandre Marcel (11 September 1860 - 30 June 1928) was a French architect, best known for his Belle Époque interpretations of "exotic" international architectural styles.
      Marcel studied at the Parisian École des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Louis-Jules André.


      Works


      His work includes:

      the Pagoda Cinema, on the Rue de Babylon, Paris, 1896
      multiple buildings for the Paris Exposition of 1900, including the Cambodian pavilion and the Panorama du Tour du Monde of the sea-transport company Compagnie des messageries maritimes with its "Japanese Tower"
      structures at the Parc Oriental de Maulévrier, Paris, 1899-1913
      reconstruction of the Japanese Tower at Laeken, outside Brussels, for King Leopold II, c. 1901
      the new Chinese Pavilion at Laeken, for Leopold II, c. 1902
      royal racetrack at Ostend, for Leopold II
      grand hall of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo, 1910
      Baron Empain Palace (Qasr Al Baron), Heliopolis, Cairo, completed 1911
      Latin Catholic Basilica "Basilique de Notre-Dame", Heliopolis, Cairo, 1910
      Palace for the Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, now Punjab, India, 1911
      French Embassy, Shiba Park, Tokyo, 1913
      Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, Villeneuve-l'Étang Imperial Estate, in Marnes-la-Coquette, Hauts-de-Seine, outside of Paris, 1928


      Sources


      Online biography


      References

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