Victor Laloux

Victor Laloux (* November 15, 1850 in Tours, † July 13, 1937 in Paris) was a French architect. Among his most famous buildings include a train station in Paris, the Gare d' Orsay (now the Musée d' Orsay ), which he designed in 1900 for the Paris- Orléans.

Life

Laloux was a student of Louis- Jules André at the Art School of Paris since 1869. His studies were interrupted by the Franco-German War of 1870 /71. In 1878 he won first place in the "Prix de Rome " with a design under the title "une église Cathédrale ".

The young winners attended from January 1879 to end December 1882, the Académie de France in Rome.

As right-hand man and successor of André, who died in 1890, he introduced himself numerous students to the " Prix de Rome ". In 1909 he was elected a member of the Académie des Beaux- Arts ( seat No. 6). As a practicing architect and professor Laloux is one of the great representatives of the Academy at the time of the Belle Époque.

He led his workshop to the year 1936 and then handed it to his pupil and friend Charles Lemaresquier.

Structures

Avid supporter of the construction material metal, he hid carefully behind these classically designed stone facades, following the example of his contemporaries Henri Deglane, Albert Louvet, Albert- Félix- Théophile Thomas in the design of the Grand Palais in Paris.

Other works are:

• The city halls of the cities Roubaix and Tours
• The Basilica of Saint -Martin de Tours
• The train station of Tours
• The headquarters of the bank Crédit Lyonnais in the Rue du Quatre Septembre in Paris -
• The Embassy of the United States in the Avenue Gabriel in Paris, in collaboration with the American architect Delano & Aldrich