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 IIAlexandre Marcel @ the Parc Oriental de Maulévrier website.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
Honours and awards
Officier of the Order of the Legion of Honour Officier of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Sources Online biography
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