Charles Dalmas (11 March 1863 – 18 October 1938) was a French architect who mainly worked in Nice, in the south of France.
Life
Charles Dalmas was born in Nice on 11 March 1863, one of six children of a shoemaker and a seamstress. He attended the Nice School of Decorative Arts, where he was recognized as a gifted student. In August 1886 he was admitted as an architecture student at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the only school in France that issued a diploma of architecture. The city of Nice helped fund his studies in 1888. He won various prizes including the Müller-Soehnée prize of 539 francs for deserving students. In the 1890-91 term he was unable to complete the two projects required of each student due to health problems and a period of military service, and was therefore dismissed from the school. On appeal he was readmitted, and graduated on 23 December 1891 with a project for a city hall for Nice. He continued to study at ENSBA until March 1893.
Charles Dalmas returned permanently to Nice in 1897, and became professor of building technology at the Nice School of Decorative Arts. His architecture practice flourished, and on 25 May 1919 he was named president of the Association of Architects of the South East. His son, Marcel Dalmas (1892–1950), collaborated with Charles Dalmas in the 1920s and 1930s. Charles and Marcel Dalmas received a Grand Prix at the Paris International Decorative and Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1925 for the Alpes Maritimes pavilion. Their design was a "modest dwelling of an Art Lover in the Alpes-Maritimes". Charles and Marcel Dalmas were both lovers of tennis. They built a new facility for the Lawn-Tennis Club de Nice in the 1920s, choosing a regional style and materials. Charles Dalmas was named knight of the Legion of Honour in 1928.
Charles and Marcel Dalmas collaborated with the architect and engineer François Alexandre Arluc in construction of the Miramar Hotel in Cannes in 1928. That year Charles and Marcel Dalmas built the Art Deco Palais de la Méditerranée casino on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice. Most of the casino was demolished in May 1990 apart from two of the facades, replaced by a resort with conference facilities, recreation areas, residences and offices. Marcel-Victor Guilgot was associated with Charles and Marcel Dalmas from 1931 to 1937. Charles Dalmas died at his home in Nice on 18 October 1938 at the age of 75.
Noted works In Cimiez Year Structure Location Rivera Palace Boulevard de CimiezBefore 1906 Palais Winter 84 Boulevard de Cimiez Hôtel Hermitage Avenue Bieckert1907 Villa Argentine Boulevard de Cimiez, corner of Avenue Bieckert1911 Grand-Palais 2bis boulevard de Cimiez1912 Carlton-Carabacel Avenue Bieckert1923 Lotissement de villas Boulevard Edouard VII
Hotels Year Structure Location1905 Hôtel Royal Promenade des Anglais, Nice1906 Hôtel Scribe Rue Paganini, Nice1912 Hôtel Ruhl Promenade des Anglais, Nice1912 Hôtel Carlton La Croisette, Cannes1912 Hôtel Splendid Boulevard Victor-Hugo, Nice1913 Palace-Hôtel Rue A. Karr, Nice1913 Hôtel Atlantic 12 boulevard Victor Hugo, Nice1923 Hôtel O'Connor Avenue Joffre, Nice1928 Hôtel Miramar La Croisette, Cannes1929 Palais de la Méditerranée Promenade des Anglais, Nice
Other buildings Year Structure Location1904 École des Arts Décoratifs Rue Tonduti de l'Escarène, Nice1904 Palais Donadei I Boulevard Victor Hugo, Nice1905 Palais Marie-Lévy Corner of Rue Blacas & Rue Pastorelli, Nice1906 Palais Donadei II Place De Gaulle, Nice1907 Four buildings North side of Boulevard Raimbaldi, Nice1909 Immeuble Piano Rue Massingy, Nice1909 Immeuble Cauvin Avenue Borriglione, Nice1911 Manoir Belgrano Boulevard Edouard VII, Nice1912 Immeuble de la Tour Rue Guiglia, Nice1912 Immeuble Gassin Rue Joffre, Nice1912 Immeuble Bermond de Clinchan Corner of Rue de France & Rue Rivoli, Nice1912 Palais Trianon Avenue Depoilly, Nice1913 Immeuble Fomitcheff Place Franklin, Nice1914 Palais Bouteilly 18 rue Berlioz, Nice1914 Villa de la Société du littoral 41 rue de France, Nice1922 Immeuble Véran Boulevard Carabacel, Nice1923 Immeuble Nahapiet 63 promenade des Anglais, Nice
Modifications of Facades Year Structure Location Hôtel Plaza et de France Avenue de Verdun, Nice1917 Cercle de la Méditerranée Promenade des Anglais, Nice1919 Grand-Hôtel Avenue Félix Faure, Nice1920 Société Marseillaise Boulevard Dubouchage, Nice1921 Banque Nationale de Paris Boulevard Victor Hugo, Nice1921 Banque Commerciale Italienne Boulevard Risso, Nice
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