The concours de façades de la ville de Paris was an architecture competition organized by the Conseil Municipal of Paris in the Third Republic, at the very end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.
History The contest was held annually between the first on 16 December 1897 and the late 1930s, with an interruption during World War I. It recognized several buildings completed during the year.
In instituting the contest, the city of Paris took inspiration from Concours d'architecture de la Ville de Bruxelles (1872-1876) and the Prix Godecharle in Brussels. The Parisian contest was originally set up after the creation of the Rue Réaumur in 1897 in order to promote the construction of original and attractive buildings on that street following the relaxation of Baron Haussmann's strict rules of architecture. Initially restricted to the Rue Réaumur, the competition was soon extended to the whole of Paris.
Most years saw roughly 57 buildings entering the competition, designed by 55 or so architects, usually resulting in six winners.
Every year until the first world war, the jury was made up of five members of the Conseil Municipal de Paris : Quentin-Bauchart, Ernest Caron, Froment-Meurice, Chérioux, Ballières, Joseph Antoine Bouvard, director of Architectural Services, and Nicolas Sauger (1838-1918), architectural overseer for the city of Paris. Lastly two jury members were elected by the contestants annually and in 1904 they were; Jean-Louis Pascal and Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer.
Winners (partial list) 1898: Hector Guimard, castel Béranger, 14 rue Jean-de-La-Fontaine, 16th arrondissement of Paris. Georges Debrie, 24 rue du Roi-de-Sicile, 4th Charles Breffendille, 18 rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs, 1st Louis-Pierre Marquet, 204 rue de Grenelle, 7th Henri Bunel and Fernand Dupuis, 39 rue d'Antin, 2nd Michel Rabier, 87 boulevard de la Villette, 10th 1899: Richard Bouwens van der Boijen, 8 rue de Lota, 16th. 17 avenue de Breteuil, 7th Eugène Bruneau, 270 boulevard Raspail, 14th Alexandre Marcel, 17 avenue de Breteuil, 7th Georges Morin-Goustiaux, 1 rue Le Peletier, 9th Gustave Rives, 45 rue du Château-d'Eau, 10th 1900: Edouard Arnaud rue Octave Feuillet, 16th Édouard Perrone, 3 rue Danton, 6th Gustave Goy, 21 rue Monsieur, 7th Jacques Hermant, 85-87 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin Paul Legriel, 170 rue de la Convention, 15th Albert le Voisvenel, 81 rue Malakoff, 16th 1901: Jules Lavirotte, Lavirotte Building, 29 avenue Rapp, 7th. Gaston Dupommereulle, 201 bis Boulevard Saint-Germain, 7th G. Pasquier, 201 boulevard Saint-Germain, 7th Alphonse Fiquet, 38-40 rue Condorcet, 9th Paul Noël, place des Saussayes, 8th Charles Labro, 4-6 rue de l'Abbaye, 6th 1902: Jacques Muscat, 45 rue de Bellechasse, 7th Henri-Paul Nénot, 17 rue Lafitte, 9th Charles Labouret, 23 rue de Mogador, 9th Maurice Hodanger, 38 bis rue Fabert, 7th Adolphe Bocage, 133 boulevard de Ménilmontant, 11th Henry Delage, 164-166 rue de Courcelles, 17th 1903: Charles Klein, , 9 rue Claude-Chahu and 2 rue Eugène-Manuel, 16th. Stéphane Natanson, 98 avenue de Malakoff, 16th Paul Friesé, 98 quai de la Rapée, 12th Armand Sibien, 250 rue Saint-Honoré, 8th A. Walwein, 96 rue Beaubourg, 4e Charles Goujon, 51 rue Damrémont, 18th 1904: Albert Benz, 26 rue François 1er Roger Bouvard and Gustave Umbdenstock, 10 rue Alphand, 13th Michel Le Tourneau, 36 rue de Bellechasse, 7th Louis Parent, 19 rue Spontini, 16th Georges Pradelle, 6 rue de Luynes, 7th 1905: Jules Lavirotte, , 34 avenue de Wagram, 8th Théophile Leclerc, 48 rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, 2nd Pellechet, 9 rue Pillet-Will, 9th Auguste Garriguenc, 48 bis rue de Rivoli, 4th Hans-Georg Tersling, 41-49 rue de la Faisanderie, 16th Joseph Charlet and F. Perrin, 43 rue des Couronnes, 20th 1906: Henri Deglane, 90 rue de Grenelle, 7th Louis-Pierre Marquet, 14 rue de la Pitié Ernest Picard, 8 rue Dehodencq, 16th Louis Sortais, 7 and 7 bis rue de Paradis, 10th 1907: P. Humbert, 124 avenue Victor-Hugo, 16th Jules Lavirotte, 23 avenue de Messine, 17th Félix Le Nevé and Albert d'Hont, 44 rue de Bassano, 8th Marcel Auburtin, 13 rue de la Paix, 2nd Eugène Chifflot, 110 boulevard Raspail, 6th Bruno Pelissier, 51 rue Saint-Georges, 9th 1908: Mourzelas, 77 avenue Parmentier, 11th Joseph Cassien-Bernard and Paul Friesé, 11 rue Pillet-Will, 9th Emile Jarlat, 82 rue Saint-Lazare, 9th Charles Stoullig, 83 avenue Henri-Martin, 16th Jean Naville and Achille Chauquet, 42, cours de la Reine, 8th Roger Bouvard, 23 rue de la Paix, 2nd 1909: Charles Roussi, 64 rue Pergolèse, 16th Henry Duray and Godon, 2 avenue de Camoëns, 16th Albert Turin and Maurice Turin, 6 rue Fessart, 19th Jules Formigé and Emmanuel Gonse, 6 rue Dufrenoy, 16th Rigaud, Charles Duval and Emmanuel Gonse, 6 rue aux Ours, 3rd P. Rigaud, Charles Duval, Emmanuel Gonse, 4 bis rue aux Ours, 3rd 1910: Charles Dupuy, 24 avenue de Saxe, 15th Prosper Bobin and Maurice Sandoz, 10 rue Pierre-Curie Georges Bourgouin, 9 rue Lalo, 16th Léon and René Carrier, 84 avenue Niel, 17th Ernest Picard, 4 rue Verdi, 16th Joseph Charlet and F. Perrin, 24-26 rue Charles-Baudelaire, 12th 1911: Raoul Brandon : 199-201 rue de Charenton, 12th Théophile Leclerc, 2 rue Léon-Vaudoyer, 7th Ernest Picard and Gustave Umbdenstock, 140 rue de la Tour, 16th Feugneur, 31 avenue Félix Faure, 15th Roger Bouvard, 2 rue de Buenos Aires, 7th André Arfvidson, 31-31 bis rue Campagne-Première, 14th. 1912: Charles Labro, 19 boulevard Suchet, 16th Eugène Chifflot, 149 boulevard Haussmann, 8th Georges Guiard, 33 rue Daru and 55 boulevard de Courcelles, 8th Mathieu Vimort, 3 avenue Élysée-Reclus, 7th 1913: Émile Molinié, 7 rue Lebouis, 14th. 1922–123 : Raoul Brandon, 1 rue Huysmans, 6th 1926: Georges Albenque and Eugène Gonnot, , 46-48 Rue du Général-Brunet, 19th Henri Sauvage, 137 boulevard Raspail, 6th 1928: Hector Guimard, Guimard Building, 18 rue Henri-Heine, Paris 16th 1929: Joseph Bassompierre, Emmanuel-Elisée Pontremoli, Paul de Rutté, Pierre Sirvin, 36 rue Antoine-Chantin and 47 rue des Plantes, 14th 1930: Gabriel Brun, Hôtel Regina de Passy, 6 rue de la Tour, 16th
See also French architecture Paris architecture of the Belle Époque Architecture of Paris
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