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Wilaya Building
The Wilaya Building ( Hall of the Wilaya (Province) of Grand Casablanca, locally known as or just ) is the building that houses the administration of Grand Casablanca. It was designed by Marius Boyer and built from 1928-1937 during the French protectorate in Morocco, French Protectorate in Morocco. The building is located at Muhammad V Square in central Casablanca, Morocco, and it remains an emblematic building of the Architecture of Casablanca, city's architecture. History At the request of Hubert Lyautey, plans for an ''Hôtel de Ville'' were first drafted by Henri Prost in 1914, early on in the French protectorate in Morocco, French Protectorate in Morocco, and then further developed in 1920. It was Marius Boyer, however, who ultimately won the administrative building's design competition in 1927. Construction started in 1928 and finished in 1937. Architecture The facade of the building is composed of a series of austere stone columns that surround the entrance. Above th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marius Boyer
Marius Germinal Boyer (22 September 1885, Marseille24 December 1947, Casablanca) was a French architect active in Casablanca, Morocco. Biography Marius Boyer was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1904. He was a student of and ascended to the in 1904 and to the class in 1908. At the time, students had to ascend from the to the . He won the in 1910, and he earned his diploma around 1913. He moved to Casablanca, then under the authority of the French Protectorate in Morocco, where he worked with Jean Balois. He worked as a professor of architecture at . Notable works Some of his important projects include the Glawi Building (1922), the La Vigie Marocaine, ''Vigie Marocaine'' Building (1924), the Lévy-Bendayan Building (1928), the Wilaya Building of Casablanca (1928-1936), the Assayag Building, Moses Assayag Building (1930-1932), the Hotel Transatlantique (c. 1932), the (1934), Cinema Vox (Casablanca), Cinema Vox (c. 1935), and the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |