Hôtel Alexandre also known as Hôtel Soult is a
hôtel particulier in the
8th arrondissement of Paris, France designed by French architect
Étienne-Louis Boullée
Étienne-Louis Boullée (12 February 17284 February 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects.
Life
Born in Paris, he studied under Jacques-François Blondel, Germain Boff ...
. The building was constructed from 1763 to 1766 and is the best surviving structure designed by Boullée.
History
Construction
The hôtel particulier was commissioned by André-Claude-Nicolas Alexandre, a French financer. Boullée began designing the building at age 35, making it one of his earliest projects.
A
mansard roof
A mansard or mansard roof (also called a French roof or curb roof) is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The ...
was later adder to the building, replacing the original rooftop terrace.
Heritage designation
The building was listed as a ''
Monument historique
''Monument historique'' () is a designation given to some national heritage sites in France. It may also refer to the state procedure in France by which National Heritage protection is extended to a building, a specific part of a building, a coll ...
'' on 4 November 1927.
2001 addition
In 2001 the building was incorporated into the atrium of a contemporary office building designed by Delaage Tsiropoulos Architecture Carvunis Cholet to serve as the headquarters of
Suez.
Gallery
File:Hotel Alexandre.jpg, Boullée's drawing of Hotel Alexandre
File:Pavillon 16 Rue Ville L’Eveque (8e) (3702079410).jpg, 1909 photograph of the building by Eugène Atget
Eugène Atget (; 12 February 1857 – 4 August 1927) was a French ''flâneur'' and a pioneer of documentary photography, noted for his determination to document all of the architecture and street scenes of Paris before their disappearance to mod ...
File:Hôtel Alexandre 1.jpg, Detail of the building's facade
References
Buildings and structures in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
Hôtels particuliers in Paris
Monuments historiques of Paris
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