Lucien Weissenburger (2 May 1860 – 24 February 1929) was a French architect.
Weissenburger was born and died in
Nancy. He was one of the principal architects to work in the
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau (; ) is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. The style is known by different names in different languages: in German, in Italian, in Catalan, and also known as the Modern ...
style in
Lorraine and was a member of the board of directors of the ''
École de Nancy
École de Nancy, or the Nancy School, was a group of Art Nouveau artisans and designers working in Nancy, France between 1890 and 1914. Major figures included the furniture designer Louis Majorelle, ebonist and glass artist Jacques Grüber, the ...
''.
Some of Weissenburger's principal buildings include:
* Magasins Réunis (1890–1907; destroyed), Nancy
* Villa Jika, also known as the
Villa Majorelle
The Villa Majorelle is a house located at 1 rue Louis-Majorielle in the city of Nancy, France, which was the home and studio of the furniture designer Louis Majorelle. It was designed and built by the architect Henri Sauvage in 1901-1902. The vi ...
(1898–1902, in collaboration with
Henri Sauvage), Nancy
* Imprimerie Royer (1899–1900), Nancy
* Maison Bergeret (1903-4), Nancy
* Villa Corbin (1904-9), Nancy (now the grounds of the
Musée de l'École de Nancy)
* Immeuble Weissenburger (1904-6), Nancy
* Villa Henri-Emmanuel Lang (1906), Nancy
* Maison Chardot (1907), Nancy
* Theater of
Lunéville
Lunéville ( ; German, obsolete: ''Lünstadt'' ) is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle.
It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Vezouze.
History
Lun ...
(1908)
*
Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France
The Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France or the International Exhibition of the East of France was an exhibition held in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nancy in 1909. The exhibition opened on May 1 and ran until October 31.
The exhibition ...
(1909), Nancy:
** Maison des Magasins Réunis
** Pavillon du Gaz
as Pavilion* Brasserie Excelsior and Hotel Angleterre (1911), Nancy
* Magasins Vaxelaire, Pignot, and Cie (1913), Nancy
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1860 births
1929 deaths
French people of German descent
Art Nouveau architects
Members of the École de Nancy
20th-century French architects