Louis-Hippolyte Boileau (; 1878–1948) was a French architect.
Grandson of
Louis-Auguste Boileau
Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was e ...
(1812–1896) and son of
Louis-Charles Boileau (1837–1914, architect of the
Hôtel Lutetia
The Hôtel Lutetia, located at 45 Boulevard Raspail, in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, is one of the best-known hotels on the Left Bank. It is noted for its architecture and its historical role during the Ge ...
), Louis-Hippolyte studied at the
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences ...
in Paris under
Gaston Redon. He is best known for his
Art Deco
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.
Works
* annex to the
Le Bon Marché
Le Bon Marché (lit. "the good market", or "the good deal" in French; ) is a department store in Paris. Founded in 1838 and revamped almost completely by Aristide Boucicaut in 1852, it was one of the first modern department stores. It was ...
department store, Paris, 1920s
* war monument,
Longwy
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The inhabitants are known as ''Longoviciens''. ...
, 1925
* Pomone Pavilion for Bon Marché, for the
, Paris, 1925
* the
Pagode de Vincennes
The Pagode du bois de Vincennes is the seat of the founded by Jean Sainteny who was the manager of the institute. It is located in a former building of the Exposition coloniale internationale (1931), exposition coloniale de 1931, designed by t ...
, for the
Paris Colonial Exposition
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, 1931, now on the shore of the
Lac Daumesnil
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in Paris
* the new
Palais de Chaillot
The Palais de Chaillot () is a building at the top of the in the Trocadéro area in the 16th ''arrondissement'' of Paris, France.
For the Exposition Internationale of 1937, the old 1878 Palais du Trocadéro was partly demolished and partly ...
at the Trocadéro, for the
, with fellow architects
Jacques Carlu and
Léon Azéma
Léon Azéma (20 January 1888 – 1 March 1978) was a French architect. He is responsible for many public works in France, especially in and around Paris. His most famous work is 1937 Palais de Chaillot, facing the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Early ...
* additions to the Expositions Buildings at the Porte de Versailles, with Léon Azéma, 1937
* Hotel Plaza in Biarritz with Paul Perrotte, 1928
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boileau, Louis-Hippolyte
1878 births
1948 deaths
Architects from Paris
20th-century French architects