Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer (6 February 1829 – 7 February 1914) was a

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architect. He won the

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and designed several public buildings in France, particularly in Paris, four of which have been designated ''

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''.

Life

Entering the

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in 1847, he apprenticed in the practice of Guillaume Abel Blouet. Winning the ''lauréat du premier grand'' of the

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in 1854, he resided at the

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at the

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from 20 January 1855 to 31 December 1858. He spent his career as a public architect with several prestigious posts, including

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, inspector-general of buildings, member of the Conseil supérieur for prisons and of the Conseil for

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s and

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s, diocesan architect for several départements, and finally teaching at the

, from which he also ran his own practice. Notable among his pupils were

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, and the Americans

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, Theophilus Parsons Chandler Jr. and

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. In 1867 he was elected to the seventh seat of the

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, architecture section, succeeding

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. He is buried in the cimetière Saint-Véran at

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Work

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, Paris File:Foyer Jean Bosco 3.jpg, Foyer Jean Bosco, Paris * 1861–1867:

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* 1865–1870: Saint-Pierre de Montrouge,

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(inscribed MH) * 1873: primary school of the Ville de Paris (present-day Collège Alberto Giacometti), 14th arrondissement of Paris * 1873: Commemorative monument of the Battle of Champigny,

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* 1877–1879: Protestant Temple of Belleville, 97 rue Julien-Lacroix,

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* 1877–1892: Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil,

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* 1879: Episcopal Palace,

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* 1882: Villa Collin,

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, for Armand Collin (a watchmaker and friend of Vaudremer's) (classed MH) * 1882–1887: boys' lycée (present-day Lycée Champollion),

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* 1883–1886: girls' lycée (present-day Lycée Michelet),

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* 1885: Collège Guettard,

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* 1885–1888: boys' lycée (present-day

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* 1886–1888: former girls' lycée (present-day Lycée Molière), 16th arrondissement of Paris * 1890–1895:

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, 5–7 rue Bizet, 16th arrondissement of Paris, commissioned by

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(inscribed MH) * 1896–1897: home for the aged (present-day Foyer Jean Bosco), 23 rue Varize, 16th arrondissement of Paris, commissioned by Schilizzi * 1897: flats, 27 avenue Georges-Mandel, 16th arrondissement of Paris (inscribed MH) * 1900–1903:

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Notes

Bibliography

* Alice Thomine, ''Émile Vaudremer (1829-1914), la rigueur de l'architecture publique'', (Librairie de l'architecture et de la ville.) 382 p. Paris: Picard, 2004 (published version of the author's thesis)

External links

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