Olivier-Clément Cacoub, (born April 14, 1920, in Tunis, and died April 27, 2008, in Paris), was a French architect of Tunisian-Jewish origin, known for working in the

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and

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Career

He studied at the Lycée de Tunis, the National School of Fine Arts of Tunis, the

École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon The École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon is a school of art and design in Lyon, located in Les Subsistances, in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon, in the Rhône-Alpes region of France. It is part of the École des Beaux-Arts traditio ...

(atelier Bourdeix), at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris (atelier

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- Leconte), and at the Institute of Urban Planning at the

University of Paris The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...

. He began his career in Tunisia, as a consulting architect to the Tunisian Republic under President

Habib Bourguiba Habib Bourguiba (3 August 19036 April 2000) was a Tunisian politician and statesman who served as the Head of Government of Tunisia, prime minister of the Kingdom of Tunisia from 1956 to 1957, and then as the first president of Tunisia from 1 ...

. He continued practicing in France, Russia, and across Africa.

Awards

He was awarded the

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in 1953, and held the title of chief architect of civil buildings and national palaces for the French Republic ('' :fr:Architecte des bâtiments civils et palais nationaux)''. He was honored with the

Commander of the Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...

and the National Order of Merit, Officer of Arts and Letters, Grand Officer of the Order of the Tunisian Republic, Grand Officer of the Lion of Finland, Grand Officer of the National Order of the Coast of Ivory, Romanian order Tudor Vladimirescu, of the order of valor (Cameroon). He was also awarded gold medals of French architecture from the ''Institut de France'' and the City of Paris.

Personal

He had two children with his first wife, Mireille Boccara, and three with his second wife, Danielle Cayat, whom he married in 1973. In 1973, with his first wife, he created the Dominique Cacoub association which provided financial assistance to people suffering from leukemia and their families, named after his daughter. He died on April 27, 2008, in Paris, at the age of 88. He was buried on April 30 in the Montparnasse cemetery, and his funeral was attended by

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Works

Tunisia

* The presidential palace, Carthage * The presidential palace, Skanès * The Tunis convention center * The Monastir convention center * The Olympic city and

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of El Menzah * The Bourguiba mausoleum of Monastir * The Abou Nawas and Africa hotels in Tunis * Mustapha-Ben-Jannet stadium in Monastir * The seaside resort of Port El-Kantaoui *

Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT) is the largest private sector bank in Tunisia. It is listed on the Bourse de Tunis, Tunisian Stock Exchange (''Bourse de Tunis''). Overview The Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie was founded by Ma ...

headquarters, Tunis

Cameroon

* The presidential palace,

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* The country residence of Cameroonian President

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in Mvomeka'a

Republic of Congo

* The French cultural center of

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

* The presidential palace,

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, Kinshasa

Ivory Coast

* The presidential palace,

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* The Félix-Houphouët-Boigny Foundation in Yamoussoukro * l'hôtel Président in Yamoussoukro

The Azores (Portugal)

* Hotel Monte Palace, São Miguel

France

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Campus * The extension of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes * Grenoble Alpes University's " Domaine Universitaire," including the Louis Weil amphitheater, in collaboration with the artist Edgar Pillet * the Palais de la Méditerranée in Nice * the

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in Paris, in cooperation with architects Paul Tournon and Ngô Viết Thụ * the renovation of the Saint-Germain market in Paris * Passy Park, Paris Russia * Cosmos hotel, Moscow

Gallery

File:Hôtel el Hana à Sousse.jpg, ''Hôtel el Hana'',

Sousse Sousse, Sūsah , or Soussa (, ), is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. Located south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which ...

, Tunisia File:TunisAveHabibBourguiba.jpg, ''L'hôtel Africa'' dominates l'avenue Habib-Bourguiba in

Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area of Tunis, often referred to as "Grand Tunis", has about 2,700,000 inhabitants. , it is the third-largest city in the Maghreb region (after Casabl ...

, Tunisia. File:Carthage Palace from Sidi Bou Said.jpg, Presidential Palace, Carthage, Tunisia (1960-1969) File:UGA Amphi Weil.jpg, ''Louis Weil Amphitheatre'',

Grenoble Alpes University The (, ''Grenoble Alps University'', abbr. UGA) is a ''grand établissement'' in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 researchers. Established as the Univer ...

(1969) File:Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris 1981 01.jpg, ''Cité Internationale des Arts'', Paris (1981) File:Azores-Day1-6 (34568073166).jpg, Monte Palace Hotel,

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Portugal. (1989) File:Paris - ZAC Citroën Ilôt Montagne de l'Espérou (18353286649).jpg, ''Rue de la Montagne de l'Espérou'' Housing units, Paris (1989–91) File:Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba.jpg, ''Mausoleum of Habib Bourguiba'', Monastir, Tunisia (2000)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cacoub, Olivier-Clement 20th-century French architects Architecture in Tunisia École des Beaux-Arts alumni Prix de Rome winners Officers of the Legion of Honour 1920 births 2008 deaths