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| ⚫ | '''Marius Germinal Boyer''' ( |
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| ⚫ | '''Marius Germinal Boyer''' (22 September 1885, Marseille{{spnd}}24 December 1947, Casablanca<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=AGORHA : Bases de données de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA)|url=https://agorha.inha.fr/inhaprod/ark:/54721/00283044|access-date=2020-08-17|website=agorha.inha.fr}}</ref>) was a French architect active in Casablanca, Morocco. |
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== Biography == |
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Marius Boyer was admitted to the [[École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts]] in Paris in 1904.<ref name=":0" /> He was a student of {{Interlanguage link|Gabriel Héraud|lt=|fr||WD=}} and ascended to the {{Lang|fr|seconde classe}} in 1904 and to the {{Lang|fr|première classe}} class in 1908.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book|last=Cohen, Jean-Louis, author.|title=Casablanca : colonial myths and architectural ventures|year=2002|isbn=1-58093-087-5|oclc=49225856}}</ref> At the time, students had to ascend from the {{Lang|fr|seconde classe}} to the {{Lang|fr|première classe}}.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Gournay|first1=Isabelle|last2=Leconte|first2=Marie-Laure Crosnier|date=2013|title=American Architecture Students in Belle Epoque Paris: Scholastic Strategies and Achievements at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts|journal=The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era|volume=12|issue=2|pages=154–198|doi=10.1017/S1537781413000054|jstor=43902948|s2cid=162298623 |issn=1537-7814}}</ref> He won the {{Lang|fr|[[Prix Américain de l’Architecture]]}} in 1910, and he earned his diploma around 1913.<ref name=":8" /> |
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| ⚫ | He moved to Casablanca, then under the authority of the [[French Protectorate in Morocco]], where he worked with [[Jean Balois]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Le Matin - À la découverte du boulevard Mohammed V|url=https://lematin.ma/journal/2015/casablanca_a-la-decouverte-du-boulevard-mohammed-v/222482.html|access-date=2020-08-17|website=Le Matin|language=fr}}</ref> He worked as a professor of architecture at {{Lang|fr|[[l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Casablanca]]}}.<ref name=":8" /> |
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== Notable works == |
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[[File:President Roosevelt reviewing American troops, Anfa Hotel, Morocco, 1943 (24382691139).jpg|thumb|[[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] observing US troops in front of Boyer's [[Anfa Hotel]], site of the 1943 [[Casablanca Conference]].]] |
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Some of his important projects include the [[Glawi Building]] (1922), the [[La Vigie Marocaine|''Vigie Marocaine'' Building]] (1924), the [[Lévy-Bendayan Building]] (1928), the [[Wilaya Building]] of Casablanca (1928-1936), the [[Assayag Building|Moses Assayag Building]] (1930-1932), the Hotel Transatlantique (c. 1932), the {{Interlanguage link|Shell Building (Casablanca)|lt=Shell Building|ar|مبنى شل (الدار البيضاء)|WD=}} (1934), [[Cinema Vox (Casablanca)|Cinema Vox]] (c. 1935), and the [[Anfa Hotel]] 1938.<ref name=":8" /> |
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Latest revision as of 13:05, 27 September 2023
Marius Boyer | |
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| Nationality | French |
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Marius Germinal Boyer (22 September 1885, Marseille – 24 December 1947, Casablanca[1]) was a French architect active in Casablanca, Morocco.
Biography
[edit]Marius Boyer was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1904.[1] He was a student of Gabriel Héraud and ascended to the seconde classe in 1904 and to the première classe class in 1908.[2] At the time, students had to ascend from the seconde classe to the première classe.[3] He won the Prix Américain de l’Architecture in 1910, and he earned his diploma around 1913.[2]
He moved to Casablanca, then under the authority of the French Protectorate in Morocco, where he worked with Jean Balois.[4] He worked as a professor of architecture at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Casablanca.[2]
Notable works
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Some of his important projects include the Glawi Building (1922), the Vigie Marocaine Building (1924), the Lévy-Bendayan Building (1928), the Wilaya Building of Casablanca (1928-1936), the Moses Assayag Building (1930-1932), the Hotel Transatlantique (c. 1932), the Shell Building (1934), Cinema Vox (c. 1935), and the Anfa Hotel 1938.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "AGORHA : Bases de données de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA)". agorha.inha.fr. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- ^ a b c d Cohen, Jean-Louis, author. (2002). Casablanca : colonial myths and architectural ventures. ISBN 1-58093-087-5. OCLC 49225856.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Gournay, Isabelle; Leconte, Marie-Laure Crosnier (2013). "American Architecture Students in Belle Epoque Paris: Scholastic Strategies and Achievements at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts". The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 12 (2): 154–198. doi:10.1017/S1537781413000054. ISSN 1537-7814. JSTOR 43902948. S2CID 162298623.
- ^ "Le Matin - À la découverte du boulevard Mohammed V". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-17.