Alexandre Marcel

Baron Empain Palace, Cairo

Japanese Tower and the kiosk of the Chinese Pavilion, Laeken, Brussels

Alexandre Marcel (11 September 1860 - 30 June 1928) was a French architect, best known for his Belle Époque interpretations of "exotic" international architectural styles.

Marcel studied at the Parisian École des Beaux-Arts in the atelier of Louis-Jules André.

Works

His work includes:

• the Pagoda Cinema, on the Rue de Babylon, Paris, 1896
• multiple buildings for the Paris Exposition of 1900, including the Cambodian pavilion, the Spanish pavilion, and four structures for the sea-transport company "Panorama du Tour du Monde", including a "Japanese tower"
• structures at the Parc Oriental de Maulévrier, Paris, 1899-1913
• reconstruction of the Japanese Tower at Laeken, outside Brussels, for King Leopold II, c. 1901
• the new Chinese Pavilion at Laeken, for Leopold II, c. 1902
• royal racetrack at Ostend, for Leopold II
• grand hall of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo, 1910
• Baron Empain Palace (Qasr Al Baron), Heliopolis, Cairo, completed 1911
• Latin Catholic Basilica "Basilique de Notre-Dame", Heliopolis, Cairo, 1910
• Palace for the Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, now Punjab, India, 1911
• French Embassy, Shiba Park, Tokyo, 1913
• Lafayette Escadrille Memorial, Villeneuve-l'Étang Imperial Estate, in Marnes-la-Coquette, Hauts-de-Seine, outside of Paris, 1928

Sources

• Online biography