Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe
Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe is a French architect born in Paris in 1834 and died in Paris in 1895.
Initially architect of the Town of Paris, it works on the World Fairs of 1855 and 1867. Architect of the Consistory of Paris, it gives the plans of the synagog of the street of the Victoire (IXe), started in 1867 and inaugurated in 1874, opened with the public worship in 1875, in a flowered Romance style, enjolivé of Byzantine ornaments. In 1886, it also builds the synagog of Versailles, Romance style.
He becomes the appointed of Gustave de Rothschild, and built architect for him, of 1873 with 1883, his private mansion of 23, avenue de Marigny (today state-owned property, additional of the Elys3ee palace). After a first section of work, as from 1873, a wing in return bored of a carriage door giving access to the main courtyard was high on the avenue of Marigny, then another building was built along the street of the Circus. Along this building, located in bottom of court, Corinthian columns and a carved pediment coming from the old Choiseul hotel had gone up. The Hotel of Marigny is composed of a principal main building and a wing in return to two levels with the top of a base sheltering the services. The door of access to the hall integrates the two bases of the raised ground floor, while in high part, four Corinthian columns frame a bay and two niches and support a framing and a carved pediment.
Aldrophe also builds for Gustave de Rothschild, starting from 1880, the Castle of the Beams, known as of Versine, in Saint-Maximin, close to Chantilly (Oise).
It builds the School Gustave de Rothschild, street Claude Bernard in Paris (Ve).
In 1873, recommended by Rothschild, it builds the Thiers hotel, Saint-Georges place in Paris (IXe), today Fondation Dosne-Thiers of the Institute of France. The summoned frontages with pediment of a balustrade take as a starting point the style Louis XVI in vogue about 1870.
In 1894, it proposes a succession of projects for an elegant private mansion, decorated ionic columns of a colossal nature, for Mr. Alphonse Falco on a 39, avenue Henri-Martin ground in Paris (XVIe).
One owes him also a very beautiful private mansion, in Paris, street of London, close to the place of Europe.
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