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Jean Valette | |
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| Born | March 29, 1876 |
| Died | April 14, 1961 |
| Nationality | France |
| Occupation | Architect |
Jean Valette, born March 29, 1876 in Castelnau-le-Lez (Hérault) and died April 14, 1961 in Toulouse, is a French architect.
Biography edit
Jean Valette was born in Castelnau-le-Lez. He is the son of Victor Valette, director of the Montpellier Electric Tramways Company (METC), a subsidiary of the Compagnie générale de traction, and of Pauline Laroque. He first attended the École des Beaux-Arts de Toulouse, where he was a student of Pierre Esquié.
In 1899, he entered the Beaux-Arts de Paris, where he attended the studio of Victor Laloux, and from which he graduated in 1906. He first worked as an architect in Paris until 1907, then he spent nine years in the United States, as part of exchanges between French and American students. He visited New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, among others. He returned to France in 1916, where he was mobilized following the outbreak of the First World War. He first served as a brigadier in aeronautics on the Macedonian front.
In 1918, he was in Paris in the aviation manufacturing department.
In 1919, he moved to Toulouse, where he joined forces with Barthélémy Guitard. He became an architect for several public institutions and private companies, such as the Bank of France, the Chamber of Commerce, the Société Générale and the Crédit Agricole, the Canal du Midi, the Institute of the Faculty of Sciences and civil hospices. He also builds housing for individuals. He married Raphaëlle Cardelli, daughter of the Italian architect Giovanni Cardelli.
In 1941, he was a member of the regional council of the Order of Architects in 1941, and representative of the regional council in Vichy. He was made an officer of the Crown of Italy.
From 1950, he joined forces with his son, the architect Hervé Valette. He died in Toulouse on April 14, 1961.
Works edit
- 1919-1920: extension of the consular palace (n°1 rue d'Alsace-Lorraine);
- 1924: house (n°34 avenue François-Frizac);
- 1926: house (n°26 rue des Pyrénées);
- 1929: Villa des Palmiers (n°16 rue Bégué-David);
- 1931: Couloubret thermal baths (Ax-les-Thermes, Ariège);
- 1931: building (n°61 allée des Demoiselles);
- 1932: extension of the Maurette-Ponsalle building (n°21 allée Frédéric-Mistral);
- 1933: house (n°14 rue des Pyrénées);
- 1934: Jourdet building, Gontaut-Biron housing estate (n°4 square Boulingrin). Monument Mistorique (2018, facades and roofs) and Patrimoine du XXe siècle (2017);[1][2]
- 1935: Valette building, Gontaut-Biron subdivision (n°2 square Boulingrin). Monument Mistorique (2018, facades and roofs) and Patrimoine du XXe siècle (2017);[3][4]
- 1935: building, Gontaut-Biron subdivision (n°1 rue des Potiers). Monument Mistorique (2018, facades and roofs) and Patrimoine du XXe siècle (2017);[5][6]
- 1938: Valette house-workshop (n°2 allée des Demoiselles);
- 1941: Hôtel Ours Blanc (n°3 rue d'Austerlitz);
- 1943: building (n°16 bis allées Forain-François-Verdier);
- 1950-1951: Benéteau and Chalvignac houses (n°12 bis-12 ter rue Escoussières-Montgaillard);
- 1957: raising of a building (n°3 allées Forain-François-Verdier).
Bibliography edit
- Papillault, Rémi; Girard, Laura; Marfaing, Jean-Loup (2016). Guide d'architecture du xxe siècle en Midi toulousain (in French). Toulouse: coll. « Architectures ». ISBN 978-2-8107-0469-9.
- Crosnier Leconte, Marie-Laure (2009). Valette, Jean (29 mars 1876 - 14 avril 1961) (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
References edit
- ^ "Notice n°PA31000106". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Notice n°IA31119626". ressourcespatrimoines.laregion.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Notice n°PA31000104". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Notice n°IA31119628". ressourcespatrimoines.laregion.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Notice n°PA31000110". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
- ^ "Notice n°IA31124777". ressourcespatrimoines.laregion.fr (in French). Retrieved 2023-12-01.
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