Biography

French architect. He was a student of Felix Duban (1797-1870) at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, and took a second-place Prix de Rome in 1844. He obtained medals of the first class in 1852 and 1855.

His architectural work includes: the church of Saint-Paul in Nimes (1838-50); restoration of the Roman aqueduct Pont du Gard (1841-46); the Pradier Fountain, Nimes (1851); the Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris (1867); Préfecture de l'Isère, Grenoble (1861-66); the Library and Museum of Grenoble (1872).

He became a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 1871.