Paul Friesé 1851-1917: Industrial Age Architecture

This rediscovery of the architectural work of Paul Friesé, from Alsace, invites us on a journey to the heart of the second industrial revolution, at the time when Paris inaugurated its metropolitan area and the Universal Exhibition of 1900. A former student of the Beaux-Arts, Friesé began the construction of industrial buildings such as the Grands Moulins de Corbeil – veritable castles of modern times. The inventor of the modern factory in France at the beginning of the century, he gave it an urban dimension by establishing numerous electrical substations in Paris, including the neo-medieval-inspired one on Boulevard Bourdon. Following the publication of this work, two factories located at Place Clichy and Quai de Jemmapes and the five substations of Opéra, Temple, Voltaire, Bastille and Auteuil were subject to a procedure for registration with the supplementary inventory of historic monuments and sites. The Sèvres substation, 6 rue Récamier, was rehabilitated by the Electricity of France Foundation which made it into an exhibition space, the Espace Electra.

23 x 28.5 cm

160 pages

120 black and white and color illustrations

ISBN: 978-2-9092-8302-9

Text in French only