Alexandre Marcel

Who was Alexandre Marcel?

Alexandre Marcel 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. 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, circa 1901

the new Chinese Pavilion at Laeken, for Leopold II, circa 1902

royal racetrack at Ostend, for Leopold II

grand hall of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel, Heliopolis, Cairo, 1910

Baron Empain Palace, 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