Alphonse Laverrière
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Swiss architect
Alphonse Laverrière (16 May 1872 – 11 March 1954) was a Swiss architect.
He studied at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Genève and later at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts and was professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.[1]
In 1912, he won a gold medal in architecture with Eugène-Edouard Monod in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for their "Building Plan of a Modern Stadium".[2]
Between 1922 and 1951, Laverrière designed the Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery at Lausanne and is buried there.[3]
Works
- Lausanne railway station
- Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland
- Cantonal Botanical Museum and Gardens
References
- ^ Böcker, Dagmar (24 January 2020). "Alphonse Laverrière". Dizionario storico della Svizzera (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Alphonse Laverrière". Olympics.com. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Le cimetière du Bois-de-Vaux". Ville de Lausanne. Archived from the original on 25 October 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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