Concours de façades de la ville de Paris
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The concours de façades de la ville de Paris was an architecture competition organized by the Conseil Municipal of Paris in the Third Republic, at the very end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century.
The contest was held annually between the first on 16 December 1897 and the late 1930s, with an interruption during World War I. It recognized several buildings completed during the year.[1]
In instituting the contest, the city of Paris took inspiration from Concours d'architecture de la Ville de Bruxelles (1872-1876) and the Prix Godecharle in Brussels. The Parisian contest was originally set up after the creation of the Rue Réaumur in 1897 in order to promote the construction of original and attractive buildings on that street following the relaxation of Baron Haussmann's strict rules of architecture. Initially restricted to the Rue Réaumur, the competition was soon extended to the whole of Paris.[2]
Most years saw roughly 57 buildings entering the competition, designed by 55 or so architects, usually resulting in six winners.
Every year until the first world war, the jury was made up of five members of the Conseil Municipal de Paris : Quentin-Bauchart, Ernest Caron, Froment-Meurice, Chérioux, Ballières, Joseph Antoine Bouvard, director of Architectural Services, and Nicolas Sauger (1838-1918), architectural overseer for the city of Paris. Lastly two jury members were elected by the contestants annually and in 1904 they were; Jean-Louis Pascal and Joseph Auguste Émile Vaudremer.[3][4][5]
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