Félix Langlais
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French architect (1827–1889)
Félix Langlais (French pronunciation: [feliks lɑ̃ɡlɛ]; 7 August 1827 – 27 January 1889)[1] was a French architect.
Born in the former 6th arrondissement of Paris, he was a laureate of the Société centrale des architectes and was appointed an architect to the Rothschild family in France, designing:
- in Paris:
- transformation of the hôtel de Pontalba, 41, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, 8th arrondissement, from 1878 onwards, for Edmond de Rothschild
- several buildings at 24 and 26 rue Jean-Goujon, 8th arrondissement, for Meyer-Alfonse-James de Rothschild
- a hôtel particulier at 45 and 47 rue de Monceau, 8th arrondissement, for Adolphe de Rothschild (now demolished)
- five flats on the place de Wagram, 17th arrondissement[2]
- several railway stations, sheds and depots for the Compagnie des chemins de fer des Ardennes c. 1860,[3] notably those on the Creil to Beauvais line[4] and Reims station
- the château d'Armainvilliers (Seine-et-Marne) in the Anglo-Norman style, 1880-1900, in collaboration with Émile Ulmann, for Edmond de Rothschild
- restoration of the 17th-century building at Vaux-de-Cernay Abbey, for Charlotte de Rothschild
He died in the 8th arrondissement of Paris in 1889.
References
- ↑ (in French) Archives de Paris, acte de décès n°185, vue 24 / 31
- ↑ (in French) Bulletin de la Société de l’histoire de Paris et de l’Île-de-France, 109e année, 1982.
- ↑ (in French) "Langlais, Félix". inha.fr. Retrieved 12 November 2023..
- ↑ (in French) Pierre Chabat; Jules Penel (1862). Bâtiments de chemins de fer : embarcadères, plans de gares, stations, abris etc. - Volume 1 accompagné d'un texte explicatif. Paris: A. Morel et Cie..
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