Marius Boyer

Marius Boyer
Marius Boyer
Nationality	French
Occupation	Architect
Practice	Associated architectural firm[s]

Marius Germinal Boyer (22 September 1885, Marseille – 24 December 1947, Casablanca^[1]) was a French architect active in Casablanca, Morocco.

Biography[]

Marius Boyer was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1904.^[1] He was a student of [fr] and ascended to the seconde classe in 1904 and to the première classe class in 1908.^[2] At the time, students had to ascend from the seconde classe to the première classe.^[3] He won the in 1910, and he earned his diploma around 1913.^[2]

He moved to Casablanca, then under the authority of the French Protectorate in Morocco, where he worked with .^[4] He worked as a professor of architecture at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Casablanca.^[2]

Notable works[]

Franklin D. Roosevelt observing US troops in front of Boyer's , site of the 1943 Casablanca Conference.

Some of his important projects include the (1922), the Vigie Marocaine Building (1924), the (1928), the Wilaya Building of Casablanca (1928-1936), the (1930-1932), the Hotel Transatlantique (c. 1932), the [ar] (1934), Cinema Vox (c. 1935), and the 1938.^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "AGORHA : Bases de données de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA)". agorha.inha.fr. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Cohen, Jean-Louis, author. (2002). Casablanca : colonial myths and architectural ventures. ISBN 1-58093-087-5. OCLC 49225856.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Gournay, Isabelle; Leconte, Marie-Laure Crosnier (2013). "American Architecture Students in Belle Epoque Paris: Scholastic Strategies and Achievements at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts". The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 12 (2): 154–198. doi:10.1017/S1537781413000054. ISSN 1537-7814. JSTOR 43902948.
^ MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - À la découverte du boulevard Mohammed V". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-17.

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[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "AGORHA : Bases de données de l'Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA)". agorha.inha.fr. Retrieved 2020-08-17.

[:8-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Cohen, Jean-Louis, author. (2002). Casablanca : colonial myths and architectural ventures. ISBN 1-58093-087-5. OCLC 49225856.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[3] Gournay, Isabelle; Leconte, Marie-Laure Crosnier (2013). "American Architecture Students in Belle Epoque Paris: Scholastic Strategies and Achievements at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts". The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. 12 (2): 154–198. doi:10.1017/S1537781413000054. ISSN 1537-7814. JSTOR 43902948.

[4] MATIN, LE. "Le Matin - À la découverte du boulevard Mohammed V". Le Matin (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-17.

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