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Camille Gardelle


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Camille Remy Alexandre Gardelle (Montauban, 31 July 1866 - 1947) was a French architect.

Gardelle graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts. An exponent of Eclecticism, he built a notable work in Montevideo, Uruguay:

  • Palacio Pietracaprina, 1913, currently the Embassy of Brazil
  • refurbishing of Castillo Soneira, 1914 (original by Víctor Rabú)
  • Palacio Piria, originally a residence for Francisco Piria, nowadays headquarters of the Supreme Court of Uruguay
  • Palacio Jackson, later known as Palacio Brasil
  • Electoral Court
  • Literature

  • Lucchini, Aurelio (1969). Ideas y formas en la arquitectura nacional. Colección Nuestra Tierra (in Spanish). 6. Montevideo. 
  • Lucchini, Aurelio (1986). El Concepto de Arquitectura y su traducción a formas en el territorio que hoy pertenece a Uruguay (in Spanish). Montevideo: Universidad de la República. 
  • References

    Camille Gardelle Wikipedia