Ali Georges Tur (20 February 1889 – 26 September 1977) is a French architect. He is known for the hundreds of buildings he designed and built in

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands— Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

from 1929 to 1937 for a total amount of 72 million francs.

Early life

Tur was born in

Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...

(then under French protectorate). He graduated from

Beaux-Arts de Paris The Beaux-Arts de Paris is a French ''grande école'' whose primary mission is to provide high-level arts education and training. This is classical and historical School of Fine Arts in France. The art school, which is part of the Paris Sciences ...

Career

He rebuilt much after Guadeloupe was damaged by the

1928 Okeechobee hurricane The Okeechobee hurricane of 1928, also known as the San Felipe Segundo hurricane, was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the recorded history of the North Atlantic basin, and the fourth deadliest hurricane in the United States, only behind the ...

Death

He died in the

16th arrondissement of Paris The 16th arrondissement of Paris (''XVIe arrondissement'') is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as ''seizième''. The arrondissement includes part of the Arc de T ...

Works

* Palace of the General Council (1935)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tur, Ali 1889 births 1977 deaths 20th-century French architects Guadeloupean culture People from Tunis École des Beaux-Arts alumni