Jacques Harold Edouard Debat-Ponsan (Copenhagen, 21 August 1882 - Paris, 1942) was a French architect.

Life

Debat-Ponsan studied in the ''atelier'' of

Victor Laloux Victor Alexandre Frederic Laloux (15 November 1850 – 13 July 1937) was a French Beaux-Arts architect and teacher. Life Born in Tours, Laloux studied at the Paris École des Beaux-Arts ''atelier'' of Louis-Jules André, with his studies i ...

at the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts 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 Scien ...

in Paris. He took the

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

in 1912 and was resident at the

Villa Medici The Villa Medici () is a Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the larger Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy. The Villa Medici, founded by Ferdinando I de' Med ...

from January 1913 to February 1915. Following the First World War, Debat-Ponsan was engaged in reconstruction projects, then in 1928 was named architect-in-chief of the French national '' Postes, télégraphes et téléphones'' administration (PTT). Debat-Ponsan was the son of French painter

Édouard Debat-Ponsan Édouard Debat-Ponsan (25 April 1847 – 29 January 1913) was a French academic painter noted for his allegorical works, scenes of peasant life and Orientalist works. Biography Debat-Ponsan was born in Toulouse. His younger brother was organis ...

, and the uncle of French Prime Minister

Michel Debré Michel Jean-Pierre Debré (; 15 January 1912 – 2 August 1996) was the first Prime Minister of the French Fifth Republic. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1 ...

Work

* Paris telephone central office for exchange "Ségur", 55 Avenue de Saxe (1900) * urban planning and reconstruction of

Cambrai Cambrai (, ; pcd, Kimbré; nl, Kamerijk), formerly Cambray and historically in English Camerick or Camericke, is a city in the Nord department and in the Hauts-de-France region of France on the Scheldt river, which is known locally as the Esca ...

, with fellow architects Pierre Leprince-Ringuet and Marc Germain Debré (beginning 1919) * reconstruction of

Driencourt Driencourt (; Picard: ''Dryincourt'' ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Driencourt is situated on the D181 road, some northwest of Saint-Quentin. Population History As with many towns in ...

(1920-1927) * PTT Administration Building, 20 Avenue de Segur (1931-1939) * Paris telephone central office for exchange "Suffren", Avenue de Suffren (1933) * École Jean-Baptiste Clément,

Boulogne-Billancourt Boulogne-Billancourt (; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, ) is a wealthy and prestigious commune in the Parisian area, located from its centre. It is a subprefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department an ...

(1934) * ''Unité de formation et de recherche biomédicale des Saints-Pères'' at

Paris Descartes University Paris Descartes University (french: Université Paris 5 René Descartes, links=no), also known as Paris V, was a French public university located in Paris. It was one of the inheritors of the historic University of Paris, which was split into 13 ...

, with Louis Madeline and Armand Guéritte (begun 1936, interrupted by the war, dedicated 1953) * Villa Douce,

Reims Reims ( , , ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French department of Marne, and the 12th most populous city in France. The city lies northeast of Paris on the Vesle river, a tributary of the Aisne. Founded ...

, with Pol Gosset (1929-1932) * City Hall at

, with Tony Garnier (1931–34)

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biography (in French)
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