Banque Libre - Saint Gobain - Logements Salubres - 1925-1926

People:

Michel Roux-Spitz (architect)
Sylvestre (photographer)
Studio Chevojon (photographic studio)
Florentin (photographer)

Title:

Banque Libre - Saint Gobain - Logements Salubres - 1925-1926

Date:

1925-1926

Description:

Album PH1986:0900.15 comprises 30 photographs of the Banque Libre, Manufactures de Glaces de Saint-Gobain, and a housing project all by Michel Roux-Spitz in Lyon, France. Views of the Banque Libre de Lyon show the wrought iron entrance door, the ground floor façade, the wrought iron gate and detail of its motif. Views of the Manufactures de Glaces de Saint-Gobain, Aniche, Boussois, Entrepôt de Lyon (Lyon warehouses) show the staircase in the exhibition hall on the ground floor, the exhibition hall (one with display unit showing glass samples), the salesroom on first floor, the storage hall, view of an office, a console, the entrance door of the warehouse and a glass panel. Views of the housing project on avenue Jean Jaurès show the development plan (plan d'ensemble) of the ground floor bearing the title 'Les Fils de Jules Weitz. Groupe d'Immeubles à petits logis hygiéniques et modernes. Plan d'ensemble du rez-de-chaussée', the façade on the south-east side and ground floor plan, first floor plan on the north side, the ground floor plan on the north side and cross-sections of buildings.

Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Dimensions:

album: 37,5 x 33 x 6,8 cm comps. (smallest): 22,8 x 14,6 cm comps. (largest): 16,4 x 22,6 cm

Reference number:

PH1986:0900.15

Point of View:

close-up views
exterior views
interior views

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Album has green, red and gold moiré pattern coloured paper cover-boards and green and black leather bookbinding with gold gilding and lettering. Photographs are glued to yellowish paper pages on which some of them have typewritten captions on white paper labels.

Inscription:

labelled, imprinted and dated

Location:

Lyon France

Subject:

architecture
exhibition design
ornament

Subject Descriptive Terms:

door
hall
façades
staircase
wrought iron
exhibition
warehouse
bank (building)
gallery (display space)
workshop (work space)
console table
factory (structure)
wrought iron gate
glass

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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