Victor Alexandre Frédéric Laloux, Hon. FAIA

Year Awarded: 1922
Born: November 05, 1850; Tours, France
Died: 1937;


Projects
• 1924: Basilica of St Martin, Tours, France
• 1904: Hotel de Ville, Tours, France
• 1900: d'Orsay Railway Station, Paris, now the Museum d'Orsay
• 1904: Tours Railway Station, Tours, France
• 1903: Town Halls in Tours and Roubaix


Biography
Victor Alexandre Frédéric Laloux attended Descartes College, receiving his degree in 1867. He then worked in the office of the architect Leon Rohard for two years before going to Paris to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts with Jules André. He participated in the war of 1870, but afterward returned to his studies and earned his degree in 1877.

Laloux won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1878 for his design of a cathedral. He spent four years at the French Academy in Rome, then returned to France. He began working with André, assisting him in his ateliers at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. When André died in 1890, Laloux left the Ecole with a number of his students and established his own atelier. He taught there until he died in 1937.

Laloux designed the train station in Tours and the Orsay station in Paris, now the Museum d'Orsay. He designed the city halls for Tours and Roubaix and the basilica of Saint Martin.

Laloux is remembered as a leader in the Beaux-Arts style. His work was eclectic and highly ornamented, merging all the styles of French classicism. He is also remembered for his strong emphasis on planning as the key to good design.

In addition to winning the Prix de Rome in 1878, Laloux won a Royal Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1929. In 1923 he was president of the Institut de France.