Charles-Gustave Stoskopf Explained

Charles-Gustave Stoskopf
Birth Date:2 September 1907
Birth Place:Strasbourg, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Alma Mater:École régionale d'architecture de Strasbourg
École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Occupation:Architect
Parents:Gustave Stoskopf

Charles-Gustave Stoskopf (1907–2004) was a French architect. He designed buildings in Strasbourg, Colmar and Créteil. He won the second Prix de Rome in architecture in 1933.

Early life

Charles-Gustave Stoskopf was born in Strasbourg on 2 September 1907.[1] [2] His father, Gustave Stoskopf,[2] was a polymath: poet, painter, playwright and publisher.[3]

Stoskopf studied architecture at the École régionale d'architecture de Strasbourg in Strasbourg.[2] He graduated from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, where his professors included Emmanuel Pontremoli and Jacques Debat-Ponsan.[2]

Career

Stoskopf won the second Prix de Rome in architecture in 1933.[4]

In the aftermath of World War II, Stoskopf began designing new buildings demolished by the war in the villages of Alsace,[5] especially near Colmar, and in the Territoire de Belfort.[2] He redesigned the Place de l'Homme-de-Fer in Strasbourg from 1952 to 1956.[2] Meanwhile, from 1954 to 1970, he designed housing estates like Colmar's ZUP, Créteil's Mont-Mesly,[6] or Strasbourg's Canardière, Esplanade and Quai des Belges.[2] He also designed churches, like the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Créteil in 1976.[7]

Stoskopf authored a novel in 1998.[2]

Death

Stoskopf died in Paris on 22 January 2004.[1] [8]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fonds Stoskopf, Gustave (1907-2004). 127 Ifa. archiwebture.citechaillot.fr. 17 February 2017.
  2. Bolle. Gauthier. Un acteur de la scène professionnelle des Trente Glorieuses, de la Reconstruction aux grands ensembles : l'architecte alsacien Charles-Gustave Stoskopf (1907-2004). Revue d'Alsace. 2015. 141. 141. 409–420. 10.4000/alsace.2384. 15 February 2017. free.
  3. Web site: Stoskopf. Nicolas. Gustave STOSKOPF (1869-1944). cerclesaintleonard.com. 17 February 2017.
  4. Bolle. Gauthier. Reconstruire les paysages urbains et ruraux d'Alsace après 1945. Revue d'Alsace. 2016. 142. 142. 117–138. 10.4000/alsace.2412. 165047440 . 15 February 2017.
  5. Book: Rieger. Théodore. L'Alsace. 2002. Éditions Jean-Paul Gisserot. Paris. 48–49. 9782877476799.
  6. Landauer. Paul. La SCIC, premier promoteur français des grands ensembles (1953-1958). Histoire urbaine. 2008. 3. 23. 71–80. 10.3917/rhu.023.0071. Cairn.info.
  7. News: Evin. Florence. Forgue. Pauline. Larrochelle. Jean-Jacques. Un week-end pour visiter le patrimoine d'hier et de demain. February 15, 2017. Le Monde. September 18, 2015.
  8. Book: Notice de personne . Bibliothèque nationale de France . 28 August 2018. 2 January 2014.