Camille Gardelle

Camille Remy Alexandre Gardelle (Montauban, 31 July 1866 - 1947) was a French architect.

Gardelle graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts. An exponent of Eclecticism, he built a notable work in Montevideo, Uruguay:[1]

• Palacio Pietracaprina, 1913, currently the Embassy of Brazil[2]
• refurbishing of Castillo Soneira, 1914 (original by Víctor Rabú)[3]
• Palacio Piria, originally a residence for Francisco Piria, nowadays headquarters of the Supreme Court of Uruguay[4]
• Palacio Jackson, later known as Palacio Brasil[2]
• Electoral Court[2]

Literature

• Lucchini, Aurelio (1969). Ideas y formas en la arquitectura nacional. Colección Nuestra Tierra (in Spanish). 6. Montevideo.
• Lucchini, Aurelio (1986). El Concepto de Arquitectura y su traducción a formas en el territorio que hoy pertenece a Uruguay (in Spanish). Montevideo: Universidad de la República.

References

1. César J. Loustau (1 January 1995). Influencia de Francia en la arquitectura de Uruguay (in Spanish). Ediciones Trilce. p. 191. ISBN 9974-32-116-6.
2. Au gré des jours en Uruguay - Architecte : Camille Gardelle (in French)
3. Breve historia del Castillo Soneira (in Spanish)
4. Palacio Piria (in Spanish)