He designed many buildings in French Algeria, including the Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Oran.

He was employed by the Church for the restoration of religious buildings, first in Aix-en-Provence and then in Algiers, where in the 1880s he conducted a survey of local architecture, notably mosques and palaces.

[1] In 1889 he succeeded Edmond Duthoit as chief architect of the historical monuments department in Algeria, a position which he held for 30 years.

[4] He participated in and from 1889 directed the excavations of the ancient Roman cities of Djémila and Timgad.

In the 1890s he also designed the French Renaissance Revival style Palace of Justice in Bucharest.