Alphonse Defrasse

[1] He stood for the Prix de Rome three times; winning the Grand Prize in 1886 with a project for the "palace" of the Court of Audit.

With a stipend from the Académie de France à Rome, he travelled to Greece, where he made studies of various structures at the Sanctuary of Asclepius in Epidaurus.

They earned him a medal of honor at the Salon in 1893 then, two years later, were published in a book, with explanatory text by the art historian, Henri Lechat [fr][1] He briefly served as an Architect of Civil Buildings and National Palaces [fr] then, in 1898, was named Chief Architect for the Banque de France; a position he held until his retirement in 1936.

In his later years, his projects included new facilities for the interior of the Hotel Gaillard (1921), underground rooms at the Banque's headquarters (1925–27), and work on the hospital in Juvisy-sur-Orge (1932).

A collection of his plans for projects that were never realized is being preserved by the Musée d'Orsay[2] Media related to Alphonse Defrasse at Wikimedia Commons