Edmond Paulin

[1] He entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (National School of Fine Arts), where he studied under Louis-Hippolyte Lebas and Léon Ginain.

[citation needed] His drawings and plans of the ancient ruins of Rome were meticulous, particularly those of the Baths of Diocletian complex, large parts of which were being destroyed by urban renewal projects.

[6] His work, published in 1890, influenced contemporary projects such as the design of Grand Central Station in New York.

In 1912 he was elected to the Academy of Fine Arts in chair 2 of the architecture department, succeeding Honoré Daumet.

[8] It also illustrated elements of the Louis XV style that the Spanish and Jesuits introduced in many parts of South America.

It was an extraordinary structure, including a huge waterfall and crowned by a statue of the Genius of Electricity over 6 metres (20 ft) high.