Félix Callet

[note 1] Felix-Emmanuel Callet was born in Paris, the son of Antoine Callet (1755–1850), architect of civil buildings and highways of the city of Paris, known for his biographical works on French architects of the sixteenth century and his rich collection of books and antiques, amassed at his house in the Rue de la Pépinière and completed by his son.

In collaboration with Lesueur, he published a book entitled Architecture italienne, ou palais, maisons et autres édifices de l'Italie moderne,[2] of which some plates were exhibited at the Salon of 1827.

The architects Adolphe Azemard,[4] Lucien-Dieudonné Bessières,[5] Amant Constant-Mathurin Chalange,[6] Jules Duru,[7] Laurent-Amable Fauconnier,[8] Jean Charles Geslin,[9] Jean Jordan,[10] Jean-Jacques Mellerio,[11] Louis-Alphonse Nassau,[12] Leon Ohnet,[13] Pierre-Christophe Quinegagne,[14] Jacques-Alfred Ruelle,[15] François-Alexandre-Tingry Lehuby[16] and Victor Nicolas Vollier,[17] were all taught by Felix Callet or possibly his father.

[19] A new project more in line with the wishes of the administration, with visible metal structures and simple brick fillings instead of stone façades, was proposed by the two architects between the end of 1853 and the beginning of 1854.

Grandson of the architect, politician Marcel Habert demanded in 1912 that covered walkways in the central Halles should be named in Callet's honour.