[1] Delaporte was born in Versailles and, after having spent most of his life in colonial Morocco, died in Marseille.
In 1895, he was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (ENSBA) and studied under Victor Laloux in his atelier.
Several of his buildings were since destroyed, but a large number also have survived and have been restored as part of the architectural heritage of Morocco.
[3]: 465–466 His 1920 building in Rabat on the Al Joulan Square next to the city's Saint Peter's Cathedral, known as the Gourmet Building first occupied apartments and a bakery with an adjoining café on the ground floor.
During World War II, it was transformed into the Saint Peter's clinic.