Jacques Drevet

Jacques Drevet (3 May 1832, Villefranche-sur-Saône – 11 May 1900, La Baule-Escoublac) was a French architect; primarily known for works in an Orientalist style.

[1] As an architect employed by Isma'il Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, he helped build the docks at Alexandria.

He also assisted with the construction of the buildings for the Egyptian pavilion at the Exposition Universelle (1867), under the direction of the Egyptologist, François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette.

In 1876, he built four Moorish-style pavilions at the Villa Masquelier, in Sainte-Adresse, and the headquarters of Crédit havrais [fr], in Le Havre.

Around 1897, he designed the annex to the post-office in La Baule-Escoublac, but it was demolished in the early 1960s, to make room for a new luxury apartment building.