Louis Marie Cordonnier

His chosen style was a strongly regional Flemish Renaissance Revival in brick, with a characteristic belfry tower.

Further civic commissions in the area culminated in Cordonnier's best known work, the Peace Palace in The Hague, seat of the International Court of Justice.

There his neo-Flemish entry won a design competition against far more modern competitors like Hendrik Berlage and Otto Wagner.

In the wake of the widespread destruction of World War I in this part of France, Cordonnier took the lead in efforts to rebuild civic buildings and local churches in strictly traditional style, although not averse to using structural concrete.

His work includes: Media related to Louis Marie Cordonnier at Wikimedia Commons