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Cantonal house of La Bastide à Bordeaux en Gironde

Cantonal house of La Bastide

    50 Rue de Nuits
    33100 Bordeaux
Ownership of the municipality
Maison cantonale de La Bastide
Maison cantonale de La Bastide
Maison cantonale de La Bastide
Maison cantonale de La Bastide
Maison cantonale de La Bastide
Crédit photo : Henrydeustre2 - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1822
Inauguration of the stone bridge
1865
Annexation of the Bastide
1903
Construction decision
1913
Alfred-Duprat's first project
1924-1926
Construction
28 octobre 1927
Official Inauguration
Années 1980
Conversion into town hall annex
30 décembre 1994
Registration for historical monuments
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

House (case BE 161): registration by order of 30 December 1994

Key figures

Cyprien Alfred-Duprat - Architect Builder, mix of styles
Edmond Tuffet - Sculptor Author of Art Deco interiors
Gentil & Bourdet - Ceramicists Creators of sandstone friezes
Paul-Louis Lande - Mayor of Bordeaux (1903) Initial project launcher
Adrien Marquet - Mayor of Bordeaux (1927) Inaugurate the Cantonal House

Origin and history

The Cantonal House of La Bastide, located in the eponymous district on the right bank of the Garonne in Bordeaux, was designed to meet the lack of public facilities in this sector which has been in full industrial expansion since the 19th century. The initial project, launched in 1903 under the municipality of Paul-Louis Lande, provided for a multi-purpose set: pretoire, police station, library and conference room. Budgetary constraints delayed its completion until 1913, when the architect Cyprien Alfred-Duprat presented a first plan, which was interrupted by the First World War.

The work did not finally begin until 1924, to be completed two years later. The building, inaugurated in 1927 by Mayor Adrien Marquet, is distinguished by its eclectic style, combining neo-Gothic, Art Nouveau (stone, brick and turquoise sandstone facades) and Art Deco (inner decors signed Gentil & Bourdet and Edmond Tuffet). The festive hall, decorated with carved capitals representing animals, illustrates this artistic duality. In the late 1980s, the building was converted into an annex town hall, before being protected as historical monuments in 1994.

The Bastide district, annexed to Bordeaux in 1865, was developed around infrastructure such as the stone bridge (1822) and the Orléans railway station, attracting a majority working population. The Cantonal House thus symbolized the municipal will to oversee this changing territory, by centralizing public services and justice of peace. Its architecture also reflects the influence of the artistic currents of the period, notably the Art Nouveau of the Neance, rare in Bordeaux, and the emergence of Art Deco in the 1920s.

Today, the building remains a testament to Bordeaux's social and urban history, marking the evolution of an industrial district towards full Bordeaux integration. Its inscription in historical monuments highlights its heritage value, both functional and aesthetic, in the architectural landscape of New Aquitaine.

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