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Villa Lehen-Tokia à Ciboure dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Villa Lehen-Tokia

    1 Chemin d'Achotarreta
    64500 Ciboure
Private property
Crédit photo : Xabier Cañas - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1900
2000
1924-1926
Construction of the villa
31 décembre 1992
Historical Monument
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Facades and roofs; garden with its gate and fences (cad. AI 55): entry by order of 31 December 1992

Key figures

Joseph Hiriart - Architect Main designer of the villa.
Georges Tribout - Associate architect Joseph Hiriart's collaborator.
Georges Beau - Associate architect Joseph Hiriart's collaborator.
Jacques Gruber - Glass painter Author of the central window.
Edmund Gould - Sponsor Major, initial owner of the villa.

Origin and history

The Lehen-Tokia villa, located in Ciboure, New Aquitaine, was built between 1924 and 1926 for Major Edmund Gould. This architectural project was led by Joseph Hiriart, assisted by Georges Tribout and Georges Beau. The style of the villa is inspired by the neo-basque, while integrating decorative elements typical of Art Deco, as evidenced by its imposing central window, the work of painter-glass Jacques Gruber, representing a flight of birds in the rising sun.

The villa has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1992, with protection covering its facades, roofs, as well as its garden, gate and fences. This classification highlights the heritage value of the building, both for its architecture and for its interior and exterior decorations, emblematic of the artistic influences of the time.

The precise coordinates of the villa, located at the 1st road from Achotarreta to Ciboure, confirm its anchoring in the local landscape. The department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, where it is located, is marked by a strong Basque identity, which explains in part the choice of neo-Basque style for this construction. The villa thus illustrates the dialogue between local tradition and artistic modernity at the beginning of the twentieth century.

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