Name
Billecocq, Ernest Marie Alexis

Variant name
Billecocq, Ernest

Gender
Male

Birth
May 5, 1872 Paris

Death
January 21, 1942 Paris

Descriptive Note

Ernest Billecocq attended the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1892 - 1901) and trained in the ateliers of Jules Astruc and Jean Louis Pascal, also in Paris. 

He was the architect of the French Establishments in Oceania section at the International Colonial Exhibition in Paris in 1931. With his son André Billecocq he worked on the chapel of JJésus-Ouvrier in Arcueil, the enlargement of the chapel of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice  in Clichy in 1935-1936, the new Sainte-Geneviève School in Versailles, the Cercle du Sacré-Cœur. he also designed villas, factories, and apartment buildings.

Billecocq was appointed chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1932, from the French Ministry of Colonies, and Officer of the Crown of Italy.

He designed the Martell Kiosk for the Exposition of Turin 1911.

Roles
Makers, Architects and Engineers

Related Locations

• Paris

Related Built Environment Objects

• Martell Cognac Kiosk