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Post office · Algiers, Algeria
Grande Poste
- Dated
- Dated 1910–13
- Declared purpose
- Central post office
- Today
- Survives, museum
- Build time
- About 3 years
- Region
- Africa
- Architect of record
- Jules Voinot, architect: about when credited (1910, born ). Build time on record: about 3 years.; Marius Toudoire, architect: about 58 when credited (1910, born 1852). Build time on record: about 3 years.All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Documented
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
A Neo-Moorish post office in central Algiers.
Neo-Moorish
Moorish arches and domes.
Now a museum
It became a museum.
Architect of record
Marius Toudoire (born 1852) was about 58 when credited with the design in 1910. The Architects of Record page asks how often a young or little-known name delivers a landmark.
Questions worth asking
- Why Moorish forms?
Possible original uses
- Post office
What the photos show
Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
