Marius Germinal Boyer (22 September 1885, Marseille – 24 December 1947, Casablanca[1]) was a French architect active in Casablanca, Morocco.
Marius Boyer
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| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Associated architectural firm[s] |
Marius Boyer was admitted to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1904.[1] He was a student of Gabriel Héraud [fr] and ascended to the seconde classe in 1904 and to the première classe class in 1908.[2] At the time, students had to ascend from the seconde classe to the première classe.[3] He won the Prix Américain de l’Architecture in 1910, and he earned his diploma around 1913.[2]
He moved to Casablanca, then under the authority of the French Protectorate in Morocco, where he worked with Jean Balois.[4] He worked as a professor of architecture at l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Casablanca.[2]
Some of his important projects include the Glawi Building (1922), the Vigie Marocaine Building (1924), the Lévy-Bendayan Building (1928), the Wilaya Building of Casablanca (1928-1936), the Moses Assayag Building (1930-1932), the Hotel Transatlantique (c. 1932), the Shell Building [ar] (1934), Cinema Vox (c. 1935), and the Anfa Hotel 1938.[2]
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