Couvrechef was made a sub-inspector under architect Hippolyte Durand on the project to build the Villa EugénieinBiarritz as a summer residence for the imperial family,
starting in 1854. Durand chose a rather austere design, and was abruptly dismissed in June 1855.
Couvrechef, who was known to prefer a more decorative style, was given responsibility for continuing the work.[2]
In 1857 Couvrechef became architect of the Château de Pau.[3]
Couvrechef was also involved in reconstruction of the Empress's Castillo de Arteaga in the province of Biscay in Spain,
a medieval building surrounded by walls with four round towers.[4]
Pénanrun, Louis Thérèse David de; Delaire, Edmond Augustin; Roux, Louis François (1907). Les architectes élèves de l'Ecole des beaux-arts 1793-1907. École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France). Librairie de la construction moderne. p. 223. Retrieved 2013-06-14.
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