Charles Dalmas
# Charles Dalmas

Charles Dalmas (11 March 1863 – 18 October 1938) was a French architect who mainly worked in Nice, in the south of France.

## Life

Charles Dalmas was born in Nice on 11 March 1863, one of six children of a shoemaker and a seamstress. He attended the Nice School of Decorative Arts, where he was recognized as a gifted student. In August 1886 he was admitted as an architecture student at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, the only school in France that issued a diploma of architecture. The city of Nice helped fund his studies in 1888. He won various prizes including the Müller-Soehnée prize of 539 francs for deserving students. In the 1890-91 term he was unable to complete the two projects required of each student due to health problems and a period of military service, and was therefore dismissed from the school. On appeal he was readmitted, and graduated on 23 December 1891 with a project for a city hall for Nice. He continued to study at ENSBA until March 1893.

Charles Dalmas returned permanently to Nice in 1897, and became professor of building technology at the Nice School of Decorative Arts. His architecture practice flourished, and on 25 May 1919 he was named president of the Association of Architects of the South East. His son, Marcel Dalmas (1892–1950), collaborated with Charles Dalmas in the 1920s and 1930s. Charles and Marcel Dalmas received a Grand Prix at the Paris International Decorative and Industrial Arts Exhibition in 1925 for the Alpes Maritimes pavilion. Their design was a "modest dwelling of an Art Lover in the Alpes-Maritimes". Charles and Marcel Dalmas were both lovers of tennis. They built a new facility for the Lawn-Tennis Club de Nice in the 1920s, choosing a regional style and materials. Charles Dalmas was named knight of the Legion of Honour in 1928.

Charles and Marcel Dalmas collaborated with the architect and engineer François Alexandre Arluc in construction of the Miramar Hotel in Cannes in 1928. That year Charles and Marcel Dalmas built the Art Deco Palais de la Méditerranée casino on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice. Most of the casino was demolished in May 1990 apart from two of the facades, replaced by a resort with conference facilities, recreation areas, residences and offices. Marcel-Victor Guilgot was associated with Charles and Marcel Dalmas from 1931 to 1937. Charles Dalmas died at his home in Nice on 18 October 1938 at the age of 75.

## Noted works

### In Cimiez

| Year | Structure | Location |
| - | - | - |
| c. 1900 | Rivera Palace | Boulevard de Cimiez |
| Before 1906 | Palais Winter | 84 Boulevard de Cimiez |
| c. 1906 | Hôtel Hermitage | Avenue Bieckert |
| 1907 | Villa Argentine | Boulevard de Cimiez, corner of Avenue Bieckert |
| 1911 | Grand-Palais | 2bis boulevard de Cimiez |
| 1912 | Carlton-Carabacel | Avenue Bieckert |
| 1923 | Lotissement de villas | Boulevard Edouard VII |

### Hotels

| Year | Structure | Location |
| - | - | - |
| 1905 | Hôtel Royal | Promenade des Anglais, Nice |
| 1906 | Hôtel Scribe | Rue Paganini, Nice |
| 1912 | Hôtel Ruhl | Promenade des Anglais, Nice |
| 1912 | Hôtel Carlton | La Croisette, Cannes |
| 1912 | Hôtel Splendid | Boulevard Victor-Hugo, Nice |
| 1913 | Palace-Hôtel | Rue A. Karr, Nice |
| 1913 | Hôtel Atlantic | 12 boulevard Victor Hugo, Nice |
| 1923 | Hôtel O'Connor | Avenue Joffre, Nice |
| 1928 | Hôtel Miramar | La Croisette, Cannes |
| 1929 | Palais de la Méditerranée | Promenade des Anglais, Nice |

### Other buildings

| Year | Structure | Location |
| - | - | - |
| 1904 | École des Arts Décoratifs | Rue Tonduti de l'Escarène, Nice |
| 1904 | Palais Donadei I | Boulevard Victor Hugo, Nice |
| 1905 | Palais Marie-Lévy | Corner of Rue Blacas & Rue Pastorelli, Nice |
| 1906 | Palais Donadei II | Place De Gaulle, Nice |
| 1907 | Four buildings | North side of Boulevard Raimbaldi, Nice |
| 1909 | Immeuble Piano | Rue Massingy, Nice |
| 1909 | Immeuble Cauvin | Avenue Borriglione, Nice |
| 1911 | Manoir Belgrano | Boulevard Edouard VII, Nice |
| 1912 | Immeuble de la Tour | Rue Guiglia, Nice |
| 1912 | Immeuble Gassin | Rue Joffre, Nice |
| 1912 | Immeuble Bermond de Clinchan | Corner of Rue de France & Rue Rivoli, Nice |
| 1912 | Palais Trianon | Avenue Depoilly, Nice |
| 1913 | Immeuble Fomitcheff | Place Franklin, Nice |
| 1914 | Palais Bouteilly | 18 rue Berlioz, Nice |
| 1914 | Villa de la Société du littoral | 41 rue de France, Nice |
| 1922 | Immeuble Véran | Boulevard Carabacel, Nice |
| 1923 | Immeuble Nahapiet | 63 promenade des Anglais, Nice |

### Modifications of Facades

| Year | Structure | Location |
| - | - | - |
| c. 1900 | Hôtel Plaza et de France | Avenue de Verdun, Nice |
| 1917 | Cercle de la Méditerranée | Promenade des Anglais, Nice |
| 1919 | Grand-Hôtel | Avenue Félix Faure, Nice |
| 1920 | Société Marseillaise | Boulevard Dubouchage, Nice |
| 1921 | Banque Nationale de Paris | Boulevard Victor Hugo, Nice |
| 1921 | Banque Commerciale Italienne | Boulevard Risso, Nice |
