Alexis Dumont

Alexis Dumont, born in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean on 28 January 1877 and died in Ixelles on 12 January 1962, was the son of the architect Albert Dumont. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, he trained with the London architect Pridmore and then joined his father's studio, with whom he built many villas in De Panne. He went on to build the Provincial Teacher Training College in Jodoigne, in the Art Deco style, as well as the De Panne casino (1922) and, from 1924, buildings for the Université libre de Bruxelles at the Solbosch. In Brussels he worked, under the direction of the engineer-architect E. François, on the Institut des Arts et Métiers (1926-1933), where he was responsible for the decorative treatment of the façades and interiors, and built the Shell headquarters on Rue Ravenstein in the early 1930s. In 1933 he designed the Citroën garage on Place de l'Yser with Maurice-Jacques Ravazé. He was a member of the Royal Commission for Monuments and Sites.

Translated from the French original.