Lamaizière Buildings

The Lamaizière buildings, in Saint-Étienne

The Lamaizière buildings are the work of a famous dynasty of architects that deeply marked Saint-Étienne. The Saint-Étienne audio-guided tour stops here to evoke these elegant façades, which punctuate the urban landscape of the city.

A dynasty of Saint-Étienne architects

Léon Lamaizière, the father, and Marcel Lamaizière, the son, were among the most prolific and influential architects of Saint-Étienne, at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century. To them we owe many buildings of the city, recognisable by their careful façades, their ornaments and their elegance. True signatures of the Saint-Étienne urban landscape, these buildings illustrate the rise of the industrial city and the taste of the era for an architecture at once functional and refined.

What to see

You admire the careful façades, the ornaments and the elegance of the buildings signed Lamaizière, which punctuate the urban landscape of Saint-Étienne. These buildings illustrate the rise of the industrial city. It is a stop for lovers of architecture, to be discovered by looking up during the walk.

Practical information

The Lamaizière buildings are discovered along the streets of the centre of Saint-Étienne, reachable on foot. They are buildings whose façades are admired from the street; access inside is private. It is best to look up towards the ornaments to spot these architectural signatures during the walk.

Who were the Lamaizière?

Léon, the father, and Marcel, the son, two of the most prolific architects of Saint-Étienne, authors of many buildings with careful façades that mark the urban landscape.

Where to see the Lamaizière buildings?

Along the streets of the centre of Saint-Étienne, in the Loire.