Léopold Bévière

Léopold Bévière was a French architect who was a town builder in Paris beginning in 1907. He designed a number of representative buildings in the vicinity of Paris, including the theatres of Les Lilas and Puteaux, the town hall of Aubervilliers, the presbytery of St. Severin in Paris, and the thermal baths of Mont d’Or. In the run-up to the Games in 1924, the City Council of Paris decided to build a new and very expensive swimming stadium. Léopold Bévière was commissioned to design the “Piscine des Tourelles” in Saint-Mandé. The swimming pool was completely renovated in 1989 and is now known as “Stade Nautique Georges Vallerey”.

Bévière studied at the École des Beaux-Arts since 1883 and graduated in 1891 with a plan of a city hall for an industrial center. He worked as a free architect in Paris before he was appointed inspector of the public works department. He was a member of the Société des architectes diplômés du gouvernement (S.A.D.G.) since 1892 and received the Great Silver Medal of the Central Society of Architects. His son Jean Louis was also an architect.