Joseph Gilet

Joseph Gilet (July 8, 1876, Toulouse – May 13, 1943, Toulouse) was a French architect.

Biography He studied at the from 1888 to 1895. He was then a student of Victor Laloux at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris, graduating in 1903.

He was an architect in Toulouse, in collaboration with Louis Berty, then associated with his son Jean-Louis Gilet from 1932. He was mobilized during the First World War and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre.

He taught at the École des beaux-arts de Toulouse from 1907 to 1914 then from 1919 to 1927. He was a member of the Departmental Conseil départemental des bâtiments civils de la Haute-Garonne from 1921 to 1929.

He was president of the Société régionale des architectes du Midi de la France then vice-president of the council of the Order of Architects of Toulouse when it was created in 1941.

Primary works

around 1903: Building, 5 in Toulouse. 1905–1909: Hôtel de la Caisse d'Épargne, in Toulouse. 1907: Building, 69 in Toulouse. 1908: Building, 18 bis in Toulouse. 1923: House, 35 in Toulouse. 1932: Bancal Building, 54 in Toulouse, with Jean-Louis Gilet. 1933–1935: Boys' school, boulevard du Midi in Toulouse, labeled 20th century heritage. 1933: Buildings in the Gontaud-Biron housing estate, 4 and 6 rue de la Brasserie in Toulouse, with Jean-Louis Gilet Monument historique (2018). 1933: Building, 4 in Toulouse, with Jean-Louis Gilet. 1936: Villa Bisseuil, 126 in Toulouse, with Jean-Louis Gilet. 1937: Pharmacie Subra, 1 in Toulouse, with Jean-Louis Gilet. 1937: Town hall-school of Quint-Fonsegrives.