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Immeuble Gloria Mansions

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Immeuble (cad. MO 275, 276, 162) : inscription par arrêté du 14 décembre 1989
Protection dates
1989/12/14 : inscrit MH
Type
immeuble
Main period of construction
2e quart 20e siècle
Dates
1932
Architect or builder
HOVNANIAN Garabed (architecte), HOVNANIAN Barouyr (entrepreneur), HOVNANIAN Hrant (entrepreneur), LASALLE (peintre-verrier), MAHOKIAN (peintre)
Ownership
propriété d'une société privée
Address
123-125 rue de France
Commune
Nice
Département
Alpes-Maritimes
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Coordinates
43.69353, 7.25169
Mérimée reference
PA00080942

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1838 map "BnF, département Cartes et plans, GE DL 1838-202 (A)" (Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)).

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Grand immeuble d'habitation construit de 1932 à 1934 par Garabed Hovnanian, architecte d'origine arménienne. Barouyr et Hrant Hovnanian, ses frères, en sont les entrepreneurs. L'immeuble est réalisé pour Joachim Nahapiet, un promoteur d'origine iranienne ayant fait fortune aux Etats-Unis. Construit en béton armé, c'est un immeuble de rapport moderne, comportant un rez-de-chaussée prévu pour des boutiques, un garage souterrain et cinq étages d'appartements. Témoignant de la complexité des références animant la modernité architecturale, l'immeuble se caractérise par le traitement soigné de ses espaces de réception et parties communes, ainsi que par l'importance de son programme décoratif, d'inspiration Art Déco. D'une technique inédite - une mosaïque de morceaux de verre colorés, collés entre deux vitres -, les vitraux, signés par Lasalle d'après des cartons du peintre Mahokian, présentent des paysages pointillistes.

English translation

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Large residential building built from 1932 to 1934 by Garabed Hovnanian, architect of Armenian origin. Barouyr and Hrant Hovnanian, his brothers, are its contractors. The building was built for Joachim Nahapiet, a promoter of Iranian origin who made his fortune in the United States. Built in reinforced concrete, it is a modern rental building, comprising a ground floor intended for shops, an underground garage and five storeys of apartments. Testifying to the complexity of the references animating architectural modernity, the building is characterised by the careful treatment of its reception spaces and common areas, as well as by the importance of its decorative programme, of Art Deco inspiration. Of an unprecedented technique - a mosaic of pieces of coloured glass, glued between two panes of glass - the stained glass windows, signed by Lasalle after cartoons by the painter Mahokian, present pointillist landscapes.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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