emile Dubuisson

Emile Dubuisson was the member of a family of architects. The son of the architect Adophe Dubuisson (1839-1920), and the father of the architect Jean Dubuisson, he was the grand-father of the designer Sylvain Dubuisson and the great-great grandfather of the architect Thomas Dubuisson.
He began his studies at the Lille school of fine arts and worked with Émile Vandenbergh’s team before leaving to study in Paris.
A student of Julien Guadet at the Paris National School of Fine Arts, Emile Dubuisson earned his architect’s diploma from the government in 1901. Emile Dubuisson joined the teaching staff of the Lille Regional School of Architecture in 1905, at its creation. From 1905 to 1935, he was a professor of decorative arts at the Lille School of Fine Arts and a professor of architecture at the Lille Regional School of Architecture. From 1940 to 1942, he headed the Lille School of Fine Arts.
He was also a member of the masonic lodge, La Lumière du Nord (The Light of the Nord), as were Albert Baert and Roger Salengro at the same time.
The Dubuisson family, Emile and his two sisters, had great regional artistic impact starting in 1910.
Very active in reconstruction after the Great War, he built notably municipal swimming pools, individual homes, and public bath establishments in the Lille region. He was also tasked with the Lille urban development and expansion project by Gustave Delory in 1921. His greatest work is the Lille city hall (1924-1932) which includes the highest belfry in northern Europe.