Emilio Jéquier, la construcción de un patrimonio

1888
The canalization works
of the Mapocho River
are carried out, directed
by the engineer and
academic Valentín
Martínez.
1890
President José Manuel
Balmaceda inaugurates
the Malleco Viaduct.
1900
The first electric trams
opertate in Santiago.
1902-1903
The works to build the
Forestal Park begin.
1904
The lake in the Forestal
Park is inaugurated.
1920
View of the Alameda to
the west.
1902
Collaborates in the
review of the Course of
Architecture’s curriculum,
in the Catholic University
of Chile.
1903
Designs the Institute of
Hygiene on the northern
bank of the Mapocho.
1903
Designs Luis Puyó’s house
in the northwestern
corner of Monjitas and
Miraflores streets.
1904
Builds the headquarters
of the Ministry of Industry
and Public Works in
Morandé Street.
1905
Designs and begins the
construction of Pirque
and Mapocho railway
stations.
1913
The construction of the
Stock Exchange begins.
1916
Designs 14 buildings
for different wards of
the Manuel Arriarán
Children’s Hospital.
1918
Resigns his work at the
Catholic University, where
he led an academic
career from 1902.
1919
Receives a tribute by a
group of contractors in
Santiago, due to his final
departure to France.
1899
In Paris he works with
Prosper Bobin, on
the project for the
Palais de l’Optique, a
pavilion built for the
1900 Exhibition.
1906
Travels to Europe
to oversee the
commission of the
metallic structures
for the works under
construction: the
vault of the Museum
of Fine Arts and the
Mapocho and Pirque
stations.
1920
Returns definitively
to France with
his family.
1935
Moves to Asnieres
sur Seine.
1937
Designs and builds
a mausoleum in
Tangier, Morocco,
for his nephew Jean
Henri Louis Jéquier.
1949
Jules-Émile
Jéquier dies in
Asnières sur Seine,
near Paris.
1889
Chile participates in
the Universal Exhibition
of Paris and later the
Chilean pavilion is
brought to Chile and
assembled in the Quinta
Normal. Today houses the
Artequín Museum.
1900
The Petit and Grand Palais
are inaugurated, built for
the Universal Exhibition
of Paris.
1900
The Paris Metro is
inaugurated. The Art
Nouveau style stations
were designed by
Hector Guimard.
1914
First World War
begins in Europe.