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Saint-Amand bell tower.

Restoring the spire, Bordeaux

My role: Survey, drawings; SIA phases 21 · 41; 2022

A neo-Gothic stone spire. Survey, condition assessment, then façade-by-façade specifications: weathered stones, missing finials reinstated, weatherings rebuilt, cross and armature replaced in stainless steel.

Location

Location: Bordeaux (33)
Client: City of Bordeaux
Programme: Restoration of the spire
Practice: Architecture Patrimoine
Role: Survey, drawings
Year: 2022

SIA 112 phasesFrance: DIAG · DCE

Section through the bell tower — Section and restoration specifications

Reinstated finials — Finials no. 4 and 5 · elevation 1:25, detail 1:10

Belfry openings · 1:25, weatherings 1:10

Digital model of the finials · *© sculptor Lebon*

Finials set on the spire — Finials carved and set · spire completed, 02.2022

Full portfolio (PDF, 39 pp., in French)