Auguste Fabre and the Construction of Tile Vaults in France. The Industrialization of a Traditional Technique

Auguste Fabre was a French contractor specialized in the construction of masonry vaults. He founded his company 1896 and patented different systems light economic vaults, among them one for tile built thousands vaults France, Belgium Algeria, some great importance, such as dome Petit Palais international exhibition Paris 1900, or Congo Museum Tervuren (Belgium). Historicism breeding ground however, there is scarce technical documentation about journals time. This paper explains work Fabre, patents buildings, focusing particular on