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The BSI in Geneva

Route de Florissant no 5 (1933-1934)

The architect Samuel Vaucher (1798-1877) built this residence for himself and his family in the late 1830s.

It was later sold to the banker Isaac Hentsch-de Chastel (1785-1868). The house was destroyed in the summer of 2014.

La Bibliothèque Sino-internationale, dont le projet définitif avait été établi en 1932, a commencé à s'installer

dès l'année suivante à Genève, dans un immeuble sis au numéro 5 de la route Florissant [1]

After the installation of the Library at the Château de Montalègre in September 1934, the house at 5 route de Florissant remains active as Institut Sino-International.

The house at 5, route de Florissant.

Château de Montalègre (1934-1938)

route de Vésenaz, Genève. Tél. 45.330

The Sino-International Library was inaugurated at the Château de Montalègre on September 23, 1934.

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Pavillon du désarmement (1938-1949)

An annexe to the Palais Wilson, built in 1932 by architect Adolphe Guyonnet and engineer Louis Perrin.

It was destroyed by fire on the night of August 1, 1987.


The Sino-International Library moved there in January 1938 [2]

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Source : Chine. N°3 (Juin-Juillet 1938), p.31.


Shanghai

L'annexe de Shanghai de la Bibliothèque Sino Internationale

393 Route Fergusson

Montevideo

Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay

Références

  1. [BSI Genève Shanghai, 1934, p. 1]
  2. Journal de Genève, 15 January 1938