Locations

Deauville wishing to replace the bathhouse and wood cabins obsolete by a new building, the mayor Eugene Colas launch in 1921 a competition that brings together fifteen architects. It was won by the Parisian architect Charles Adda which builds on the Deauville beach the "Pompeian bathroom" consists, shops, coffee bar, steam rooms, swimming pool and 250 bathing cabins grouped into islands around gardens or ponds that defines a portico galleries network. This modern architecture completed in 1922 combines the white concrete and polychrome mosaics in the colors of the sea. The architect created in 1923 a long walk 643 meters to allow women to enjoy the sea without fear of soiling their dresses in sand