Joseph-Alcide Chaussé was born in Saint-Sulpice, Quebec on 7 January 1868.
His parents were Edouard Chaussé and Rose-de-Lima Rivest.
His father was a timber merchant.Шаблон:Sfn
He attended St. Mary's Academy (Académie Sainte-Marie), Montreal, then studied architecture in Montreal in the office of Alphonse Raza.
He also studied under architects in Chicago and Milwaukee.Шаблон:Sfn
He became an architect in 1888.Шаблон:Sfn
He married Rose-de-Lima Renaud on 8 September 1894, and they had five sons of whom two survived.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1890 he was one of the founders of the Association of Architects of the Province of Quebec.
He was responsible for the plans for the presbytery of the Assomption-de-la-Sainte-Vierge (1897) and the new facade of the church of Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal (1901) in what is now Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot.Шаблон:Sfn
City official
On 21 May 1900 Chaussé was appointed a building inspector for the city of Montreal.Шаблон:Sfn
He wrote papers for the cities of Montreal and Quebec about fire prevention and construction regulations.
Chaussé was the main promoter of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, founded in 1907.
He was honorary secretary of the institute until 1942.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1911 Chaussé and the architect Joseph Venne overhauled the Montreal building regulations.
In 1914 Chaussé was appointed municipal architect.Шаблон:Sfn
On 1 August 1918 Chaussé returned to private practice, specializing as an expert in court appearances and in municipal assessments.Шаблон:Sfn
He designed the church of Sainte-Gertrude, built in 1925 in the north of the Island of Montreal.Шаблон:Sfn
His best known work is the Empress Theater (1927) in Montreal in an Egyptian style inspired by the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922.Шаблон:Sfn
Chaussé was involved in various national and international architects' associations, and participated in conferences in locations such as London, Budapest and Rio de Janeiro.Шаблон:Sfn
Joseph-Alcide Chaussé died in Montreal on 7 October 1944.Шаблон:Sfn
Publications
Building Inspectors Handbook, 1902
Code of Building Laws, Montreal, 1906
Supplement to Code of Building By-Laws, Montreal, 1913
