Editing Olympia (Paris) (section)

==Renovations==
===1930===
Haïk engaged three architects for a significant [[renovation]] and remodeling of the music hall into a movie theater. Paul Farge was responsible for coordinating and monitoring works, while Gabriel Morice supervised the work of the [[structural system]] within the building.<ref name=":7">{{cite magazine |last=Audinet |first=Paul |date=December 1930 |title=L'Exploitation Moderne: L'Olympia |trans-title=The Modern Operation: The Olympia |url=https://www.la-belle-equipe.fr/2015/06/12/lolympia-salle-de-cinema-cinemagazine-1930/ |url-status=live |magazine=[[Cinémagazine]] |language=fr |issue=11 |pages=49–56 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506103949/https://www.la-belle-equipe.fr/2015/06/12/lolympia-salle-de-cinema-cinemagazine-1930/ |archive-date=6 May 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |via=[[Ciné-Ressources]] & [[Cinémathèque Française]] }}</ref> In coordination with Farge, Jean-Paul Mongeaud was responsible for designing and constructing the new [[Neon lighting|neon lights]] facade displayed twelve meters high and eight meters wide.<ref name=":7"/> The neon tubes whose curves were drawn by Mongeaud were elaborated and created by engineer Fonsèque from Paz and Silva company. The two neon side panels, integrating over the facade's entire height, were also created by Paz and Silva.<ref name=":7"/> The facade, illuminated in red, blue, and green encompassing four hundred meters of neon tubes, was the most significant illuminated sign in Europe and a reference for that time. A [[blacksmith]] [[artisan]] created the ornamental steel structure of the facade.<ref name=":7"/> Pelegry and Lavignac, responsible for the [[Interior design|interior decorations]] of the [[Plaza Athénée]] and [[Théâtre des Folies-Wagram]], designed the ceilings and wall decorations in accordance with Farge.<ref name=":7"/> The theater featured quality [[architectural acoustics|acoustic]], indirect [[Architectural lighting design|lighting]], and Gallay brand [[velvet]] armchairs mingling dark green and light green.<ref name=":8"/> A [[Aristide Cavaillé-Coll|Cavaillé-Coll]] [[Pipe organ|organ]] was placed there.<ref name=":8"/><ref name=":7"/> The Olympia–Théâtre Jacques Haïk was equipped with a modern sound installation for that time,<ref name="Goldemberg"/> which [[Western Electric]] installed, and the air conditioning was assigned to [[Willis Carrier]].<ref name=":7"/>

===1938===
Siritzky undertook a renovation to highlight the facade of the Olympia as a movie theater. Architects Fernand Colin, Ruillier, and Vladimir Scob, decided to demolish the facade from the ground floor level to the second floor on a height of twelve meters, then fitted the roof with a massive steel fairing inspired by the [[Bow (watercraft)|bow]] of a ship and the exterior entrance was redesigned.<ref name=":8"/> The facade was adorned with one thousand five hundred meters of neon lights and fifteen thousand lamps using two thousand [[ampere]]s. The theater was described as "sumptuous" with "modern-harmonious lines" benefiting from intense electric lighting.<ref name=":8"/>

===1954===
Coquatrix had decided to have the exterior facade of the venue redone, thus making it possible to announce the names of the artists in capital letters updated every day below the signage of the Olympia.<ref name="Hotel2017"/><ref name=":2"/> The lettering "Olympia" and the artists' names illuminated in red neon lighting, were designed according to the taste of Coquatrix. The [[octagon]] shape of the "O" was inspired by the aerial view of the [[Boulevard Périphérique|Paris' ring road]].<ref name="Hotel2017"/>

===1956===
The interior layout was envisioned by Henri Rigal, also responsible for the decoration of [[Le Lido]].<ref name=":12"/> Then later, only the armchairs have been regularly replaced throughout the years.<ref name=":12"/>

===2019===
In 2019, the Olympia opened to the public the authentic original billiard room, which served as an audition area under the direction of Coquatrix.<ref name="Hotel2017"/><ref name=":21"/> Classified as ''[[Monument historique]]'', the billiard room in [[Teal]] blue of 130 m<sup>2</sup> (1399&nbsp;ft<sup>2</sup>) has been preserved and renovated, keeping its [[ceramic]]s and mural panels depicting British landscapes such as [[Falls of Clyde (waterfalls)|Falls of Clyde]], [[Warwick Castle]], [[Tower of London]], adorned with [[Woodworking|carved woodwork]].<ref name=":21"/><ref name="Benabs2019"/> In the early years of the Olympia, the billiard room was one of [[Edward VII]]'s preferred places in Paris.<ref name=":21"/>