ato ▁T asso . ▁G arn ier ' s ▁project ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁fifth - place ▁prize , ▁and ▁he ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁seven ▁final ists ▁selected ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁phase . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁G arn ier , ▁among ▁the ▁others ▁were ▁his ▁friend ▁Leon ▁G in ain , ▁Al phon se - N icol as ▁C ré p inet ▁and ▁Joseph - Louis ▁Duc ▁( who ▁subsequently ▁with d rew ▁due ▁to ▁other ▁commit ments ). ▁To ▁the ▁surprise ▁of ▁many , ▁both ▁Vi ol let - le - D uc ▁and ▁Charles ▁R oh ault ▁de ▁Fle ury ▁missed ▁out . ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁phase ▁required ▁the ▁contest ants ▁to ▁rev ise ▁their ▁original ▁projects ▁and ▁was ▁more ▁rig orous , ▁with ▁a ▁ 5 8 - page ▁program , ▁written ▁by ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁the ▁Op éra , ▁Al phon se ▁Ro yer , ▁which ▁the ▁contest ants ▁received ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁April . ▁The ▁new ▁subm issions ▁were ▁sent ▁to ▁the ▁j ury ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁May , ▁and ▁on ▁ 2 9 ▁May ▁ 1 8 6 1 ▁G arn ier ' s ▁project ▁was ▁selected ▁for ▁its ▁" rare ▁and ▁superior ▁qual ities ▁in ▁the ▁beautiful ▁distribution ▁of ▁the ▁plans , ▁the ▁monument al ▁and ▁characteristic ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁fac ades ▁and ▁sections ". ▁ ▁G arn ier ' s ▁wife ▁Louise ▁later ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁French ▁architect ▁Al phon se ▁de ▁G is ors , ▁who ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁j ury , ▁had