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This entry concerns '''French Architects'''.


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=Chronological list of French Architects=
{{French art history}}
Some of their major architectural works are listed after each name.

The following is a chronological list of '''[[France|French]] [[architect]]s'''. Some of their major architectural works are listed after each name.

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==Middle Ages==
==Middle Ages==
[[Étienne de Bonneuil]] (late 13th century)
* [[Uppsala Cathedral]], Sweden


[[Jean de Chelles]] ([[13th century]])
[[Jean de Chelles]] (13th century)
*[[Notre Dame de Paris]]
* [[Notre Dame de Paris]]


[[Pierre de Montreuil]] (c.1200-1266)
[[Pierre de Montreuil]] ({{Circa|1200}}–1266)
*[[Notre Dame de Paris]]
* [[Notre Dame de Paris]]
*the Abbey of [[Saint-Germain-des-prés]]
* the Abbey of [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]]
*[[Saint-Denis]]
* [[Saint Denis Basilica]]


[[Matthias of Arras]] (?–1352)
[[Villard de Honnecourt]] ([[14th century]]) – architecture plans
* [[Saint Vitus Cathedral]] in [[Prague]]


[[Villard de Honnecourt]] (14th century) – architecture plans
==Renaissance to Revolution==


[[Pierre d'Angicourt]] (late 13th century)
Jacques I [[Androuet du Cerceau]] (c. 1510-c. 1585)
* Important book of architectural engravings.


* [[Lucera Castle|Lucera castle]]
[[Philibert Delorme]] (or De L’Orme) (1510/1515-1570)
* [[Château d’Anet]] (c.1550) – for [[Diane de Poitiers]]
* [[Tuileries]] Palace (1564-1567)


[[Pierre Lescot]] (1515-1578)
Pierre de Chaule (late 13th century)

* [[Hôtel Carnavalet]] (c.1545)
* [[Castel Nuovo]]
* [[Louvre]] (1546) – for [[François I of France|François I]] and [[Henry II of France|Henri II]]

==Renaissance to Revolution==
[[Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau]] ({{Circa|1510|1585}})
*Important book of architectural engravings

[[Philibert Delorme]] (or De L'Orme) (1510/1515–1570)
* [[Chateau d'Anet]] ({{Circa|1550}}) – for [[Diane de Poitiers]]
* [[Tuileries Palace]] (1564–1567)

[[Pierre Lescot]] (1515–1578)
* [[Louvre Palace]] ([[Lescot Wing]], 1546) – for [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] and [[Henry II of France|Henry II]]
* [[Hôtel Carnavalet]] (attributed, begun 1547)
* [[Fontaine des Innocents]] (1550) – carved by [[Jean Goujon]]
* [[Fontaine des Innocents]] (1550) – carved by [[Jean Goujon]]


Baptiste [[Androuet du Cerceau]] (c. 1545-1590)
[[Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau]] ({{Circa|1545}}–1590)
* [[Pont Neuf]] (1599) – for [[Henry IV of France|Henri IV]]
* [[Pont Neuf]] (1599) – for [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]]


Jacques II [[Androuet du Cerceau]] (c. 1550-1614)
[[Jacques Androuet II du Cerceau]] ({{Circa|1550}}–1614)
* Galerie du [[Louvre]]
* [[Grande Galerie du Louvre]]
* Pavillon de Flore (Tuileries)
* [[Pavillon de Flore]] (Tuileries)


[[File:Palazzo del luxembourg 01 (adjusted).jpg|thumb|[[Luxembourg Palace]] by [[Salomon de Brosse|de Brosse]] ]]
[[Salomon de Brosse]] (1575-1626)
* [[Luxembourg Palace]] (1615) – for [[Marie de Medici]]
* [[St. Gervais church]] (facade) (1616)
* [[Blérancourt]]
* Palais de Justice in [[Rennes]] (1618)


Jean [[Androuet du Cerceau]] (1585-1649)
[[Salomon de Brosse]] (1575–1626)
* [[Luxembourg Palace]] (1615) – for [[Marie de' Medici]]
* [[Hôtel de Sully]] (1624-1629)
* [[St-Gervais-et-St-Protais|St. Gervais church]] (facade) (1616)
* [[Château de Blérancourt]]
* Palais de Justice in [[Rennes]] (1618)


[[Jean Androuet du Cerceau]] (1585–1649)
[[Jacques Lemercier]] (1585-1654) – active for [[Richelieu]]
* [[Hôtel de Sully]] (1624–1629)
* [[Palais-Royal]] (1632) – for Richelieu
* The city of Richelieu (from 1631)
* La [[Sorbonne]] church (1635) – for Richelieu
* [[Pavillon de l’Horloge]] (Louvre)
* [[St. Roch church]]
* [[Val-de-Grâce]] church (1667) – responsible for the construction


[[File:Paris - Palais du Louvre - Pavillon de l'horloge - PA00085992 - 001.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jacques Lemercier|Lemercier]]'s [[Pavillon de l'Horloge]] at the Louvre]]
[[François Mansart]] (1598-1666)
* Château de [[Blois]] (1635-8)
* [[Val-de-Grâce]] (plans) – for Anne d’Autriche ([[Anne of Austria]])
* [[Château de Maisons]] (1642-1646)
* [[Hôtel Guénégaud]] (1648-51)
* [[Hôtel Carnavalet]] (1655) - remodel
* [[Hôtel d’Aumont]] - remodel after [[Louis Le Vau]]


[[Jacques Lemercier]] (1585–1654) – active for [[Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]]
[[Louis Le Vau]] (1612-1670)
* [[Palais-Cardinal]] (1632) – for Richelieu
* Apollo wing of the [[Louvre]]
* [[Château de Richelieu]]
* Hôtel Lambert (1640)
* [[Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire|City of Richelieu]] (from 1631)
* [[Vaux-le-Vicomte]] (1656) – for [[Nicolas Fouquet]]; this was to be the prototype of the [[palace of Versailles]]
* La [[Collège de Sorbonne|Sorbonne]] church (1635) – for Richelieu
* Hôtel de Lauzun (1657)
* [[Château de Vincennes]] (1659) – for [[Mazarin]]
* [[Pavillon de l'Horloge]] (Louvre)
* [[Saint-Roch, Paris|St. Roch church]]
* [[Abbaye du Val-de-Grâce]] (1646–1653, further construction)

[[François Mansart]] (1598–1666)
* Château de [[Blois]] (1635–1638)
* [[Abbaye du Val-de-Grâce]] (1643–1646, plans and initial construction) – for Anne d'Autriche ([[Anna of Austria (1601–1666)|Anne of Austria]])
* [[Château de Maisons]] (1642–1646)
* [[Hôtel de Guénégaud (rue des Archives)|Hôtel de Guénégaud]] (1648–1651)
* [[Hôtel Carnavalet]] (1655){{spaced ndash}} remodel
* [[Hôtel d'Aumont]]{{spaced ndash}} remodel after [[Louis Le Vau]]

[[Louis Le Vau]] (1612–1670)
* [[Galerie d'Apollon|Apollo wing]] of the Louvre
* [[Hôtel Lambert]] (1640)
* [[Vaux-le-Vicomte]] (1656) – for [[Nicolas Fouquet]]; this was to be the prototype of the [[Palace of Versailles]]
* Hôtel de Lauzun (1657)
* [[Château de Vincennes]] (1659) – for [[Cardinal Mazarin|Mazarin]]
* [[Palace of Versailles]] – reconstruction, on the model of his Vaux-le-Vicomte, as a place of fêtes
* [[Palace of Versailles]] – reconstruction, on the model of his Vaux-le-Vicomte, as a place of fêtes
* St. Louis-en-l’île church (on the [[Ile Saint-Louis]]) (1664) - plans
* [[Saint-Louis-en-l'Île]] church (on the [[Île Saint-Louis]]) (1664){{spaced ndash}} plans
* [[Institut de France]] – for Mazarin
* [[Collège des Quatre-Nations]] (now the [[Institut de France]]) – for Mazarin


[[Claude Perrault]] (1613-1688) – responsible for establishing French classicism
[[Claude Perrault]] (1613–1688) – helped to establish French classicism
[[File:Louvre-facade-est (adjusted).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Colonnade of the Louvre]], designed by [[Claude Perrault|Perrault]], among others]]
* Colonnade of the [[Louvre]] (1667-1673)
* [[Colonnade of the Louvre]] (1667–1673)
* [[Paris Observatory|Observatoire de Paris]] – plans
* [[Paris Observatory|Observatoire de Paris]] – plans


[[Liberal Bruant|Libéral Bruant]] (c.1636-1697)
[[Liberal Bruant|Libéral Bruant]] (c. 1636–1697)
* [[Hôtel de la Salpêtrière]] (1660-1677)
* [[Hôtel de la Salpêtrière]] (1660–1677)
* [[Les Invalides]] (1671-76)
* [[Les Invalides]] (1671–1676)


[[File:Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, 140309 2.jpg|thumb|[[Hardouin-Mansart]]'s chapel at [[Les Invalides]] ]]
[[Jules Hardouin Mansart]] (Jules Hardouin; he adopted the name Mansart in 1668) (1646-1708) – responsible for the massive expansion of the palace of Versailles into a permanent royal residence.

* [[Palace of Versailles]] (from 1678) - Royal Stables, Orangerie, [[Grand Trainon]], Chapel
[[Jules Hardouin Mansart]] (Jules Hardouin; he adopted the name Mansart in 1668) (1646–1708) – responsible for the massive expansion of the palace of Versailles into a permanent royal residence.
* Palace of [[Saint Cloud]] – for the [[Philip I, Duke of Orléans]]
* [[Palace of Versailles]] (from 1678){{spaced ndash}} Royal Stables, [[Orangerie]], [[Grand Trianon]], Chapel
* Château of [[Marly]]
* Palace of [[Saint-Cloud]] – for the [[Philip I, Duke of Orléans]]
*[[Château of Marly]]
* Domed chapel of [[Les Invalides]]
* Domed chapel of [[Les Invalides]]
* [[Place des Victoires]]
* [[Place des Victoires]]
* [[Place Vendôme]]
* [[Place Vendôme]]
* Château de [[Meudon]]
* [[Château de Meudon]]


[[Pierre Lassurance]] (1655–1724)
[[Robert de Cotte]] (1656-1735) - brother in law of J.H. Mansart, whom he assisted on numerous projects
* [[Château de Petit-Bourg]]
*Esplanade of [[Les Invalides]]


[[Robert de Cotte]] (1656–1735){{spaced ndash}} brother-in-law of J.H. Mansart, whom he assisted on numerous projects
[[Jacques Ange Gabriel]] (1698-1782) – responsible for [[rococo]] constructions at Versailles
* Esplanade of [[Les Invalides]]
* [[Palace of Versailles]] (1735-1777) - Apartment of the king, Versailles Opera, Library, [[Petit Trianon]] (1762-1764)
* [[Palais Rohan, Strasbourg]]

[[Germain Boffrand]] (1667–1754)
* [[Château Lunéville]]
* Remodelling of the [[Petit Luxembourg]]
* Interiors at the [[Hôtel de Soubise]]

[[Pierre-Alexis Delamair]] (1675/6–1745)
* [[Hôtel de Soubise]]
* [[Hôtel de Rohan]]

[[Jean Aubert (architect)|Jean Aubert]] (c. 1680–1741)
* [[Stables of the Château de Chantilly]]
* [[Hôtel Biron]]
* [[Palais Bourbon]]

[[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]] (1698–1782) – responsible for [[rococo]] constructions at Versailles
* [[Palace of Versailles]] (1735–1777){{spaced ndash}} apartment of the king, [[Versailles Opera]], Library, [[Petit Trianon]] (1762–1764)
* [[Place de la Concorde]] (Place Louis XV)
* [[Place de la Concorde]] (Place Louis XV)
* [[Ecole Militaire]] (1751-1775)
* [[École Militaire]] (1751–1775)


[[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]] (1713-1780)
[[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]] (1713–1780)
* The [[Panthéon]] (called the Eglise Sainte Geneviève) (1756-1780)
* [[Panthéon, Paris|The Panthéon]] (called the Eglise Sainte Geneviève) (1756–1780)


[[Image:PalaysRoyal Front.JPG|thumb|upright=1.6|[[Palais-Royal]] entrance front by [[Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux|Moreau-Desproux]] ]]
[[Étienne-Louis Boullée]] (1728-1799)


[[Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux]] (1727–1793)
[[Claude Nicolas Ledoux]] (1736-1806) – famous for his mathematical neoclassicism.
* Rue St. Honoré facade of the [[Palais-Royal]] in Paris (1770)
* [[Farmers General Wall]] (1784-1791) – visible at the [[Place de la Nation]] and [[Denfert-Rochereau]]
* [[Second Salle du Palais-Royal]], first purpose-built opera house in Paris
* [[Hôtel d’Hallwyl]] (remodel)

* [[Les Salines Royales]] ([[Arc-et-Senans]])
[[Étienne-Louis Boullée]] (1728–1799)
* [[Hôtel Alexandre]]

[[Joseph Brousseau (architect)|Joseph Brousseau]] (1733–1797)
* Various chateaux in the [[Limoges]] and the [[Limousin]] region

[[Claude Nicolas Ledoux]] (1736–1806) – famous for his mathematical neoclassicism.
* [[Wall of the Farmers-General]] (1784–1791) – visible at the [[Place de la Nation]] and [[Place Denfert-Rochereau|Denfert-Rochereau]]
* [[Hôtel d'Hallwyl]] (remodel)
* [[Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans]] (Les Salines Royales)

[[Jean-Jacques Lequeu]] (1757–1826)


==Revolution to World War II==
==Revolution to World War II==
[[Henri Labrouste]] (1801–1875) – famous for his use of steel
*[[Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève]] (1843–1861)
*[[Bibliothèque Nationale de France|National Library]]


[[Henri Labrouste]] (1801-1875) – famous for his use of steel
[[Victor Baltard]] (1805–1874) – famous for his use of steel and glass
*[[Les Halles]] centrales (1854–1870) – destroyed in 1971 to make way for a shopping mall
* [[St. Geneviève Library]] (1843-1861)
*[[Église Saint-Eustache, Paris|St. Eustache]] (church) – remodel
* [[Bibliothèque Nationale de France|National Library]]
*[[Saint-Étienne-du-Mont]] (church) – remodel
*[[Saint-Augustin, Paris|St. Augustin]] (church) (1860–1871)


[[Image:LOperaParis.jpg|thumb|300px|Garnier's Paris Opera]]
[[Victor Baltard]] (1805-1874) – famous for his use of steel and glass
* [[Les Halles]] centrales (1854-1870) – destroyed in 1971 to make way for a shopping mall.
* [[St. Eustache]] (church) – remodel
* [[St. Etienne du Mont]] (church) – remodel
* [[St. Augustin]] (church) (1860-1871)


Eugène Emmanuel [[Viollet-le-Duc]] (1814-1879) – important theoretician of the 19th century [[Gothic revival]]
Eugène Emmanuel [[Viollet-le-Duc]] (1814–1879) – important theoretician of the 19th-century [[Gothic revival]]
* [[Château de Pierrefonds]] – restoration
*[[Château de Pierrefonds]] – restoration
* [[Notre Dame de Paris]] – restoration
*[[Notre Dame de Paris]] – restoration
* the city of [[Carcassonne]] – restoration
*the city of [[Carcassonne]] – restoration
* [[Saint Germain-des-prés]] (church) – restoration
*[[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] (church) – restoration
* [[Saint Séverin]] (church) – restoration
*[[Saint Séverin]] (church) – restoration


[[Charles Garnier]] (1825-1898) – celebrated architect of the [[Second French Empire|Second Empire]]
[[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]] (1825–1898) – celebrated architect of the [[Second French Empire|Second Empire]]
* [[Paris Opera]] (now Opera Garnier) (1862-1875)
*[[Palais Garnier]], also known as the Paris Opera (now Opera Garnier) (1862–1875)
* [[Theater Marigny]]
*[[Théâtre Marigny]]
* [[Casino]] of [[Monte Carlo]] (1878)
*[[Casino]] of [[Monte Carlo]] (1878)


[[Hector Guimard]] (1867-1942) – [[Art nouveau]] architect and designer
[[Clair Tisseur]] (1827–1896), [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] architect and designer
* [[Église du Bon-Pasteur]], Lyon (1875–1883)


[[Frantz Jourdain]] (1847–1935) – [[Art Nouveau]] architect and theorist
[[Auguste Perret]] (1874-1954) and his brothers [[Claude Perret|Claude]] and [[Gustave Perret|Gustave]] – important for the first use of [[reinforced concrete]]
*[[La Samaritaine]], Paris (1903-1907)
*Theatre des [[Champs-Elysées]]
[[Auguste Louzier Sainte-Anne]] (1848-1925) – Chief architect of historic monuments


[[Robert Mallet-Stevens]] (1886-1945) – modernist architect influenced by [[Le Corbusier]]
[[Eugène Vallin]] (1856–1922) – [[Art nouveau]] architect, member of the [[École de Nancy]]
*[[Vallin House and Studio]] (with Georges Biet) (1896)
*[[Vaxelaire Department Store]] (with Emile André) (1901)
*[[Biet Apartment House]] (with Georges Biet) (1902)
*[[Société Générale Bank/Aimé Apartment House]] (with Georges Biet) (1904–1906)
*[[École de Nancy Pavilion, Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France]] (1909)


[[Lucien Weissenburger]] (1860–1929) – Art nouveau architect, member of the École de Nancy
[[Le Corbusier]] (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887-1965)
*[[Magasins Réunis]] (department store), Nancy (1890–1907)
*[[Villa Majorelle]], Nancy (with [[Henri Sauvage]]) (1898–1901)
*[[Imprimerie Royer]] (printing house), Nancy (1899–1900)
*[[Brenas Apartment House]], Nancy (1902)
*[[Bergeret House]], Nancy (1904)
*[[Weissenburger House]], Nancy (1904–1906)
*[[Brasserie Excelsior]] and [[Angleterre Hotel (Nancy)|Angleterre Hotel]], Nancy (with Alexandre Mienville) (1911)
*[[Vaxelaire, Pignot, and Company Department Store]], Nancy (1913)


[[Hector Guimard]] (1867–1942) – [[Art nouveau]] architect and designer
[[Eugène Beaudouin]] (1898-1983) – influential use of prefabricated elements


[[Émile André]] (1871–1933) – [[Art nouveau]] architect, urbanist and artist, member of the École de Nancy
[[Jean Prouvé]] (1901-1984) – [[international style]]/[[Bauhaus]] inspired
*Vaxelaire Department Store, [[Nancy, France|Nancy]] (with Eugène Vallin) (1901)
*[[Parc de Saurupt]], Nancy (garden-city), designer (with [[Henri Gutton]]) (1901–1906)
*[[Maisons Huot]], Nancy (1903)
*[[France-Lanord Apartment Building]], Nancy (1902–1903)
*[[Lombard Apartment Building]], Nancy (1902–1904)
*[[Renauld Bank]], Nancy (with Paul Charbonnier) (1908–1910)
*[[Ducret Apartment Building]], Nancy (with Paul Charbonnier) (1908–1910)


[[Auguste Perret]] (1874–1954) and his brothers [[Claude Perret|Claude]] and [[Gustave Perret|Gustave]] – important for the first use of [[reinforced concrete]]
==Post World War II==
*[[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]]


[[Paul Tournon]] (1881–1964)
[[Christian de Portzamparc]] (1944-)

* [[La Villette]] - City of Music
[[Robert Mallet-Stevens]] (1886–1945) – modernist architect influenced by [[Le Corbusier]]

[[Le Corbusier]] (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887–1965)

[[Léon Azéma]] (1888–1978) – appointed [[Architect of the City of Paris]] in 1928
*[[Douaumont ossuary]] (1932)

[[Eugène Beaudouin]] (1898–1983) – influential use of prefabricated elements

[[Jean Prouvé]] (1901–1984) – [[International style (architecture)|international style]]/[[Bauhaus]]-inspired

[[François Spoerry]] (1912–1999)
* [[Grimaud, Var]], France
* [[Puerto Escondido, Baja California Sur]], Mexico
* [[Port Liberté, Jersey City]], [[New Jersey]], United States
* [[Bendinat]], [[Majorca]], Spain
* [[Saifi Village]], [[Beirut]], Lebanon

==Post World War II==
[[Image:Le Stade Olympique 3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Montreal's Olympic Stadium by [[Roger Taillibert]] ]]
[[Christian de Portzamparc]] (born 1944)
*[[La Villette (Paris)|La Villette]]{{spaced ndash}} City of Music
*[[Café Beaubourg]]
*[[Café Beaubourg]]


[[Henry Bernard (architect)|Henry Bernard]] (1912–94)
[[Jean Nouvel]] (1945-)
* [[Palace of Europe]]

[[Jean-Marie Charpentier]]
*[[Shanghai Grand Theatre]]

[[Pascale Guédot]] (born 1960)
*Médiathèque at [[Oloron-Sainte-Marie]] ([[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]])

[[Michel Mossessian]]
*[[Paddington Waterside|Five Merchant Square]] in [[London]], UK
*[[NATO|NATO Headquarters]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
*[[ExxonMobil|ExxonMobil Technology Centre]] in [[Shanghai]], China
[[File:Paris - Institut du Monde Arabe (27314122302).jpg|thumb|Detail from the facade of the [[Institut du Monde Arabe]] by Jean Nouvel]]
[[Jean Nouvel]] (born 1945)
*[[Institut du Monde Arabe]]
*[[Institut du Monde Arabe]]
*[[Fondation Cartier]]
*[[Fondation Cartier]]
*[[Torre Agbar]], in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
*[[Musée du quai Branly]]
[[File:Fernand Pouillon - résidence Salmson Le Point du Jour - panoramio - jean-michel gobet (2).jpg|thumb|Residence Salmson Le Point du Jour, lower income residential building, Boulogne Billancourt, France by [[Fernand Pouillon]], 1958-1963]]
[[Fernand Pouillon]] (1912-1986)

* [[Old Port of Marseille]]
* [[Tabriz railway station]]
* [[Résidence Salmson Le Point du Jour]]
* [[Château de Belcastel|Chateau de Belcastel]]

[[Roger Taillibert]]
* [[Parc des Princes]] in [[Paris]]
* [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada
* Olympic Velodrome, Montreal (now called the [[Montreal Biodome]])
* [[Olympic Pool (Montreal)]]

[[Michel Pinseau]]
* [[Hassan II Mosque]] in [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]]

[[Philippe Ameller]] and [[Jacques Dubois]]
*[[Eurotunnel]] in [[Calais]]
*[[ISIPCA]] in [[Versailles (city)|Versailles]]
*[[Centre de la petite enfance]] in [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]]
*[[Lycée Louis-Armand]] in [[Eaubonne]]
*[[Police station]] in [[Provins]]

[[Florent Nédélec]], DPLG
*[[The Jervois]] Hong Kong
*[[Yong He Yuan]] Taiwan

==See also==
{{portal|Architecture|Biography|France|Lists}}
* [[French Baroque architecture]]
* [[List of architects]]
* [[List of French people]]
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{{European architects|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:French architects|*]]
[[Category:Lists of architects by nationality|French]]
[[Category:Lists of French people by occupation|Architects]]

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The following is a chronological list of French architects. Some of their major architectural works are listed after each name.

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Middle Ages

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Étienne de Bonneuil (late 13th century)

Jean de Chelles (13th century)

Pierre de Montreuil (c. 1200–1266)

Matthias of Arras (?–1352)

Villard de Honnecourt (14th century) – architecture plans

Pierre d'Angicourt (late 13th century)

Pierre de Chaule (late 13th century)

Renaissance to Revolution

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Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1510 – c. 1585)

  • Important book of architectural engravings

Philibert Delorme (or De L'Orme) (1510/1515–1570)

Pierre Lescot (1515–1578)

Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1545–1590)

Jacques Androuet II du Cerceau (c. 1550–1614)

Luxembourg Palace by de Brosse

Salomon de Brosse (1575–1626)

Jean Androuet du Cerceau (1585–1649)

Lemercier's Pavillon de l'Horloge at the Louvre

Jacques Lemercier (1585–1654) – active for Richelieu

François Mansart (1598–1666)

Louis Le Vau (1612–1670)

Claude Perrault (1613–1688) – helped to establish French classicism

Colonnade of the Louvre, designed by Perrault, among others

Libéral Bruant (c. 1636–1697)

Hardouin-Mansart's chapel at Les Invalides

Jules Hardouin Mansart (Jules Hardouin; he adopted the name Mansart in 1668) (1646–1708) – responsible for the massive expansion of the palace of Versailles into a permanent royal residence.

Pierre Lassurance (1655–1724)

Robert de Cotte (1656–1735) – brother-in-law of J.H. Mansart, whom he assisted on numerous projects

Germain Boffrand (1667–1754)

Pierre-Alexis Delamair (1675/6–1745)

Jean Aubert (c. 1680–1741)

Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698–1782) – responsible for rococo constructions at Versailles

Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713–1780)

  • The Panthéon (called the Eglise Sainte Geneviève) (1756–1780)
Palais-Royal entrance front by Moreau-Desproux

Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux (1727–1793)

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728–1799)

Joseph Brousseau (1733–1797)

Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806) – famous for his mathematical neoclassicism.

Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757–1826)

Revolution to World War II

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Henri Labrouste (1801–1875) – famous for his use of steel

Victor Baltard (1805–1874) – famous for his use of steel and glass

Garnier's Paris Opera

Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879) – important theoretician of the 19th-century Gothic revival

Charles Garnier (1825–1898) – celebrated architect of the Second Empire

Clair Tisseur (1827–1896), Romanesque Revival architect and designer

Frantz Jourdain (1847–1935) – Art Nouveau architect and theorist

Auguste Louzier Sainte-Anne (1848-1925) – Chief architect of historic monuments

Eugène Vallin (1856–1922) – Art nouveau architect, member of the École de Nancy

Lucien Weissenburger (1860–1929) – Art nouveau architect, member of the École de Nancy

Hector Guimard (1867–1942) – Art nouveau architect and designer

Émile André (1871–1933) – Art nouveau architect, urbanist and artist, member of the École de Nancy

Auguste Perret (1874–1954) and his brothers Claude and Gustave – important for the first use of reinforced concrete

Paul Tournon (1881–1964)

Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886–1945) – modernist architect influenced by Le Corbusier

Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887–1965)

Léon Azéma (1888–1978) – appointed Architect of the City of Paris in 1928

Eugène Beaudouin (1898–1983) – influential use of prefabricated elements

Jean Prouvé (1901–1984) – international style/Bauhaus-inspired

François Spoerry (1912–1999)

Post World War II

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Montreal's Olympic Stadium by Roger Taillibert

Christian de Portzamparc (born 1944)

Henry Bernard (1912–94)

Jean-Marie Charpentier

Pascale Guédot (born 1960)

Michel Mossessian

Detail from the facade of the Institut du Monde Arabe by Jean Nouvel

Jean Nouvel (born 1945)

Residence Salmson Le Point du Jour, lower income residential building, Boulogne Billancourt, France by Fernand Pouillon, 1958-1963

Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986)

Roger Taillibert

Michel Pinseau

Philippe Ameller and Jacques Dubois

Florent Nédélec, DPLG

See also

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