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This entry concerns '''French Architects'''. |
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=Chronological list of French Architects= |
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Some of their major architectural works are listed after each name. |
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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== |
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[[Étienne de Bonneuil]] (late 13th century) |
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* [[Uppsala Cathedral]], Sweden |
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[[Jean de Chelles]] ( |
[[Jean de Chelles]] (13th century) |
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*[[Notre Dame de Paris]] |
* [[Notre Dame de Paris]] |
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[[Pierre de Montreuil]] ( |
[[Pierre de Montreuil]] ({{Circa|1200}}–1266) |
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*Notre Dame de Paris |
* [[Notre Dame de Paris]] |
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*the Abbey of [[Saint-Germain-des- |
* the Abbey of [[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] |
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* [[Saint Denis Basilica]] |
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[[Matthias of Arras]] (?–1352) |
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[[Villard de Honnecourt]] ([[14th century]]) – architecture plans |
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* [[Saint Vitus Cathedral]] in [[Prague]] |
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[[Villard de Honnecourt]] (14th century) – architecture plans |
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==Renaissance to Revolution== |
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[[Pierre d'Angicourt]] (late 13th century) |
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Jacques I [[Androuet du Cerceau]] (c. 1510-c. 1585) |
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* Important book of architectural engravings. |
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* [[Lucera Castle|Lucera castle]] |
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[[Philibert Delorme]] (or De L’Orme) (1510/1515-1570) |
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* [[Château d’Anet]] (c.1550) – for [[Diane de Poitiers]] |
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* [[Tuileries]] Palace (1564-1567) |
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Pierre de Chaule (late 13th century) |
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* [[Hôtel Carnavalet]] (c.1545) |
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* [[Castel Nuovo]] |
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* [[Louvre]] (1546) – for [[François I of France|François I]] and [[Henry II of France|Henri II]] |
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[[Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau]] ({{Circa|1510|1585}}) |
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*Important book of architectural engravings |
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[[Philibert Delorme]] (or De L'Orme) (1510/1515–1570) |
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* [[Chateau d'Anet]] ({{Circa|1550}}) – for [[Diane de Poitiers]] |
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* [[Tuileries Palace]] (1564–1567) |
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[[Pierre Lescot]] (1515–1578) |
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* [[Louvre Palace]] ([[Lescot Wing]], 1546) – for [[Francis I of France|Francis I]] and [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] |
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* [[Hôtel Carnavalet]] (attributed, begun 1547) |
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* [[Fontaine des Innocents]] (1550) – carved by [[Jean Goujon]] |
* [[Fontaine des Innocents]] (1550) – carved by [[Jean Goujon]] |
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[[Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau]] ({{Circa|1545}}–1590) |
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* [[Pont Neuf]] (1599) – for [[Henry IV of France| |
* [[Pont Neuf]] (1599) – for [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] |
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Jacques II |
[[Jacques Androuet II du Cerceau]] ({{Circa|1550}}–1614) |
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* Galerie du |
* [[Grande Galerie du Louvre]] |
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* Pavillon de Flore (Tuileries) |
* [[Pavillon de Flore]] (Tuileries) |
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[[File:Palazzo del luxembourg 01 (adjusted).jpg|thumb|[[Luxembourg Palace]] by [[Salomon de Brosse|de Brosse]] ]] |
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[[Salomon de Brosse]] (1575-1626) |
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* [[Luxembourg Palace]] (1615) – for [[Marie de Medici]] |
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* [[St. Gervais church]] (facade) (1616) |
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* [[Blérancourt]] |
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* Palais de Justice in [[Rennes]] (1618) |
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[[Salomon de Brosse]] (1575–1626) |
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* [[Luxembourg Palace]] (1615) – for [[Marie de' Medici]] |
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* [[Hôtel de Sully]] (1624-1629) |
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* [[St-Gervais-et-St-Protais|St. Gervais church]] (facade) (1616) |
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* [[Château de Blérancourt]] |
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* Palais de Justice in [[Rennes]] (1618) |
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[[Jean Androuet du Cerceau]] (1585–1649) |
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[[Jacques Lemercier]] (1585-1654) – active for [[Richelieu]] |
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* [[Hôtel de Sully]] (1624–1629) |
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* [[Palais-Royal]] (1632) – for Richelieu |
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* The city of Richelieu (from 1631) |
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* La [[Sorbonne]] church (1635) – for Richelieu |
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* [[Pavillon de l’Horloge]] (Louvre) |
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* [[St. Roch church]] |
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* [[Val-de-Grâce]] church (1667) – responsible for the construction |
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[[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]] |
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[[François Mansart]] (1598-1666) |
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* Château de [[Blois]] (1635-8) |
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* [[Val-de-Grâce]] (plans) – for Anne d’Autriche ([[Anne of Austria]]) |
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* [[Château de Maisons]] (1642-1646) |
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* [[Hôtel Génégaud]] (1648-51) |
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* [[Hôtel Carnavalet]] (1655) - remodel |
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* [[Hôtel d’Aumont]] - remodel after [[Louis Le Vau]] |
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[[Jacques Lemercier]] (1585–1654) – active for [[Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu|Richelieu]] |
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[[Louis Le Vau]] (1612-1670) |
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* [[Palais-Cardinal]] (1632) – for Richelieu |
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* Apollo wing of the [[Louvre]] |
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* [[Château de Richelieu]] |
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* Hôtel Lambert (1640) |
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* [[Richelieu, Indre-et-Loire|City of Richelieu]] (from 1631) |
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* [[Vaux-le-Vicomte]] (1656) – for [[Nicolas Fouquet]]; this was to be the prototype of the [[palace of Versailles]] |
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* La [[Collège de Sorbonne|Sorbonne]] church (1635) – for Richelieu |
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* Hôtel de Lauzun (1657) |
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* [[Pavillon de l'Horloge]] (Louvre) |
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* [[Saint-Roch, Paris|St. Roch church]] |
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* [[Abbaye du Val-de-Grâce]] (1646–1653, further construction) |
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[[François Mansart]] (1598–1666) |
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* Château de [[Blois]] (1635–1638) |
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* [[Abbaye du Val-de-Grâce]] (1643–1646, plans and initial construction) – for Anne d'Autriche ([[Anna of Austria (1601–1666)|Anne of Austria]]) |
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* [[Château de Maisons]] (1642–1646) |
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* [[Hôtel de Guénégaud (rue des Archives)|Hôtel de Guénégaud]] (1648–1651) |
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* [[Hôtel Carnavalet]] (1655){{spaced ndash}} remodel |
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* [[Hôtel d'Aumont]]{{spaced ndash}} remodel after [[Louis Le Vau]] |
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[[Louis Le Vau]] (1612–1670) |
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* [[Galerie d'Apollon|Apollo wing]] of the Louvre |
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* [[Hôtel Lambert]] (1640) |
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* [[Vaux-le-Vicomte]] (1656) – for [[Nicolas Fouquet]]; this was to be the prototype of the [[Palace of Versailles]] |
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* Hôtel de Lauzun (1657) |
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* [[Château de Vincennes]] (1659) – for [[Cardinal Mazarin|Mazarin]] |
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* [[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 |
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* [[Saint-Louis-en-l'Île]] church (on the [[Île Saint-Louis]]) (1664){{spaced ndash}} plans |
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* [[Institut de France]] – for Mazarin |
* [[Collège des Quatre-Nations]] (now the [[Institut de France]]) – for Mazarin |
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[[Claude Perrault]] ( |
[[Claude Perrault]] (1613–1688) – helped to establish French classicism |
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[[File:Louvre-facade-est (adjusted).jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|[[Colonnade of the Louvre]], designed by [[Claude Perrault|Perrault]], among others]] |
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* Colonnade of the [[Louvre]] (1667-1673) |
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* [[Colonnade of the Louvre]] (1667–1673) |
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* [[Paris Observatory|Observatoire de Paris]] – plans |
* [[Paris Observatory|Observatoire de Paris]] – plans |
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[[Libéral Bruant]] (c.1636 |
[[Liberal Bruant|Libéral Bruant]] (c. 1636–1697) |
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* [[Hôtel de la Salpêtrière]] ( |
* [[Hôtel de la Salpêtrière]] (1660–1677) |
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* [[Les Invalides]] ( |
* [[Les Invalides]] (1671–1676) |
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[[File:Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, 140309 2.jpg|thumb|[[Hardouin-Mansart]]'s chapel at [[Les Invalides]] ]] |
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[[Jules Hardouin Mansart]] (called Jules Hardouin) (1646-1708) – responsible for the massive expansion of the palace of Versailles into a permanent royal residence. |
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* [[Palace of Versailles]] (from 1678) |
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* Palace of [[Saint Cloud]] – for the [[Philip I, Duke of Orléans]] |
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* [[Château of Marly]] |
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[[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. |
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[[Robert de Cotte]] (1656-1735) - brother in law of J.H. Mansart, whom he assisted on numerous projects |
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* [[Palace of Versailles]] (from 1678){{spaced ndash}} Royal Stables, [[Orangerie]], [[Grand Trianon]], Chapel |
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*Chapel and Esplanade of [[Les Invalides]] |
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* Palace of [[Saint-Cloud]] – for the [[Philip I, Duke of Orléans]] |
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*[[Château of Marly]] |
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* Domed chapel of [[Les Invalides]] |
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* [[Place des Victoires]] |
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* [[Place Vendôme]] |
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* [[Château de Meudon]] |
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[[Pierre Lassurance]] (1655–1724) |
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[[Jacques Ange Gabriel]] (1698-1782) – responsible for [[rococo]] constructions at Versailles |
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* [[Château de Petit-Bourg]] |
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* [[Palace of Versailles]] (1735-1777) |
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**Apartment of the king |
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**Versailles Opera |
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**Library |
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**[[Petit Trianon]] (1762-1764) |
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* [[Place Louis XV]] |
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[[Robert de Cotte]] (1656–1735){{spaced ndash}} brother-in-law of J.H. Mansart, whom he assisted on numerous projects |
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[[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]] (1713-1780) |
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* Esplanade of [[Les Invalides]] |
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* [[Palais Rohan, Strasbourg]] |
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[[Germain Boffrand]] (1667–1754) |
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[[Étienne-Louis Boullée]] (1728-1799) |
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* [[Château Lunéville]] |
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* Remodelling of the [[Petit Luxembourg]] |
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* Interiors at the [[Hôtel de Soubise]] |
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[[Pierre-Alexis Delamair]] (1675/6–1745) |
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[[Claude Nicolas Ledoux]] (1736-1806) – famous for his mathematical neoclassicism. |
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* [[Hôtel de Soubise]] |
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* [[Farmers General Wall]] (1784-1791) – visible at the [[Place de la Nation]] and [[Denfert-Rochereau]] |
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* [[Hôtel de Rohan]] |
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* [[Les Salines Royales]] ([[Arc-et-Senans]]) |
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[[Jean Aubert (architect)|Jean Aubert]] (c. 1680–1741) |
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* [[Stables of the Château de Chantilly]] |
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* [[Hôtel Biron]] |
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* [[Palais Bourbon]] |
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[[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]] (1698–1782) – responsible for [[rococo]] constructions at Versailles |
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* [[Palace of Versailles]] (1735–1777){{spaced ndash}} apartment of the king, [[Versailles Opera]], Library, [[Petit Trianon]] (1762–1764) |
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* [[Place de la Concorde]] (Place Louis XV) |
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* [[École Militaire]] (1751–1775) |
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[[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]] (1713–1780) |
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* [[Panthéon, Paris|The Panthéon]] (called the Eglise Sainte Geneviève) (1756–1780) |
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[[Image:PalaysRoyal Front.JPG|thumb|upright=1.6|[[Palais-Royal]] entrance front by [[Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux|Moreau-Desproux]] ]] |
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[[Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux]] (1727–1793) |
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* Rue St. Honoré facade of the [[Palais-Royal]] in Paris (1770) |
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* [[Second Salle du Palais-Royal]], first purpose-built opera house in Paris |
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[[Étienne-Louis Boullée]] (1728–1799) |
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* [[Hôtel Alexandre]] |
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[[Joseph Brousseau (architect)|Joseph Brousseau]] (1733–1797) |
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* Various chateaux in the [[Limoges]] and the [[Limousin]] region |
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[[Claude Nicolas Ledoux]] (1736–1806) – famous for his mathematical neoclassicism. |
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* [[Wall of the Farmers-General]] (1784–1791) – visible at the [[Place de la Nation]] and [[Place Denfert-Rochereau|Denfert-Rochereau]] |
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* [[Hôtel d'Hallwyl]] (remodel) |
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* [[Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans]] (Les Salines Royales) |
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[[Jean-Jacques Lequeu]] (1757–1826) |
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[[Henri Labrouste]] (1801–1875) – famous for his use of steel |
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*[[Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève]] (1843–1861) |
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*[[Bibliothèque Nationale de France|National Library]] |
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[[Victor Baltard]] (1805–1874) – famous for his use of steel and glass |
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*[[Les Halles]] centrales (1854–1870) – destroyed in 1971 to make way for a shopping mall |
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* [[St. Geneviève Library]] (1843-1861) |
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*[[Église Saint-Eustache, Paris|St. Eustache]] (church) – remodel |
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* [[Bibliothèque Nationale de France|National Library]] |
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*[[Saint-Étienne-du-Mont]] (church) – remodel |
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*[[Saint-Augustin, Paris|St. Augustin]] (church) (1860–1871) |
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[[Image:LOperaParis.jpg|thumb|300px|Garnier's Paris Opera]] |
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[[Victor Baltard]] (1805-1874) – famous for his use of steel and glass |
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* [[Les Halles]] centrales (1854-1870) – destroyed in the 1960s. |
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* [[St. Eustache]] (church) – remodel |
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* [[St. Etienne du Mont]] (church) – remodel |
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* [[St. Augustin]] (church) (1860-1871) |
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Eugène Emmanuel [[Viollet-le-Duc]] ( |
Eugène Emmanuel [[Viollet-le-Duc]] (1814–1879) – important theoretician of the 19th-century [[Gothic revival]] |
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*[[Château de Pierrefonds]] – restoration |
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*[[Notre Dame de Paris]] – restoration |
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*the city of [[Carcassonne]] – restoration |
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*[[Saint-Germain-des-Prés]] (church) – restoration |
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*[[Saint Séverin]] (church) – restoration |
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[[Charles Garnier]] ( |
[[Charles Garnier (architect)|Charles Garnier]] (1825–1898) – celebrated architect of the [[Second French Empire|Second Empire]] |
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*[[Palais Garnier]], also known as the Paris Opera (now Opera Garnier) (1862–1875) |
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*[[Théâtre Marigny]] |
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*[[Casino]] of [[Monte Carlo]] (1878) |
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[[Clair Tisseur]] (1827–1896), [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] architect and designer |
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* [[Église du Bon-Pasteur]], Lyon (1875–1883) |
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[[Frantz Jourdain]] (1847–1935) – [[Art Nouveau]] architect and theorist |
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[[Auguste Perret]] (1874-1954) and his brothers [[Claude Perret|Claude]] and [[Gustave Perret|Gustave]] – important for the first use of [[reinforced concrete]] |
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*[[La Samaritaine]], Paris (1903-1907) |
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*Theatre des [[Champs-Elysées]] |
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[[Auguste Louzier Sainte-Anne]] (1848-1925) – Chief architect of historic monuments |
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[[Eugène Vallin]] (1856–1922) – [[Art nouveau]] architect, member of the [[École de Nancy]] |
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*[[Vallin House and Studio]] (with Georges Biet) (1896) |
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*[[Vaxelaire Department Store]] (with Emile André) (1901) |
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*[[Biet Apartment House]] (with Georges Biet) (1902) |
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*[[Société Générale Bank/Aimé Apartment House]] (with Georges Biet) (1904–1906) |
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*[[École de Nancy Pavilion, Exposition Internationale de l'Est de la France]] (1909) |
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[[Lucien Weissenburger]] (1860–1929) – Art nouveau architect, member of the École de Nancy |
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[[Le Corbusier]] (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887-1965) |
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*[[Magasins Réunis]] (department store), Nancy (1890–1907) |
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*[[Villa Majorelle]], Nancy (with [[Henri Sauvage]]) (1898–1901) |
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*[[Imprimerie Royer]] (printing house), Nancy (1899–1900) |
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*[[Brenas Apartment House]], Nancy (1902) |
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*[[Bergeret House]], Nancy (1904) |
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*[[Weissenburger House]], Nancy (1904–1906) |
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*[[Brasserie Excelsior]] and [[Angleterre Hotel (Nancy)|Angleterre Hotel]], Nancy (with Alexandre Mienville) (1911) |
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*[[Vaxelaire, Pignot, and Company Department Store]], Nancy (1913) |
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[[Hector Guimard]] (1867–1942) – [[Art nouveau]] architect and designer |
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[[Eugène Beaudouin]] (1898-1983) – influential use of prefabricated elements |
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[[Émile André]] (1871–1933) – [[Art nouveau]] architect, urbanist and artist, member of the École de Nancy |
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[[Jean Prouvé]] (1901-1984) – [[international style]]/[[Bauhaus]] inspired |
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*Vaxelaire Department Store, [[Nancy, France|Nancy]] (with Eugène Vallin) (1901) |
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*[[Parc de Saurupt]], Nancy (garden-city), designer (with [[Henri Gutton]]) (1901–1906) |
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*[[Maisons Huot]], Nancy (1903) |
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*[[France-Lanord Apartment Building]], Nancy (1902–1903) |
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*[[Lombard Apartment Building]], Nancy (1902–1904) |
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*[[Renauld Bank]], Nancy (with Paul Charbonnier) (1908–1910) |
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*[[Ducret Apartment Building]], Nancy (with Paul Charbonnier) (1908–1910) |
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[[Auguste Perret]] (1874–1954) and his brothers [[Claude Perret|Claude]] and [[Gustave Perret|Gustave]] – important for the first use of [[reinforced concrete]] |
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*[[Théâtre des Champs-Élysées]] |
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[[Paul Tournon]] (1881–1964) |
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[[Christian de Portzamparc]] (1944-) |
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* [[La Villette]] - City of Music |
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[[Robert Mallet-Stevens]] (1886–1945) – modernist architect influenced by [[Le Corbusier]] |
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[[Le Corbusier]] (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887–1965) |
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[[Léon Azéma]] (1888–1978) – appointed [[Architect of the City of Paris]] in 1928 |
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*[[Douaumont ossuary]] (1932) |
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[[Eugène Beaudouin]] (1898–1983) – influential use of prefabricated elements |
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[[Jean Prouvé]] (1901–1984) – [[International style (architecture)|international style]]/[[Bauhaus]]-inspired |
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[[François Spoerry]] (1912–1999) |
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* [[Grimaud, Var]], France |
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* [[Puerto Escondido, Baja California Sur]], Mexico |
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* [[Port Liberté, Jersey City]], [[New Jersey]], United States |
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* [[Bendinat]], [[Majorca]], Spain |
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* [[Saifi Village]], [[Beirut]], Lebanon |
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[[Image:Le Stade Olympique 3.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Montreal's Olympic Stadium by [[Roger Taillibert]] ]] |
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[[Christian de Portzamparc]] (born 1944) |
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*[[La Villette (Paris)|La Villette]]{{spaced ndash}} City of Music |
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*[[Café Beaubourg]] |
*[[Café Beaubourg]] |
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[[Henry Bernard (architect)|Henry Bernard]] (1912–94) |
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[[Jean Nouvel]] (1945-) |
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* [[Palace of Europe]] |
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[[Jean-Marie Charpentier]] |
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*[[Shanghai Grand Theatre]] |
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[[Pascale Guédot]] (born 1960) |
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*Médiathèque at [[Oloron-Sainte-Marie]] ([[Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent]]) |
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[[Michel Mossessian]] |
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*[[Paddington Waterside|Five Merchant Square]] in [[London]], UK |
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*[[NATO|NATO Headquarters]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]] |
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*[[ExxonMobil|ExxonMobil Technology Centre]] in [[Shanghai]], China |
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[[File:Paris - Institut du Monde Arabe (27314122302).jpg|thumb|Detail from the facade of the [[Institut du Monde Arabe]] by Jean Nouvel]] |
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[[Jean Nouvel]] (born 1945) |
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*[[Institut du Monde Arabe]] |
*[[Institut du Monde Arabe]] |
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*[[Fondation Cartier]] |
*[[Fondation Cartier]] |
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*[[Torre Agbar]], in [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]] |
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*[[Musée du quai Branly]] |
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[[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]] |
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[[Fernand Pouillon]] (1912-1986) |
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* [[Old Port of Marseille]] |
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* [[Tabriz railway station]] |
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* [[Résidence Salmson Le Point du Jour]] |
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* [[Château de Belcastel|Chateau de Belcastel]] |
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[[Roger Taillibert]] |
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* [[Parc des Princes]] in [[Paris]] |
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* [[Olympic Stadium (Montreal)|Olympic Stadium]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada |
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* Olympic Velodrome, Montreal (now called the [[Montreal Biodome]]) |
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* [[Olympic Pool (Montreal)]] |
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[[Michel Pinseau]] |
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* [[Hassan II Mosque]] in [[Casablanca]], [[Morocco]] |
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[[Philippe Ameller]] and [[Jacques Dubois]] |
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*[[Eurotunnel]] in [[Calais]] |
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*[[ISIPCA]] in [[Versailles (city)|Versailles]] |
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*[[Centre de la petite enfance]] in [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]] |
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*[[Lycée Louis-Armand]] in [[Eaubonne]] |
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*[[Police station]] in [[Provins]] |
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[[Florent Nédélec]], DPLG |
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*[[The Jervois]] Hong Kong |
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*[[Yong He Yuan]] Taiwan |
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==See also== |
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{{portal|Architecture|Biography|France|Lists}} |
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* [[French Baroque architecture]] |
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The following is a chronological list of French architects. Some of their major architectural works are listed after each name.
Middle Ages
[edit]Étienne de Bonneuil (late 13th century)
- Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden
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
[edit]Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1510 – c. 1585)
- Important book of architectural engravings
Philibert Delorme (or De L'Orme) (1510/1515–1570)
- Chateau d'Anet (c. 1550) – for Diane de Poitiers
- Tuileries Palace (1564–1567)
Pierre Lescot (1515–1578)
- Louvre Palace (Lescot Wing, 1546) – for Francis I and Henry II
- Hôtel Carnavalet (attributed, begun 1547)
- Fontaine des Innocents (1550) – carved by Jean Goujon
Jean Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1545–1590)
Jacques Androuet II du Cerceau (c. 1550–1614)
- Grande Galerie du Louvre
- Pavillon de Flore (Tuileries)
Salomon de Brosse (1575–1626)
- Luxembourg Palace (1615) – for Marie de' Medici
- St. Gervais church (facade) (1616)
- Château de Blérancourt
- Palais de Justice in Rennes (1618)
Jean Androuet du Cerceau (1585–1649)
- Hôtel de Sully (1624–1629)
Jacques Lemercier (1585–1654) – active for Richelieu
- Palais-Cardinal (1632) – for Richelieu
- Château de Richelieu
- City of Richelieu (from 1631)
- La Sorbonne church (1635) – for Richelieu
- Pavillon de l'Horloge (Louvre)
- 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 (Anne of Austria)
- Château de Maisons (1642–1646)
- Hôtel de Guénégaud (1648–1651)
- Hôtel Carnavalet (1655) – remodel
- Hôtel d'Aumont – remodel after Louis Le Vau
Louis Le Vau (1612–1670)
- 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 Mazarin
- Palace of Versailles – reconstruction, on the model of his Vaux-le-Vicomte, as a place of fêtes
- Saint-Louis-en-l'Île church (on the Île Saint-Louis) (1664) – plans
- Collège des Quatre-Nations (now the Institut de France) – for Mazarin
Claude Perrault (1613–1688) – helped to establish French classicism
- Colonnade of the Louvre (1667–1673)
- Observatoire de Paris – plans
Libéral Bruant (c. 1636–1697)
- Hôtel de la Salpêtrière (1660–1677)
- Les Invalides (1671–1676)
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 Trianon, Chapel
- Palace of Saint-Cloud – for the Philip I, Duke of Orléans
- Château of Marly
- Domed chapel of Les Invalides
- Place des Victoires
- Place Vendôme
- 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
- Esplanade of Les Invalides
- 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)
Jean Aubert (c. 1680–1741)
Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698–1782) – responsible for rococo constructions at Versailles
- Palace of Versailles (1735–1777) – apartment of the king, Versailles Opera, Library, Petit Trianon (1762–1764)
- Place de la Concorde (Place Louis XV)
- École Militaire (1751–1775)
Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713–1780)
- The Panthéon (called the Eglise Sainte Geneviève) (1756–1780)
Pierre-Louis Moreau-Desproux (1727–1793)
- Rue St. Honoré facade of the Palais-Royal in Paris (1770)
- Second Salle du Palais-Royal, first purpose-built opera house in Paris
Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728–1799)
Joseph Brousseau (1733–1797)
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 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
[edit]Henri Labrouste (1801–1875) – famous for his use of steel
- Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève (1843–1861)
- National Library
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
- Saint-Étienne-du-Mont (church) – remodel
- St. Augustin (church) (1860–1871)
Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814–1879) – important theoretician of the 19th-century Gothic revival
- Château de Pierrefonds – restoration
- Notre Dame de Paris – restoration
- the city of Carcassonne – restoration
- Saint-Germain-des-Prés (church) – restoration
- Saint Séverin (church) – restoration
Charles Garnier (1825–1898) – celebrated architect of the Second Empire
- Palais Garnier, also known as the Paris Opera (now Opera Garnier) (1862–1875)
- Théâtre Marigny
- Casino of Monte Carlo (1878)
Clair Tisseur (1827–1896), Romanesque Revival architect and designer
- Église du Bon-Pasteur, Lyon (1875–1883)
Frantz Jourdain (1847–1935) – Art Nouveau architect and theorist
- La Samaritaine, Paris (1903-1907)
Auguste Louzier Sainte-Anne (1848-1925) – Chief architect of historic monuments
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
- 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 (with Alexandre Mienville) (1911)
- Vaxelaire, Pignot, and Company Department Store, Nancy (1913)
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
- Vaxelaire Department Store, 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 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
- Douaumont ossuary (1932)
Eugène Beaudouin (1898–1983) – influential use of prefabricated elements
Jean Prouvé (1901–1984) – 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
[edit]Christian de Portzamparc (born 1944)
- La Villette – City of Music
- Café Beaubourg
Henry Bernard (1912–94)
Pascale Guédot (born 1960)
- Médiathèque at Oloron-Sainte-Marie (Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent)
- Five Merchant Square in London, UK
- NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium
- ExxonMobil Technology Centre in Shanghai, China
Jean Nouvel (born 1945)
Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986)
- Old Port of Marseille
- Tabriz railway station
- Résidence Salmson Le Point du Jour
- Chateau de Belcastel
- Parc des Princes in Paris
- Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Olympic Velodrome, Montreal (now called the Montreal Biodome)
- Olympic Pool (Montreal)
Philippe Ameller and Jacques Dubois
- Eurotunnel in Calais
- ISIPCA in 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