List Of French Architects

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

Middle Ages

Jean de Chelles (13th century) Pierre de Montreuil (c.1200-1266) Villard de Honnecourt (14th century) architecture plans

Renaissance to Revolution

Jacques I Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1510-c. 1585)
  • Important book of architectural engravings.
Philibert Delorme (or De LOrme) (1510/1515-1570) Pierre Lescot (1515-1578) Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1545-1590) Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau (c. 1550-1614)
  • Galerie du Louvre
  • Pavillon de Flore (Tuileries)
Salomon de Brosse (1575-1626) Jean Androuet du Cerceau (1585-1649) Jacques Lemercier (1585-1654) active for Richelieu Franois Mansart (1598-1666) Louis Le Vau (1612-1670) Claude Perrault (1613-1688) responsible for establishing French classicism Libral Bruant (c.1636-1697) 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. Robert de Cotte (1656-1735) - brother in law of J.H. Mansart, whom he assisted on numerous projects Jacques Ange Gabriel (1698-1782) responsible for rococo constructions at Versailles Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713-1780)
  • The Panthon (called the Eglise Sainte Genevive) (1756-1780)
tienne-Louis Boulle (1728-1799) Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736-1806) famous for his mathematical neoclassicism.

Revolution to World War II

Henri Labrouste (1801-1875) famous for his use of steel Victor Baltard (1805-1874) famous for his use of steel and glass Eugne Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879) important theoretician of the 19th century Gothic revival Charles Garnier (1825-1898) celebrated architect of the Second Empire Hector Guimard (1867-1942) Art nouveau architect and designer Auguste Perret (1874-1954) and his brothers Claude and Gustave important for the first use of reinforced concrete Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886-1945) modernist architect influenced by Le Corbusier Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887-1965) Eugne Beaudouin (1898-1983) influential use of prefabricated elements Jean Prouv (1901-1984) international style/Bauhaus inspired

Post World War II

Christian de Portzamparc (1944-) Jean Nouvel (1945-) French architects

 

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