The following is a chronological list ofFrencharchitects. Some of their major architectural works are listed after each name.
Middle Ages
editÉtienne 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
editJacques 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)
- Louvre Palace (Lescot Wing, 1546) – forFrancis I andHenry II
- Hôtel Carnavalet (attributed, begun 1547)
- Fontaine des Innocents (1550) – carved byJean 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)
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Salomon de Brosse (1575–1626)
- Luxembourg Palace (1615) – forMarie de' Medici
- St. Gervais church (facade) (1616)
- Château de Blérancourt
- Palais de Justice inRennes (1618)
Jean Androuet du Cerceau (1585–1649)
- Hôtel de Sully (1624–1629)
Jacques Lemercier (1585–1654) – active forRichelieu
- Palais-Cardinal (1632) – for Richelieu
- Château de Richelieu
- City of Richelieu (from 1631)
- LaSorbonne 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 deBlois (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 afterLouis Le Vau
Louis Le Vau (1612–1670)
- Apollo wing of the Louvre
- Hôtel Lambert (1640)
- Vaux-le-Vicomte (1656) – forNicolas Fouquet; this was to be the prototype of thePalace of Versailles
- Hôtel de Lauzun (1657)
- Château de Vincennes (1659) – forMazarin
- Palace of Versailles – reconstruction, on the model of his Vaux-le-Vicomte, as a place of fêtes
- Saint-Louis-en-l'Île church (on theÎle Saint-Louis) (1664) – plans
- Collège des Quatre-Nations (now theInstitut de France) – for Mazarin
Claude Perrault (1613–1688) – helped to establish French classicism
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- 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 ofSaint-Cloud – for thePhilip I, Duke of Orléans
- Château of Marly
- Domed chapel ofLes 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 ofLes Invalides
- Palais Rohan, Strasbourg
Germain Boffrand (1667–1754)
- Château Lunéville
- Remodelling of thePetit Luxembourg
- Interiors at theHôtel de Soubise
Pierre-Alexis Delamair (1675/6–1745)
Jean Aubert (c. 1680–1741)
Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698–1782) – responsible forrococo 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 thePalais-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 thePlace de la Nation andDenfert-Rochereau
- Hôtel d'Hallwyl (remodel)
- Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans (Les Salines Royales)
Jean-Jacques Lequeu (1757–1826)
Revolution to World War II
editHenri 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 EmmanuelViollet-le-Duc (1814–1879) – important theoretician of the 19th-centuryGothic revival
- Château de Pierrefonds – restoration
- Notre Dame de Paris – restoration
- the city ofCarcassonne – restoration
- Saint-Germain-des-Prés (church) – restoration
- Saint Séverin (church) – restoration
Charles Garnier (1825–1898) – celebrated architect of theSecond Empire
- Palais Garnier, also known as the Paris Opera (now Opera Garnier) (1862–1875)
- Théâtre Marigny
- Casino ofMonte 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 theÉcole 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 (withHenri 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 andAngleterre 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 (withHenri 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 brothersClaude andGustave – important for the first use ofreinforced concrete
Paul Tournon (1881–1964)
Robert Mallet-Stevens (1886–1945) – modernist architect influenced byLe Corbusier
Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) (1887–1965)
Léon Azéma (1888–1978) – appointedArchitect 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
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Christian de Portzamparc (born 1944)
- La Villette – City of Music
- Café Beaubourg
Henry Bernard (1912–94)
Pascale Guédot (born 1960)
- Médiathèque atOloron-Sainte-Marie (Prix de l'Équerre d'Argent)
- Five Merchant Square inLondon, UK
- NATO Headquarters inBrussels,Belgium
- ExxonMobil Technology Centre inShanghai, China
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Jean Nouvel (born 1945)
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Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986)
- Parc des Princes inParis
- Olympic Stadium inMontreal, Quebec, Canada
- Olympic Velodrome, Montreal (now called theMontreal Biodome)
- Olympic Pool (Montreal)
Philippe Ameller andJacques Dubois
- Eurotunnel inCalais
- ISIPCA inVersailles
- Centre de la petite enfance inIssy-les-Moulineaux
- Lycée Louis-Armand inEaubonne
- Police station inProvins
Florent Nédélec, DPLG
- The Jervois Hong Kong
- Yong He Yuan Taiwan
- 123 Sebastopol (2011-2013)
- Joyce Hotel (2008-2009)
- Bel Ami (2012)
- Triangle D'Or (2009-2010)
- Hotel 34 B (2014-2015)
