List of French architects

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
St. Louis-en-l'île church (on the Île Saint-Louis) (1664) - plans
Institut de France – for Mazarin

Claude Perrault (1613-1688) – responsible for establishing 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 (1671-76)

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 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

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

Esplanade of Les Invalides

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)

Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799)

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)

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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
St. Etienne du Mont (church) – remodel
St. Augustin (church) (1860-1871)

Garnier's Paris Opera

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)
Theater Marigny
Casino of Monte Carlo (1878)

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) (1904-6)
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 (1904-6)
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