Edouard Deperthes (1833 – 1898)Édouard Deperthes was born in 1833 in Houdilcourt. He was an French architect. He has been a member of the National Academy of Reims and was the chief architect of…
Paris Palais RoyalThe Palais Royal was built in 1629 by Cardinal Richelieu and it currently houses the Ministry of Culture, the Conseil d'état and the Constitutional Council. The Palais Royal was…
Victor Alexandre Frederic Laloux (1850 - 1937)Victor Alexandre Frederic Laloux was born in Paris in 1850. He was a French architect. He was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris from 1869…
Paris, Place de la ConcordePlace de la Concorde is the largest square in Paris and it’s between the Tuileries and the Champs-Elysées. The square surrounding the statue of Louis XV was created in…
Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698 – 1782)Ange-Jacques Gabriel, born 1698 in Paris to a Parisian family of architects, was trained by his father, Jacques Gabriel V, and by the royal architect Robert de…
Pierre Lescot was a French architect of the French Renaissance. He is famous for having initiated a classical architectural style "à la française" (French style), in particular by renovating the…
Ieoh Ming Pei (I. M. Pei, born 1917)Ieoh Ming Pei, born 1917 in Canton, China. He left China when he was seventeen to study architecture at MIT (Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1940) and…
Palace of the Popes (Palais des Papes) in AvignonThe Palais des Papes in Avignon, France is a medieval Gothic building and was home of six popes during the time of 1334 till1430. The Palais was…
Pierre Poisson of MirepoixPierre Poisson was a French architect, born in Mirepoix. He is best known for constructing the Palais Vieux of the Palais des Papes in Avignon.Palais des Papes,…
Jean de Louvres (Johannem(-s) de Luperiis) Jean de Louvres (or de Louvries, or Loubières) was a French architect of the fifteenth century. He was the main architect of the Palace of the…
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