Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart
(1739–1813) French neoclassical architect.He worked from 1765 in Paris primarily on private commissions, notably the Hôtels de Monaco (1774), Condé (1781), and Masseran (1787), in which he promoted ...
Andreyan Zakharov
(1761–1811) Russian architect.His mature work began with several pavilions (1798–1800) for the imperial estate at Gatchina. Following his appointment as Admiralty architect in 1805, he undertook ...
Eloy de la Barre
(1764–1833).French architect. A pupil of J. -D. Antoine and Chalgrin, he succeeded A. -T. Brongniart as architect of the Paris Bourse, and indeed completed that important Neo-Classical building. He ...
Étienne-Louis Boullée
(1728–99).Parisian architect and teacher (from 1747), whose importance lies in his theoretical writings and visionary drawings, for he taught generations of pupils, including Chalgrin, Brongniart, ...
Gilles-Marie Oppenord
(b Paris, 27 July 1672; d Paris, 13 March 1742).French architect, designer and illustrator. Of Flemish descent, his father (d1715) was ébeniste ordinaire du roi to Louis XIV (reg ...
Jean-Arnaud Raymond
(1742–1811).French architect. A pupil of J. -F. Blondel and Soufflot, he supervised the erection of some of Ledoux's Barrières around Paris from 1785, and designed the hôtel and gallery for Elisabeth ...
Jean-Baptiste Lepère
(1761–1844).One of the scholars who accompanied Napoleon to Egypt in 1798, he was involved in the preparation of the great Description de l'Égypte, one of the most important source-books of C19 ...
Jean-Nicolas Servandoni
(1695–1766)Italian designer. Servandoni worked principally in Paris, where he designed settings for the Opéra from 1726 to 1735, and for his own mute spectaculars at the Salle des Machines ...
Peyre Family
French architects active from the reign of Louis Quinze (1715–74) to that of Louis-Philippe (1830–48). The most distinguished members were Marie-Joseph (1730–85) and his younger brother ...
Victor Baltard
(1805–74).French architect and academic, the son of L. -P. Baltard. As City Architect of Paris, he redecorated and rebuilt many Parisian churches, but his chief works were the iron-and-glass Halles ...
