Name Louis Vau Role Architect | Period Baroque Siblings Francois Le Vau | |
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Structures Palace of Versailles, Vaux‑le‑Vicomte, Hotel Lambert, Grand Trianon, College des Quatre‑Nations Similar People Jules Hardouin‑Mansart, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Teofil Kwiatkowski, Philip V of Spain | ||
The Dream Team 1 - Rise of the Baroque, Vaux le Vicomte 2:32
Louis Le Vau (1612 – 11 October 1670) was a French Classical Baroque architect, who worked for Louis XIV of France. He was born and died in Paris.
He was responsible, with André Le Nôtre and Charles Le Brun, for the redesign of the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte. His later works included the Palace of Versailles and his collaboration with Claude Perrault on the Palais du Louvre. Le Vau also designed two mirroring additions across the Parterre to the evergrowing Château de Vincennes, the Château du Raincy, the Hotel Tambonneau, the Collège des Quatre-Nations (now housing the Institut de France), the church of St. Sulpice, and Hôtel Lambert, on the Île Saint-Louis, Paris.
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