Jules Hardouin-Mansart

Jules Hardouin -Mansart ( Mansard also, originally only Hardouin; * April 16, 1646 in Paris, † May 11 1708 in Marly -le- Roi ) was a French architect of the baroque.

As a student and grand-nephew of François Mansart, he was appointed in 1675 by Louis XIV court architect, from 1681 he was allowed to "premier architecte du roi " (first architect of the king) call. 1699 the Office of the surintendant Bâtiments du Roi, he was awarded when he dominated the entire official Construction in France until his death. 1685 Germain Boffrand became his disciple.

Since 1678 followed Hardouin -Mansart and Louis Le Vau Francois d' Orbay as site manager after the Palace of Versailles, where he held the garden side facade, the north and south wing ( 1678-89 ), the colonnade, the Grand Commun, the Versailles palace chapel (1699 started ) and the Castle Park Grand Trianon ( 1687/88 ) was built. In Paris he built 1675-1706 Invalides. From him also come the designs of the Place des Victoires (1684 ) and the Place Vendôme (1685 ) and the parish church of Saint -Roch.

The him and his great-uncle attributed as an invention and therefore named them after they built mansard roofs, although both happy in their designs a - invented but they do not have this.