Philibert Le Roy

Philibert Le Roy († 1646) was a French architect of the baroque and classical master builder (French: architecte ordinaire du Roi ) of King Louis XIII.

On April 30, 1631 he signed, together with the persons acting on behalf of the king superstructure intendant (Fr.: superintendant of Bâtiments ) Henri de Fourcy the contract, which held to the conditions under which the first 1623 in the woods of Versailles by the master mason Nicolas HUAU for Louis XIII. built hunting lodge was rebuilt in the years 1631-1634 in a larger three-winged palace complex.

The three wings of Le Roy formed the core of mainly by Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin -Mansart built the Palace of Versailles under Louis XIV. Your typical, composed of brick and hewn stone blocks stand facades surround the city to introverted, located in the center of the castle of Versailles so-called Marble Courtyard today.

The running of Le Roy design was imaged including the UK, which was particularly fascinated by the French architectural style in the 17th century, in several books. So also in 1670 published by Robert lamprey The Art of Fair Building by Pierre Le Muet. This presentation inspired about the French architect Claude Comiers on a draft John Hope of Hopetoun, the father of Charles Hope, 1st Earl of Hopetoun. This then allowed due to the Hopetoun House build.