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    Jean Métezeau ( ? – 27 April 1600 in Dreux) was a 16th-century French architect. He came from a family of master masons and general contractors from Dreux...
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  • Métezeau is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Clément II Métezeau (1581–1652), French architect, brother of Louis Jean Métezeau (?–1600)...
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    in Paris. He was the son of Thibault Métezeau, the brother of Clément II Métezeau and the nephew of Jean Métezeau. The register of the city of Dreux refers...
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    son of Clément Métezeau, master mason and father of architects Louis and Clément II Métezeau. He was the younger brother of Jean Métezeau, also an architect...
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    Pitti; to this effect she had the architect Métezeau (either Louis Métezeau or his brother, Clément Métezeau) sent to Florence to make detailed drawings...
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    Marywil List of tourist attractions in Paris . Other architects, like Louis Métezeau, were responsible for the constructions erected behind these regular façades...
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    during the reign of Henry III. In 1594, during the reign of Henry IV, Louis Métezeau was also appointed royal architect, a designation opposed by Androuet du...
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    niches. The design of the eastern half is traditionally attributed to Louis Métezeau. The ground and intermediate (entresol) floors of the eastern half were...
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    winter weather, before the idea was taken up by the royal architect Clément Métezeau in November 1627. The wall was built on a foundation of sunken hulks filled...
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    Chevreuse was built in 1622–1623 to the designs of the architect Clément Métezeau for Marie de Rohan's new husband, Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Chevreuse...
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    led some historians to name Louis Métezeau as the architect. It is now suggested that Louis' father, Thibault Métezeau, more likely designed it. Another...
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    Jacques Lemercier won the design competition against Jean Androuet du Cerceau, Clément II Métezeau, and the son of Salomon de Brosse.: 8  The works were...
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  • architect was removed from his post to be replaced as quickly by Clément II Métezeau, to whom de Brosse had promised to recommend his best workers. Thiriot...
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    24 rue Pavée in the 3rd arrondissement (1585–89), designed by Thibaut Métezeau. The architectural style of the French Renaissance continued to dominate...
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    replacing it with a replica of the earlier design attributed to Louis Métezeau further east. Between the Pavillon de Flore and the Pavillon des Sessions...
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    Louvre. At the end of 1620 he commissioned the royal architect Clément Métezeau to design the new church. The first stone was laid on 22 September 1621...
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  • (died 1638) Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano, nobleman and Marshall of France (died 1626) Achille Harlay de Sancy, diplomat (died 1646) Clément Métezeau, engineer...
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    collaboration. The plans were then drawn up by the king's architect, Louis Métezeau. Jacques le Féron de Longuemézière was awarded the contract in August 1606...
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    Dampierre, near Chevreuse. He commissioned the royal architect, Clément Métezeau, to design a Parisian townhouse, the Hôtel de Chevreuse, constructed 1622–1623...
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    Church of St. Louis (1607). The work followed a plan developed by Louis Métezeau with a row of courtyards roughly the same size. The architect was Étienne...
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    nymphaeum. The red pavilion also dates to 1620 and was built by Clément Métezeau, the architect of the Place des Vosges in Paris. The nymphaeum consists...
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    Liberal Bruant Jacques Lemercier Louis Le Vau François Mansart Clément Métezeau Mignot 1996. "The way to build for persons of every degree". Mignot 1996...
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    Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau. Jean-Pierre Babelon agreed that Baptiste Androuet du Cerceau was probable, or possibly Thibaut Métezeau. River façade in brick...
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  • Louis Métezeau Michel Mimran (born 1954) Jean Nouvel Charles Percier Claude Perrault Dominique Perrault Auguste Perret Christian de Portzamparc Jean Prouvé...
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    Thibaut Métezeau. Houses at 13-15 rue Francois-Miron, 4th arrondissement (16th–17th centuries) Facade of the Carnavalet Museum, with sculpture by Jean Goujon...
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    plan of the gardens. The architects and decorators Etienne Duperac, Louis Metezeau and Jacques II Androuet du Cerceau contributed to the new palace. Androuet...
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    before the idea was taken up by the Royal architect Clément Métezeau and the Parisian mason Jean Thiriau. Targone has also been credited with the invention...
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    the financier Louis Le Barbier [fr] to the designs of architect Clément Métezeau. It was located at what is now 13 Quai Malaquais in the 6th arrondissement...
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