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Pierre Le Muet

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French architect (1591-1669)

FranceArchitectsLived 1591 to 1669 · aged 77
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Pierre Le Muet was a French architect, military engineer, and writer, famous for his book Manière de bâtir pour toutes sortes de personnes, and for the châteaux he constructed, most notably Tanlay in Burgundy, as well as some modest houses in Paris, the grandest of which, the Hôtel d'Avaux (1644-1650) survives and has...

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Title page of Le Muet's Manière de bâtir, 1623Title page of Le Muet's Manière de bâtir, 1623Chateau de ChavignyChateau de ChavignyPlan of the Hôtel de ChevreusePlan of the Hôtel de Chevreuse

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Pierre Le Muet was a French architect, military engineer, and writer, famous for his book Manière de bâtir pour toutes sortes de personnes, and for the châteaux he constructed, most notably Tanlay in Burgundy, as well as some modest houses in Paris, the grandest of which, the Hôtel d'Avaux (1644-1650) survives and has recently been restored to a semblance of its seventeenth-century condition.

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France
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Architects
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Architect
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deceased
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Lived 1591 to 1669 · aged 77
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