Mansart
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Jules Hardouin Jules Hardouin, 1646–1708, French architect: chief architectural director for Louis XIV.
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his granduncle (Nicolas) François 1598–1666, French architect.
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François (frɑ̃swa). 1598–1666, French architect, who established the classical style in French architecture
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his great-nephew, Jules Hardouin (ʒyl ardwɛ̃). 1646–1708, French architect and town planner, who completed the Palace of Versailles
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The mansard roof, where the topmost stories pitch back at an angle, takes its name from François Mansart, the 17th-century French architect who used it extensively.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2011
Scene: The salle a manger of the Bank of France in the Hotel de Toulouse, an historic palace built by the great architect Francois Mansart, for a natural son of Louis XIV.
From Time Magazine Archive
The near-by Palace of Justice, built by Mansart in 1680 and enlarged for its present use in 1840, was the former Episcopal Palace.
From The Cathedrals of Northern France by Blanche McManus
The stables of Versailles, to the right, and left, are from the designs of Mansart, in the form of a crescent, and have the appearance of princely residences.
From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Sir John Carr
All the time he did not remove his eyes for an instant from that black something which he believed to be Mansart.
From The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various
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