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Viollet-le-Duc

American  
[vyaw-le-luh-dyk] / vyɔˈlɛ ləˈdük /

noun

  1. Eugène Emmanuel 1814–79, French architect and writer.


Viollet-le-Duc British  
/ vjɔlɛlədyk /

noun

  1. Eugène Emmanuel (øʒɛn ɛmanɥɛl). 1814–79, French architect and leader of the Gothic Revival in France, noted for his dictionary of French architecture (1854–68) and for his restoration of medieval buildings

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Viollet-le-Duc did not study at the state-run École des Beaux Arts, but came to architecture by means of drawing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Again, much of what the visitor sees today is not actually medieval – but the product of the medieval imagination of Viollet-le-Duc.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

The current debates and controversies have uncovered a deeper admiration for Viollet-le-Duc and his architectural changes than might have been apparent a quarter century ago.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2020

But Viollet-le-Duc was also what we would today call a modernist.

From The New Yorker • May 13, 2019

The remarkable diagrammatic drawings of Viollet-le-Duc are famous for their clearness and the amount of information which they convey.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 06, June 1895 Renaissance Panels from Perugia by Various

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