Viollet-le-Duc

American  

[vyaw-le-luh-dyk] / vyɔˈlɛ ləˈdük /

noun

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

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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

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Example Sentences

It will lose even more of it when six of Eugène Viollet-le-Duc’s stained-glass windows are replaced.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Its replacement, which burned down five years ago, was put up decades later as part of a neo-Gothic reconstruction conducted by architect Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc.

From BBC

Early on a decision had to be made about the nature of renovation: whether to faithfully recreate the medieval building and the 19th Century neo-Gothic changes wrought by architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, or to use the opportunity to mark the building with a modern imprint.

From BBC

The rooster’s installation, crowning a spire reconstructed from Eugène Viollet-le-Duc’s 19th-century design, is a poignant reminder of its medieval origins as a symbol of hope and faith.

From Washington Times