Pierre Alexis Delamair

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Hotel de Rohan (Paris)

Pierre Alexis Delamair (also de Lamair and Delamaire , * 1676 in Paris ; † 25. July 1745 in Agde ) was a French architect of the baroque .

He was the son of Antoine Delamair and, like him, initially worked as a royal building contractor - with Robert de Cotte as supervisor. At the beginning of the 18th century he was primarily in the service of the Rohan family , especially Cardinal Armand I. Gaston Maximilien de Rohan-Soubise , Prince- Bishop of Strasbourg .

His main works include:

  • The Hôtel de Rohan in Paris, 1704–1709
  • The Hôtel de Soubise (1704–1707, today the Musée de l'Histoire de France - Center historique des Archives nationales), together with

literature

  • Michel Gallet: Les architectes parisiens du XVIIIe siècle , Editions Mengès, Paris (France), ISBN 2-8562-0370-1 , 1995.
personal data
SURNAME Delamair, Pierre Alexis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French baroque architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1676
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1745
Place of death Agde