Nicolas Sarkozy | Claude Monet | Nicolas Cage | Nicolas Poussin | Claude Debussy | Claude Lorrain | Claude François | Jean-Claude Van Damme | Claude Lévi-Strauss | Nicolas Baudin | Claude Royet-Journoud | Nicolas Roeg | Claude Chabrol | Jean-Claude Carrière | Claude Vivier | Claude Shannon | Claude Berri | Nicolas Anelka | Jean-Claude Colin | Claude Rains | Nicolas Philibert | Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | Christo and Jeanne-Claude | Nicolas Winding Refn | Nicolas Steno | Nicolas Bourriaud | Nicolas | Jean-Claude Gérard | Claude Lelouch |
It was designed in 1769 by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux and built in 1770-74 and 1776-80 at the request of Hyppolite-François Sanguin, marquis of Livry (1715–1789) and his marquise Thérèse Bonne Gillain de Bénouville, heiress of the property.
He also wrote many more specialised works, including books about Inigo Jones and Georgian London, as well as The Architecture of the Eighteenth Century (1986), in which he describes Boullée in a distinct positive manner, stating that Boullée was clearly the point of departure for one of the boldest innovators of the century--Claude Nicolas Ledoux.