Germain Boffrand, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Germain Boffrand

French architect

Date of Birth: 16-May-1667

Place of Birth: Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1754

Profession: writer, architect, engineer, sculptor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Germain Boffrand (French pronunciation: ?[???m?~ b?f??~]) (16 May 1667 – 19 March 1754) was a French architect.
A pupil of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, Germain Boffrand was one of the main creators of the precursor to Rococo called the style Régence, and in his interiors, of the Rococo itself.
In his exteriors he held to a monumental Late Baroque classicism with some innovations in spatial planning that were exceptional in France His major commissions, culminating in his interiors at the Hôtel de Soubise, were memorialised in his treatise Livre d'architecture, published in 1745, which served to disseminate the French "Louis XV" style throughout Europe.