Gilles-Barnabé Guimard Architect

Gilles-Barnabé Guimard (also Gilles Barnabé Guymard de Larabe) (Amboise 1734 - Mosnes 1805) was a French architect. He spent his entire career in the Habsburg Netherlands (present-day Belgium) where he led important architectural and urbanistic projects such as the Place Royale in Brussels and the new 'Palace of the Council of Brabant' which today houses the Belgian Parliament.

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Gilles-Barnabé Guimard
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1734
Birth place
Amboise , France
Date of deathSeptember 21, 1805
Place of death
France , Mosnes

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Architect

Significant building
Brussels
Belgian Federal Parliament
Significant project
Brussels
Place Royale (Brussels)
Brussels Park

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