Jean-François Blondel
# Jean-François Blondel

Jean-François Blondel (1683 – 9 October 1756) was a French architect.

## Biography

Born in Rouen, Blondel was admitted in the Académie d'architecture in 1728.

He was the master and uncle of Jacques-François. He also had another nephew as a student, Jean-Baptiste Michel Vallin de la Mothe, whom he took in his agency on his return from Rome.

## Main realisations

* Maison Mallet, Geneva, 1724.
* Maison de Saussure, Creux de Genthod [fr], 1724-1730.
* Manufacture des tabacs de Morlaix [fr], 1736-1740
* Palais des Consuls in Rouen [fr], 1741-1747 (destroyed in 1944)
* Hôtel des gardes du Roi, Versailles, 1750-1754
* Maison de Saussure, Creux de Genthod
* Manufacture des tabacs de Morlaix
