A remarkable collaboration between three exceptional talents
France boasts thousands of chateaux, but few of them carry the signatures of the top design brains of their era.
Three men of genius collaborated to create the masterpiece that is the Château de Vouzeron. The architectural prowess of Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur, the landscaping expertise of Henri Duchêne and the engineering brilliance of Gustave Eiffel combined to produce an extraordinary and enduring architectural gem.
Gabriel-Hippolyte Destailleur
An internationally renowned architect with an impressive portfolio of royal and aristocratic clients.
For the Rothschild family Destaillleur designed the Albert de Rothschild Palace in Vienna and the acclaimed Waddesdon Manor, England.
It was also in England that the exiled French Empress commissioned him to design a funerary chapel for Napoléon III at Farnborough.
Henri Duchêne
A prominent French landscape architect and passionate architect in his own right, Duchêne was a key figure in the 19th century revivalism of the French Garden in the Versailles style.
Gustave Eiffel
A renowned engineer and architect who needs no introduction, Eiffel’s iconic Tower in Paris is an enduring monument to his sense of precision, innovation and architectural élan.
Château de Vouzeron
Destailleur’s designs at Waddesdon for the Rothschild family were influenced by his own project of 1885 for the Château de Vouzeron in the Cher for Baron Roger, where he created his template for French Renaissance revivalism.
Comparisons and references between Château de Vouzeron and Waddesdon Manor
Grade I listed National Trust property
