Louis-Auguste Couvrechef

Louis Auguste Léodar Couvrechef
Born 1827
Mathieu, Calvados, France
Died 1858
Nationality French
Occupation Architect
Known for Villa Eugénie

Louis Auguste Léodar Couvrechef (18271858) was a French architect who served Napoleon III as architect for the imperial residences.

Louis Auguste Léodar Couvrechef was born in Mathieu, Calvados, in 1827. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[1] Couvrechef was made a sub-inspector under architect Hippolyte Durand on the project to build the Villa Eugénie in Biarritz as a summer residence for the imperial family, starting in 1854. Durand chose a rather austere design, and was abruptly dismissed in June 1955. Couvrechef, who was known to prefer a more decorative style, was given responsibility for continuing the work.[2]

In 1857 Couvrechef became architect of the Château de Pau.[3] Couvrechef was also involved in reconstruction of the Empress's Castillo de Arteaga in the province of Biscay in Spain, a medieval building surrounded by walls with four round towers.[4]

Couvrechef died in 1858 and was replaced as architect of the imperial residences by Gabriel-Auguste Ancelet.[3]

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