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Édouard Corroyer
d. 1904
A French architect and architectural historian, he is best remembered for his close study and restoration work at Mont-Saint-Michel. His writing and teaching helped shape how medieval architecture was understood in late 19th-century France.
4 Audiobooks
Gothic Architecture
by Édouard Corroyer
Saint Michel et le Mont-Saint-Michel
by Abel Anastase Germain, Pierre Marie Brin, Édouard Corroyer
L'Architecture romane
by Édouard Corroyer
L'Architecture Gothique
by Édouard Corroyer
About the author
Born in Paris in 1835, Édouard Corroyer trained as an architect and later became known for both design and scholarship. He worked in the circle of major French restoration architects of the 19th century and built a reputation for careful historical study alongside practical architectural work.
He is especially associated with Mont-Saint-Michel, where his research and restoration efforts brought lasting attention to one of France’s most famous medieval monuments. Corroyer also wrote about architecture, helping a wider public appreciate Gothic and Romanesque building traditions.
Corroyer died in 1904. Today he is remembered less as a celebrity architect than as a thoughtful specialist whose work connected preservation, historical research, and the living practice of architecture.