Principal Works of Architecture
- Hôtel de Vendôme (Hôtel de Chaulnes, 1733 to 1758), rue d'Enfer, 1706–1707, for Antoine de La Porte, canon of Notre-Dame, backing onto the Jardin du Luxembourg (today houseing the École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris). work also for Marie Anne de Bourbon
- Reconstruction of the Hôtel de Duras, rue Saint-Augustin, 1708, for Louise-Madeleine de La Marck, widow of Henri de Durfort, duc de Duras.
- Hôtel de Clermont, 69 rue de Varenne, 1713, for Jeanne Thérèse Pélagie d'Albert de Luynes, marquise de Saissac
- House at Meudon, 1714, for Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, comtesse de Verrue
- Archbishop's Palace, Auch.
- Jardins du Canet, near Narbonne.
- Maison Regnault at Châtillon-sous-Bagneux.
- Apraksin Palace, Saint-Petersburg, 1717-1718.
- Strelna and Peterhof parks, 1717-1718.
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