Louis Remy de la Fosse ( 1659–1726) was a French architect during the Baroque period, who worked primarily in Germany. Until 1705, he was draftsman in the studio of master builder in Berlin. From 1706 to 1709, Fosse was architect at the court of Elector Georg Ludwig in

Hanover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

and later castle planner in Schlitz and Kassel. From 1711 to 1714 he was court architect in Hanover and afterwards senior engineer in the service of

Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Ernst Ludwig) (15 December 1667 – 12 September 1739) was Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1678 to 1739. His parents were Landgrave Louis VI of Hesse-Darmstadt and Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Alte ...

. In 1717, he build the

Orangerie An orangery or orangerie was a room or a dedicated building on the grounds of fashionable residences of Northern Europe from the 17th to the 19th centuries where orange and other fruit trees were protected during the winter, as a very lar ...

in Darmstadt. Fosse was commissioned to completely redesign the Residential Palace Darmstadt. Due to lack of funds, only the main front and one wing of the large complex were realized.

Works

Hannover, Eckpavillon an der Graft van Louis Remy de la Fosse IMG 5500 2018-07-09 10.56.jpg, Monumental house (Eckpavillon an der Graft) in Hanover Orangeriegebäude Darmstadt.jpg,

Darmstadt Plan Residenzschloss Darmstadt.png, Copperplate engraving of the planned Residential Palace Darmstadt, partly realized Darmstadt Residenzschloss 20110514.jpg, Residential Palace Darmstadt

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fosse, Louis Remy de la 1659 births 1726 deaths French Baroque architects German Baroque architects 17th-century French architects 17th-century German architects 18th-century German architects