Louis-Robert Goust

Louis-Robert Goust was a French architect.

Biography

Born in Beaumesnil, he won the second Grand Prix for Architecture in 1786 and 1788. On 1 May 1811 he was appointed architect for the construction of the Arc [de Triomphe] in Paris, replacing Jean-François Chalgrin, who had died five months earlier.

Decorations

Knight of the Legion of Honour