Victor Louis (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ lwi]; 10 May 1731, Paris – 2 July 1800, Paris) was a French architect, disqualified on a technicality from winning the Prix de Rome in architecture in 1755.

[4] A full biography of Victor Louis was published by Charles Marionneau in Bordeaux in 1881.

[5] Louis' masterpiece is the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux of 1780.

[7] The Salle Richelieu was the first major building with a roof structure of iron which was selected for its fire-resistant qualities when compared with wood.

[8][9] Other buildings include the Intendance in Besançon (completed 1776), the garden galleries of the Palais-Royal in Paris (1781–1784), the Salle de Beaujolais (1782–83), and the Château du Bouilh near Bordeaux (1786–1789, unfinished).