In architecture, a corps de logis (French pronunciation: [kɔʁ də lɔʒi]) is the principal or main block, or central building of a mansion, country or manor...

Blondel points out that at the Hôtel Chanac de Pompadour the kitchen is no longer housed in the corps de logis but in a side wing to the left (west wing)...

whole unto itself. Sanssouci is small, with the principal block (or corps de logis) being a narrow single-storey enfilade of just ten rooms, including...

principal palazzo block, often in a building of this design known as the corps de logis, is 32,000 square metres. It is divided into several principal galleries...

of wings extending from both sides of a central building block, the corps de logis. Such configurations provide an emphatic visual termination to the composition...

long West facade of the corps de logis and its flanking pavilions. Built of Bath stone, the three-storied rectangular corps de logis has a rusticated ground...

fine wrought iron double gates, the main block and its outbuildings (corps de logis), linked by balustrades, are ranged symmetrically around a dry paved...

the building (corps de logis), which consists of two rows of rooms running east and west. Traditionally, the middle of the corps de logis of French châteaux...

of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the corps de logis, often taller than other parts of the building. It is common in façades...

cornices and architrave blocks and gabled roofs. Only the buildings of the Corps de logis have a mansard roof. The buildings only impress by their size. The right...