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Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (; Paris, 18 September 1760 – Thiais, 31 December 1834) was a French author, teacher and architect. He was an important figure in Neoclassicism, and his system of design using simple modular elements anticipated modern industrialized building components. Having spent periods working for the architect Étienne-Louis Boullée and the civil engineer
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (; Paris, 18 September 1760 – Thiais, 31 December 1834) was a French author, teacher and architect. He was an important figure in Neoclassicism, and his system of design using simple modular elements anticipated modern industrialized building components. Having spent periods working for the architect Étienne-Louis Boullée and the civil engineer Jean-Rodolphe Perronet
Jean-Rodolphe Perronet (27 October 1708 – 27 February 1794) was a French architect and structural engineer known for his many stone arch bridges. His best-known work is the Pont de la Concorde (Paris), Pont de la Concorde (1787).
Early life
P ...
, he became a Professor of Architecture at the École Polytechnique
(, ; also known as Polytechnique or l'X ) is a ''grande école'' located in Palaiseau, France. It specializes in science and engineering and is a founding member of the Polytechnic Institute of Paris.
The school was founded in 1794 by mat ...
in 1795.
See also
* Étienne-Louis Boullée *Leo von Klenze
Leo von Klenze (born Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; 29 February 1784 – 26 January 1864) was a German architect and painter. He was the court architect of Ludwig I of Bavaria.
Von Klenze was a devotee of Neoclassicism and one of the mo ...
* Gustav Vorherr
* Friedrich Weinbrenner
Bibliography
* ''Nouveau précis des leçons d'architecture : données a l'Ecole impériale polytechnique'' by J.N.L. Durand pub. Fantin; (1813) * ''Précis des leçons d'architecture données à l'École royale polytechnique'' by J.N.L. Durand. pub. Chez l'auteur; (1809) * ''Recueil et parallèle des édifices de tout genre, anciens et modernes : remarquables par leur beauté, par leur grandeur, ou par leur singularité, et dessinés sur une même échelle'' by J.N.L. Durand. pub. D. Avanzo; (1830?) * ''Recueil et parallèle des édifices de tout genre, anciens et modernes : remarquables par leur beauté, par leur grandeur, ou par leur singularité, et dessinés sur une même échelle'' by J.N.L. Durand. pub. l'Imprimerie de Gillé fils; (1799 or 1800) 1760 births Writers from Paris Architects from Paris 1834 deaths 18th-century French architects French neoclassical architects Academic staff of École Polytechnique French architecture writers {{France-architect-stub