Late 18th Century French Architecture
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Salines de Chaux, Arc-et-Senans, France
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Ledoux - the Architect
Claude Nicholas Ledoux
1736-1806
Born in Dormans-sur-Marne, France; died in Paris, France
Ledoux buildings are characterised by a strongly articulated Mannerist style, using the Classical Style with a similar flexibility to Piranesi and Boullee.
Unlike earlier Italian Mannerist buildings his work is simpler and bolder with Classical columns using repetitive square sections being a recurring motif.
Ledoux Buildings, chronological
Portes de Paris : Tollhouses (Barrières)
1785–89
House, Besançon, France
1775-79
Theatre, Besançon, France
1771-73/5
Chateau for Madame du Barry, Louveciennes, France
1771–73
Pavilion Hocquart, France
1764–70
Château de Bénouville, Normandy, France
1770
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Claude Ledoux - Education:
Jacques François Blondel Architectural School Paris
Ledoux studied under J. F. Blondel & L.F. Trouard
Ledoux - key Buildings in more detail:
Salines de Chaux
Saltworks settlement with radial plan of housing centred on the salt extraction
factory.
Portes de Paris
1785-90
Sixty tollhouses designed with fifty being built and only four remaining. Key Tollhouse - Barrière de la Villette.
Ledoux - Book:
L'architecture considérée sous le rapport de l'art, des moeurs et de la législation
1804
Architecture Considered with Respect to Art, Customs, and Legislation
Classical architect: Christopher Wren
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Neoclassical architect: CR Cockerell
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