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Key Project by Ledoux Salines de Chaux, Arc-et-Senans, France Masterplan + buildings planning 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) 178589 House, Besançon, France 1775-79 Theatre, Besançon, France 1771-73/5 Chateau for Madame du Barry, Louveciennes, France 177173 Pavilion Hocquart, France 176470 Château de Bénouville, Normandy, France 1770 More Claude Ledoux Architecture online soon Claude Ledoux : French Architects French Architecture 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 World Architects Neoclassical architect: CR Cockerell World Architecture : e-architect - key buildings across the globe Comments / photos for the Claude Nicholas Ledoux Architect page welcome: info@e-architect.co.uk Claude Nicholas Ledoux buildings - page : adrian welch / isabelle lomholt |
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