biography
| name: |
Blondel, Jacques-François
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pronunciation:
[blõdel]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1705–74)
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| biography:
| Architect, born in Rouen, NW France. He was one of the first architects to establish an atelier, where one of his pupils was Nicolas Ledoux. He was professor in the Académie (1759), as well as director of his own school which opened in 1742, the first of its kind. He had great influence in the late 18th-c through his teaching and publications on architectural theory. These include De la distribution des maisons de plaisance (1737–8), Architecture Française (1752–6), and Cours d'Architecture (1771–7). His buildings include the town hall and theatre in Strasbourg, the archbishop's palace at Cambrai, and the Place d'Armes and Hôtel de Ville of Metz. |
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