About Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand
Lived 1760 – 1834 (aged 74). Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand was a French architect.
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (; Paris, 18 September 1760 – Thiais, 31 December 1834) was a French writer, 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, he became a Professor of Architecture at the École Polytechnique in 1795.
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French architecture writer (1760–1834)
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Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand was born on 18 September 1760 in Paris.
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Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand died on 31 December 1834 in Thiais.
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Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand was an architect.
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Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand was French.
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