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| − | '''Jean-Jacques Lequeu''' (September 14, 1757 – March 28, 1826) was a French draughtsman and architect. he was architect of ''Académie royale des Sciences', Belles-Lettres, et Beaux-Arts'' (today ''Institute de France''. Following the events of the French revolution (1789) his architectural career never took off. He spent time preparing the ''Architecture Civile'', a book intended for publication, but which was never published. Most of his drawings can be found at the ''Bibliothèque nationale de France''. | + | '''Jean-Jacques Lequeu''' (September 14, 1757 – March 28, 1826) was a French draughtsman and architect. he was architect of ''Académie royale des Sciences', Belles-Lettres, et Beaux-Arts'' (today ''Institute de France''). Following the events of the French revolution (1789) his architectural career never took off. He spent time preparing the ''Architecture Civile'', a book intended for publication, but which was never published. Most of his drawings can be found at the ''Bibliothèque nationale de France''. |
==Literature== | ==Literature== | ||
Revision as of 08:37, 18 December 2013
Jean-Jacques Lequeu (September 14, 1757 – March 28, 1826) was a French draughtsman and architect. he was architect of Académie royale des Sciences', Belles-Lettres, et Beaux-Arts (today Institute de France). Following the events of the French revolution (1789) his architectural career never took off. He spent time preparing the Architecture Civile, a book intended for publication, but which was never published. Most of his drawings can be found at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Literature
- Emil Kaufmann, Three Revolutionary Architects: Boullée, Ledoux, and Lequeu, American Philosophical Society, 1952
- Philippe Duboy, Lequeu : An Architectural Enigma, MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-04086-0, 1986
- Jean-Claude Lemagny, Visionary Architects: Boullée, Ledoux, Lequeu, Hennessey & Ingalls, ISBN 0-940512-35-1, 2002
