Claude-Nicolas Ledoux: Architektur und Utopie im Zeitalter der Franzoesischen Revolution. Zweite und erweiterte Ausgabe

Claude-Nicolas Ledoux was a French revolutionary architect who designed the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the tollgates of Paris, and the ideal city of Chaux. His buildings and projects reveal his allegiance to antiquity and Renaissance principles and illustrate the evolution of his utopian language.

Format: Hardback
Length: 168 pages
Publication date: 02 August 2021
Publisher: Birkhauser

Claude-Nicolas Ledoux ({PHONE}) is widely recognized as a prominent figure in French revolutionary architecture, known for his exceptional creativity and his ability to capture the architectural ideals of his time. This book presents and interprets Ledoux's influential buildings and projects, both aesthetically and historically. Ledoux's most famous projects, such as the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans, the tollgates of Paris, and the ideal city of Chaux, showcase his adherence to the principles of antiquity and Renaissance while also demonstrating the evolution of his own utopian language. However, with the onset of the French Revolution, Ledoux's building activities came to a halt as he was perceived by his contemporaries as a royal architect. Instead, he shifted his focus to the development of his architectural theory and redefined the vision of the modern architect.

Weight: 856g
Dimension: 221 x 246 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783035620795
Edition number: 2 Revised edition