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Claude Nicholas Ledoux
By mipul Kumar Pankaj Kumar
Claude Nicholas Ledoux
(b. Dormans, France 1736; d. Paris, France 1806)
Claude Ledoux was born in Dormans, France in 1736. He was educated at a private architectural school in Paris.. Established
by J. F. Blondel, the school emphasized native Baroque tradition but exposed students to English architecture. After completing his studies, Ledoux assumed several goverment
positions as an engineer, mainly of bridge design.Ledoux' dramatic style owes much to the fact that he never
visited Rome. His concepts of Roman architecture were accordingly warped by the engravings of Piranesi from which he derived his knowledge. He did visit England, where he was
influenced by the Palladian tradition with which he was already familiar.
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Although much of Ledoux's architecture is quite practical and functional, the "visionary" aspects of his work are better known. His designs became symbols of the ancient regime and their exaggerated use of classical elements seems to anticipate post-modern classicism.
CHATEAU OF MAUPERTUIS•Listed as his first work
Owner- Anne-Pierra de Montesquiou Fezenzac•It was like horseshoe 292.3 meters in circumferences crowned with balustrades, pierced with square and round niches, arriving at a gentle incline at the door of the vestibule.
•Reconstructed later.
•Now nothing remains of Ledoux’s.
•He gave priority to the natural setting Of the building .
•His giant Doric orders and the famous spherical house of the ‘garden agricoles’ were unforgettable elements.
HOTEL D’ HALLWYL , 1766The street façade , the doorway combines the traditional arched shape of the paris porte cochiere with an articualtion of columns and lintel.
HOTEL D’ HALLWYL , 1766Street elevation and section through rear court, engraving from Ledoux.the street façade is made more regular in the engraving .
The section shows the ionic colonnade that was to be painted on the wall facing the end of the garden.
DUC D’ UZES
CHATEAU OF BENOUVILLE, NEAR CAEN
CHATEAU OF BENOUVILLE, NEAR CAEN
The 1770s
HOTEL GUIMARD,1770
HOTEL GUIMARD ,1770
PAVILLION OF CHATEAN OF LOUVEUENNES ,1771
PAVILLION OF CHATEAN OF LOUVEUENNES ,1771
CHATEAU OF LOUVEUENNES
• 1773 EXTENTED TO A MORE CONVENTIONAL BUILDING
CHATEAU OF LOUVEUENNES
THE SALT OF ARC AND SENANSNear Besaneon
Ledoux’s famous salt factory, approved in 1773 and built in 1775-79,is semicircular in plan, with the house of the director and the salt-extracting buildings on the straight side.
Main entranceheavy baseless Tuscan columns
The interiors of the porticoThe rusticated archway contains a grottoOf natural rock.
Detail of decorationThe windows of the entrance portico are framed as urns spilling forth petrified water, and the entrance grotto has imitation springs to each side.
Salt extracting buildingThe architecture recalls French and Italian buildings of the 16th century