Claude Nicolas Ledoux

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French architect architect human neoclassical architect urban planner

Claude Nicolas Ledoux was an influential 18th-century French architect and urban planner whose visionary, often utopian designs made him a key pioneer of neoclassical architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French architect ⓘ
architect ⓘ
human ⓘ
neoclassical architect ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
activeInCentury 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
birthDate 1736-03-21 ⓘ
birthPlace Champagne ⓘ
Dormans ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1806-11-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Paris ⓘ
describedAs pioneer of neoclassical architecture ⓘ
utopian urban planner ⓘ
visionary architect ⓘ
educatedAt Collège de Beauvais ⓘ
atelier of Jacques-François Blondel ⓘ
employer Ferme générale ⓘ
familyName Ledoux ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
genre architectural treatise ⓘ
utopian architecture ⓘ
visionary architecture ⓘ
givenName Claude ⓘ
Nicholas ⓘ
surface form: Nicolas
influencedBy Jacques-François Blondel ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
name Claude Nicolas Ledoux self-link ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableIdea integration of industry and urbanism in a model city ⓘ
symbolic use of pure geometric forms in architecture ⓘ
notableWork Barrières of Paris ⓘ
Cemetery of the city of Chaux (project) ⓘ
Château de Bénouville ⓘ
Château de Mauperthuis ⓘ
Hôtel de Thellusson, Paris ⓘ
Hôtel d’Hallwyll, Paris ⓘ
Ideal city of Chaux (project) ⓘ
L’Architecture considérée sous le rapport de l’art, des mœurs et de la législation ⓘ
Pavillon de Louveciennes ⓘ
Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans ⓘ
Salins-les-Bains Saltworks ⓘ
surface form: Saline Royale d’Arc-et-Senans

Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans ⓘ
surface form: Saltworks of Chaux

Théâtre de Besançon ⓘ
Wall of the Farmers-General toll gates ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
civil engineer ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
positionHeld architect to the Ferme générale ⓘ
royal architect ⓘ
workLocation Arc-et-Senans ⓘ
Besançon ⓘ
Paris ⓘ

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Neoclassicism → majorFigure → Claude Nicolas Ledoux ⓘ
Claude Nicolas Ledoux → name → Claude Nicolas Ledoux self-link ⓘ