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    Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (21 March 1736 – 18 November 1806) was one of the earliest exponents of French Neoclassical architecture. He used his knowledge...
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    kilometres (18.1 miles) to the southwest of Besançon. The architect was Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806), a prominent Parisian architect of the time. The work...
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    Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698–1782), Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713–1780), Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806) and Jean-François Chalgrin (1739–1811); painters included...
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  • Ledoux or LeDoux is a surname, and may refer to: Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806), French architect. Abraham Ledoux (1784-1842) and Antoine Ledoux (1779...
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    function or identity. The phrase was originally associated with Claude Nicolas Ledoux, and was extended to other Paris-trained architects of the Revolutionary...
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    Versailles as a "Versailles for the people" while noting influences of Claude Nicolas Ledoux in the detailing of the elevations. Bofill's design intention was...
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    Pavillon de Musique, a music and reception pavilion constructed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1770–71). The pavilion sits in the middle of a park that was designed...
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  • pavilions that make up the Barrière were built in 1787 by the architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux, both of which exist still. The buildings are decorated by friezes...
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    Antoine (18th century) Hôtel Guimard by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1770–1773) Château de Bénouville by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (1770–1780) Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux...
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    was pioneered by such architects as Étienne-Louis Boullée and Claude-Nicolas Ledoux at the close of the 18th century. The movement resulted in great...
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    fled […]." Here, astride the opening in the wall, the architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux constructed two tollhouses to be used for the collection of the...
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    a few sections of the Wall of the Farmers-General (pavilions of Claude Nicolas Ledoux) and the Wall of Philippe Auguste survive to the present day. The...
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    Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans, by Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1775) La Rotonde customs barrier, Parc Monceau, by Claude Nicolas Ledoux Palladian garden structure...
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    politician Claude Ledoux (composer) (born 1960), Belgian composer Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736–1806), French neoclassical architect Claude Lefebvre, several...
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    as well as British and French Neoclassical architects such as Claude Nicolas Ledoux. In his thirties, he immigrated to the new United States and designed...
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    barrière d’Enfer (now the Place Denfert-Rochereau).  Architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux designed its 62 toll gates (barrières) in a neo-classical or even...
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    techniques." Claude Nicolas Ledoux is known for his utopian designs, including the City of Chaux around the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans. Ledoux developed...
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  • Henry Holland, English architect to the British aristocracy (born 1745) November 18 – Claude Nicolas Ledoux, French neoclassical architect (born 1736)...
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    (also known as the Barrière de Neuilly) were built to the design of Claude Nicolas Ledoux for the collection of the octroi tax at the entrance to Paris. They...
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    near Caen (northern France). It was designed in 1769 by architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux and built in 1770-74 and 1776-80 at the request of Hyppolite-François...
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    Militaire in 1751, and at about 1773 the prominent French architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux had finished his designs for the Royal Saltworks at Arc-et-Senans...
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    remained "paper architecture". Architects of this genre include Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, Étienne-Louis Boullée, and Antoine Vaudoyer; most of these, like...
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    contemporary neo-classical French architects, Jacques-Germain Soufflot and Claude Nicolas Ledoux. Later he was appointed professor at the Jesuit Academy of Vilnius...
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    neoclassical customs barrier (1787–90), now part of Parc Monceau, by Claude Nicolas Ledoux The Fontaine des Quatre-Saisons (1774) was monumental, but its tiny...
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    the Place de Verdun in the centre of Aix-en-Provence. Architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux was commissioned to build or rebuild The palace in 1787. Two hundred...
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  • Villard de Honnecourt Pierre Jeanneret (Swiss-born) Henri Labrouste Claude Nicolas Ledoux Pierre Lescot André Lurçat Robert Mallet-Stevens François Mansart...
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    Claude Perrault, Marc-Antoine Laugier and Carlo Lodoli were among the first theorists of Neoclassicism, while Étienne-Louis Boullée, Claude Nicolas Ledoux...
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    as seen at the Désert de Retz speaks for itself. Together with Claude Nicolas Ledoux, he was one of the most influential figures of French neoclassical...
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  • Culture (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2000). Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (Paris: Hazan, 2005). Claude-Nicolas Ledoux: Architecture and Utopia in the Age of the...
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    colleges: Notre-Dame de la Providence Lycée Grégor-Mendel Lycée Claude-Nicolas Ledoux In 1970 the "University of Paris VIII" was established in Vincennes...
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