Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand
Architect
1760 – 1834
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Who was Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand?
Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand was a French author, teacher and architect. He was an important figure in Neoclassicism, and his system of design using simple modular elements anticipated modern industrialized building components. Having spent periods working for the architect Étienne-Louis Boullée and the civil engineer Jean-Rodolphe Perronet, in 1795 he became a Professor of Architecture at the École Polytechnique.
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