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'''Jean-Jacques Lequeu''' (September 14, 1757 – March 28, 1826) was a French draughtsman and architect. he was architect of ''Académie royale des Sciences', Belles-Lettres, et Beaux-Arts'' (today ''Institute de France''.  Following the events of the French revolution (1789) his architectural career never took off. He spent time preparing the ''Architecture Civile'', a book intended for publication, but which was never published. Most of his drawings can be found at the ''Bibliothèque nationale de France''.
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==Literature==
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* Emil Kaufmann, ''Three Revolutionary Architects: Boullée, Ledoux, and Lequeu'', American Philosophical Society, 1952
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* Philippe Duboy, ''Lequeu : An Architectural Enigma'', MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-04086-0, 1986
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*  Jean-Claude Lemagny, ''Visionary Architects: Boullée, Ledoux, Lequeu'', Hennessey & Ingalls, ISBN 0-940512-35-1, 2002
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==Links==
 
* http://rosswolfe.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/revolutionary-precursors-radical-bourgeois-architects-in-the-age-of-reason-and-revolution/
 
* http://rosswolfe.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/revolutionary-precursors-radical-bourgeois-architects-in-the-age-of-reason-and-revolution/
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Lequeu
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Lequeu Jean-Jacques Lequeu on Wikipedia]

Revision as of 08:35, 18 December 2013

Jean-Jacques Lequeu (September 14, 1757 – March 28, 1826) was a French draughtsman and architect. he was architect of Académie royale des Sciences', Belles-Lettres, et Beaux-Arts (today Institute de France. Following the events of the French revolution (1789) his architectural career never took off. He spent time preparing the Architecture Civile, a book intended for publication, but which was never published. Most of his drawings can be found at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.

Literature

  • Emil Kaufmann, Three Revolutionary Architects: Boullée, Ledoux, and Lequeu, American Philosophical Society, 1952
  • Philippe Duboy, Lequeu : An Architectural Enigma, MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-04086-0, 1986
  • Jean-Claude Lemagny, Visionary Architects: Boullée, Ledoux, Lequeu, Hennessey & Ingalls, ISBN 0-940512-35-1, 2002

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