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François Blondel
Architecture, Erudition, and the Scientific Revolution
Series: The Classical Tradition in Architecture
First director of the Académie royale d’architecture, François Blondel established a lasting model for architectural education that helped transform a still largely medieval profession into the one we recognize today. Most well known for his 1676 urban plan of Paris, Blondel is also celebrated as...
To Be Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge