Pierre Patte (1723–1814) was a French

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who was the assistant of the great French teacher of architecture,

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, whose ''Cours d'architecture

which ran to nine volumes by 1777, he saw through the press after Blondel's death in 1774. He has been credited for having been the first to illustration, illustrate a city street

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with

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s and sewer system shown in a

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view, a reference to a section he produced in 1769, though recent study has shown the irrefutable influence of a similar drawing produced by the Portuguese engineer Eugenio dos Santos in the aftermath of the

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. Under the reign of

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Patte theorized in the middle of the 18th century about thinking about the overall structure of the city as an urban

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where changing one aspect would affect the whole thing. A century later some of Patte's ideas would help change

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under the direction of

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. He was involved in the design and completion of Schloss Jägersburg.

Selected works

* ''Discours sur l'Architecture'' (Discourse on Architecture) (1754) * ''Études d'Architecture'' (Studies of Architecture) (1755) * ''Monuments érigés en France à la Gloire de Louis XV'' (Monuments Erected in France to the Glory of Louis XV) (1765) * ''Cours d'architecture'' (1771–1777) * ''Essai sur l'Architecture Théâtrale'' (Essay on Theatre Architecture) (1782)

References

* "Patte, Pierre" ''A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture''. James Stevens Curl.

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2006
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* "The Portuguese Precedent to Pierre Patte's Street Section". Andrew Tallon.

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2004
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French urban planners 18th-century French architects 1723 births 1814 deaths {{france-architect-stub