Augustin-Charles d'Aviler (or Daviler) (1653 – 23 June 1701) was a

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French architect. He was one of the main promoters of the

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sc canon, but far from simply publishing it, he developed it by proposing variations of motifs to give more flexibility and expressiveness to the rigid system of the five

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Biography

Born in Paris, from the

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, d'Aviler was first a pupil of

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(1683-1756), a French architect and author of the at the

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. His qualities as an architect earned him a scholarship to the

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. He left in 1674 with

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, but the ship that was taking him to Italy was stormed by the Moors, and he was held in slavery for 18 months in Algiers and then in Tunis. He finally reached Rome, and studied there from 1676 to 1679 under the direction of Charles Errard. As soon as he returned, he undertook a commentary on the theory of the "5 orders" by

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. In order to acquire a real practice, he was an apprentice architect from 1684 to 1689 under the direction of

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. Upon Colbert's death, he obtained the protection of Louvois, which allowed him to publish a complete ''Cours d'architecture'' (1691). He then settled in Montpellier where the orders which were addressed to him multiplied, including the

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and the beginnings of the development of this vast esplanade similar to a royal square (the equestrian statue of

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thrones in its middle). He will also provide the drawing of the panelling for the of this town. He also built the barracks of

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, Lunel,

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(disappeared in the 1980s),

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and

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, the and Saint-Pierre of

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churches and also the among numerous other realisations. Overwhelmed by work, Aviler lost his health there and died prematurely in Montpellier.

Works

*Bibliography online on "Architectura

* * Augustin-Charles d'Aviler, Cours d'architecture..., Paris, Nicolas Langlois, 1691, http://architectura.cesr.univ-tours.fr/Traite/Notice/ENSBA_LES223.asp?param= *
Digital
* * * *Augustin-Charles d'Aviler - ''Cours d'architecture'' (1691), rééd. éditions de l'Espérou, series Publications de l'université de Montpellier 3.

References

Bibliography

*Thierry Verdier - ''Augustin-Charles d'Aviler, architecte du roi en Languedoc 1653-1701'' - Les presses du Languedoc - , 588 pages.

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aviler, Augustin-Charles d' 17th-century French architects 1653 births 1701 deaths Architects from Paris