Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (Paris, 18 September 1760 –

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and the civil engineer

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, he became a Professor of Architecture at the

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in 1795.

Bibliography

* ''Nouveau précis des leçons d'architecture : données a l'Ecole impériale polytechnique'' by J.N.L. Durand pub. Fantin; (1813) * ''Précis des leçons d'architecture données à l'École royale polytechnique'' by J.N.L. Durand. pub. Chez l'auteur; (1809) * ''Recueil et parallèle des édifices de tout genre, anciens et modernes : remarquables par leur beauté, par leur grandeur, ou par leur singularité, et dessinés sur une même échelle'' by J.N.L. Durand. pub. D. Avanzo; (1830?) * ''Recueil et parallèle des édifices de tout genre, anciens et modernes : remarquables par leur beauté, par leur grandeur, ou par leur singularité, et dessinés sur une même échelle'' by J.N.L. Durand. pub. l'Imprimerie de Gillé fils; (1799 or 1800) 1760 births Writers from Paris Architects from Paris 1834 deaths 18th-century French architects French neoclassical architects École Polytechnique faculty French architecture writers {{France-architect-stub

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