Designing Paris: The Architecture of Duban, Labrouste Duc, and Vaudoyer

by David Van Zanten

Winner, Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, Society of Architectural Historians. Designing Parisexplores the revolution in French architecture that began around 1830 under the leadership of Felix Duban, Henri Labrouste, Louis Duc, and Leon Vaudoyer. It shows how these four architects dominated their profession during the Monarchy of July and the Second Empire of Napoleon III, producing works of elasticity and brilliance not often associated with modern notions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262220318
• ISBN13: 9780262220316
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.