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Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand (Paris

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, September 18, 1760 – Thiais

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, December 31, 1834) was a French

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author

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, teacher

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and architect

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. He was an important figure in Neoclassicism, and his system of design using simple modular elements anticipated modern industrialized building components. Having spent periods working for the architect Étienne-Louis Boullée

Étienne-Louis Boullée

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and the civil engineer Jean-Rodolphe Perronet

Jean-Rodolphe Perronet

Jean-Rodolphe Perronet 27 October 1708, Suresnes – 27 February 1794, Paris) was a French architect and structural engineer, known for his many stone arch bridges. His best known work is the Pont de la Concorde .-Life and career:...

, in 1795 he became a Professor of Architecture at the École Polytechnique

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