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1879, Lausanne, Swiss) |
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1879, Lausanne, Switzerland) |
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French architect, famous for his restorations of medieval buildings. |
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French architect, famous for his restorations of medieval buildings. |
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Viollet-le-Duc also applied the lessons of Gothic architecture, especially what he conceived of its structural systems, to modern building materials such as cast iron. He practiced as archaeologically precise (for his time) a style of restoration as he could manage, but his own designs were remarkably innovative. |
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Viollet-le-Duc also applied the lessons of Gothic architecture, especially what he conceived of its structural systems, to modern building materials such as cast iron. He practiced as archaeologically precise (for his time) a style of restoration as he could manage, but his own designs were remarkably innovative. His approach to both medieval and modern architecture was severely rational, in keeping with his own unsentimental appreciation of the Gothic achievement. |
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- the Dictionnary of French Architecture from 10th to 15th Century (1854-1868) (Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVe siècle - the Dictionnary of French Furnishings (1858-1870) (Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque Carolingienne à la Renaissance |
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- the Dictionnary of French Architecture from 10th to 15th Century (1854-1868) (Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVe siècle) - the Dictionnary of French Furnishings (1858-1870) (Dictionnaire raisonné du mobilier français de l'époque Carolingienne à la Renaissance.) |
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Viollet-le-Duc systematized his approach to architecture and architectural education in the Entretiens sur l'architecture ( in 2 volumes, 185872), Discourses on Architecture. |
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