Auguste Choisy
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Auguste Choisy was an architectural historian and author of Histoire de l'Architecture. In 1904 he won the RIBA
Riba
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's Royal Gold Medal
Royal Gold Medal
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. He was professor of architecture at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées
Founded in 1747, the École nationale des ponts et chaussées , often referred to as les Ponts, is the world's oldest civil engineering school...

from 1877 to 1901.
Very important for the study of Greek architecture was his contribution "Le pictoresque et l'art grec" (chapter in The history of architecture).

Books by Auguste Choisy

  • L'art de bâtir chez les romains 1873
  • L'art de bâtir chez les byzantins 1883
  • Histoire de l'Architecture (The history of architecture) 1899 (two volumes)
  • L'Art de bâtir chez les Égyptiens 1904

External links


The site for the centenary of Auguste Choisy. It will remain a permanent site for scholars with many relevant text in pdf otherwise out of reach
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