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	Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas (b Dormans, Champagne, 21 March 1736; d Paris, 19 Nov 1806). French architect and writer. He was one of the most successful and celebrated architects working in Paris at the end of the ancien régime. Grounded in the classical tradition, he gradually developed a highly imaginative architecture of simplified geometric forms and bold detailing, at the same time producing a large number of powerful visionary projects, for which he is perhaps best known.
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	Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas Egypt, ancient, §XVIII, 4: Art historians Rationalism (i) architecture Château, §3: Baroque, Rococo and Academic Classicism Fragonard: (1) Jean-Honoré Fragonard, §1(iii): 1766–72 France, §II, 3(iv): Neo-classicist architecture, c 1750–c 1789 Penchaud, Michel-Robert banks Bank, §2(i): Architecture and decoration, before c 1850 cemeteries Cemetery, §2: 17th–19th centuries colleges Besançon customs-houses City gate, §2(ii): Post-Classical Europe Moitte: (2) Jean-Guillaume Moitte Paris, §II, 4(ii): Urban development, 1715–88: Royal and municipal projects factories Factory hôtels particuliers Beauvallet, Pierre-Nicolas Hôtel particulier, §1: Architecture Paris, §II, 4(i): Urban development, 1715–88: Private development and construction practices Stucco and plasterwork, §III, 10(i)(b): Western world, 1400–1850: France law courts Law court, §1: Before c 1860 orders (architecture) Orders, archit., §I, 2(iii)(d): Renaissance and after: Rediscovery of the Greek orders pavilions Du Barry, Comtesse Maison de plaisance Pavilion, §3: Western porticos Portico, §2: Later history pyramids Pyramid, §3: Later history rotundas Huet, Bernard staircases Staircase, §I, 4: Baroque and Rococo theatres Theatre, §III, 3(ii)(a): France: Baroque architecture urban planning Urban planning, §III, 1: c 1450–c 1800: Planning theory Urban planning, §III, 2(i): c 1450–c 1800: Moderate expansion collaboration Gouthière, Pierre commentaries Moreux, Jean-Charles groups and movements Egyptian Revival, §2: Interior decoration and furnishings, 1760–1820 Greek Revival, §1: Origins and development in France and England Neo-classicism, §2: The search for a contemporary style Romantic Classicism Romanticism, §3(v): Manifestations in art: Architecture and planning patrons and collectors Lebarbier, Jean-Jacques-François Stucco and plasterwork, §III, 10(i)(f): Western world, 1400–1850: Eastern Europe & Russia pupils Dubut, Louis-Ambroise Gucewicz, Wawrzyniec teachers Blondel: (2) Jacques-François Blondel, §1: Early training, teaching and writings Trouard, Louis-François writings Capriccio, §2: The 18th century Treatise, §I, 1: Architectural: Italy, France and Spain

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