French Architects and Engineers in the Age of Enlightenment (Cambridge Studies in the History of Architecture)

This book offers an insight to the teaching and practice of architects such as Jacques-Francois Blondel and Pierre Patte, and engineers such as Jean-Rodolphe Perronet and Gaspard-Riche de Prony. It examines the break in the links between architects and engineers in France during the course of the 18th century.