Acknowledgments

From ``Poetry of Art'' to Method: The Theory of Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand

Antoine Picon

Precis of the Lectures on Architecture, Volume One

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Elements of Buildings

Qualities of Materials

Uses of Materials

Forms and Proportions

Part II. Composition in General

Combination of the Elements

The Parts of Buildings

Buildings as a Whole

Precis of the Lectures on Architecture, Volume Two

Preliminary Discourse

Part III. Examination of the Principal Kinds of Building

The Principal Parts of Cities

The Approaches to Cities

Tombs

City Gates

Triumphal Arches

The Parts of Cities That Communicate between All the Others

Streets

Bridges

Public Squares

Public Buildings

Temples

Palaces

Public Treasuries

Courthouses

Justices of the Peace

Town and City Halls

Colleges

Buildings for Assemblies of Scholars, and So On

Libraries

Museums

Observatories

Lighthouses

Market Halls and Marketplaces

Slaughterhouses

Bourses

Customhouses

Fairgrounds

Theaters

Baths

Hospitals

Prisons

Barracks

Private Buildings

Private Buildings

Private Town Houses

General Dispositions of Town Houses

Divisions of Different Blocks

Apartments

The Dependencies of Apartments

Kitchens

Pantries

Stables

Carriage Houses

Irregular Plots

Tenements

Country Houses

Farmhouses or Rustic Houses

Inns

The Procedure to Be Followed in the Composition of Any Project

Graphic Portion of the Lectures on Architecture

How to Acquire in a Short Time True Architectural Talents

Summary of the Portion of the Oral Lectures relative to the Graphic Work

Lecture One. General Ideas

The Way to Represent One's Ideas in Architecture to Oneself and to Communicate Them to Others

Lecture Two. The Elements of a Building

Walls, Piers, String Courses, and Various Kinds of Opening

Lecture Three

Detached Supports, and the Horizontal Members That Connect Them

Lecture Four

Floors and Roofs

Lecture Five

Vaults

How to Draw Caissons

Lecture Six

General Combinations of the Elements

Lecture Seven

Composition of the Parts of Buildings by Combining Their Elements

Lecture Eight

Composition of the Ensemble of a Building by Combining Its Parts

Method to Be Adopted When Composing or Copying

Ensembles of Buildings Formed by Combining Rooms Five Interaxes Wide

Ensembles of Buildings Formed by Combining Galleries Five Interaxes Wide

Ensembles of Buildings Formed by Combining Rooms and Galleries Five Interaxes Wide

Combinations of Rooms and Galleries of Which It Is Desired to Increase the Width by Two Interaxes in the Center and at the Corners, without Changing the System That Prevails in the Rest of the Ensemble

Ensembles of Buildings Formed by Combining Rooms and Galleries, Some of Which Are Five and Some Seven Interaxes Wide

Ensembles Formed by Combining Rooms Five and Seven Interaxes Wide with Large Semicircular Rooms

Combinations of Rooms Five and Seven Interaxes Wide with Central Rooms on Which They Abut

Graphic Formula Applicable to Vaulted Public Buildings, All of Whose Parts Are Intended for the Same or Analogous Uses

Application of This Formula

Graphic Formula Applicable to Private Buildings, Two Stories High, Spanned by Floorings and Roofs, and with Stories Two Interaxes High

Graphic Formula Applicable to Public and Private Buildings, Several Stories High, Spanned by Floorings and Roofs, and with Stories Three or Four and a Half Interaxes High

Applications of the Former

Applications of the Latter

Assemblages of Porticoes, One Interaxis Wide, with Rooms Three and Five Interaxes Wide

Assemblages of Porticoes and Rooms, Two Interaxes Wide, with Rooms Five Interaxes Wide and Courtyards, All Three Interaxes High

Assemblages of Porticoes and Rooms Three Interaxes in Width and in Height, with Rooms of Five Interaxes and with Courtyards

Other Combinations of the Same, with Rooms of Fifteen Interaxes Span, Reduced to Nine by Means of Porticoes Running around the Inside Walls

Magnificent Ensembles Formed, Not by Parts of Buildings, but by Buildings Themselves, Variously Combined

Notice

Editorial Notes

Plates to Precis, Part I

Plates to Precis, Part II

Plates to Precis, Part III

Plates to Graphic Portion

Works by Durand

Selected Bibliography

Index