Étienne-Louis Boullée: visionary architectural projects (c.1780–1799)

1. Boullée designs the Hôtel de Brunoy

   Jan 1, 1775Labels: H tel, Marquise de

   • UMich DC
   • Met Museum

2. Boullée proposes a new plan for La Madeleine

   Jan 1, 1777Labels: La Madeleine, Pierre Contant

   • Madeleine FR
   • WGA Bio

3. Boullée begins a decade of public-building visions

   Jan 1, 1778Labels: Architecture essai, Public buildings

   • Morgan Library
   • ArchDaily

4. Boullée designs an unbuilt Paris opera project

   Jan 1, 1781Labels: Paris Opera, Palais-Royal

   • BnF Essentiels
   • Europeana

5. Boullée drafts “Project for a Metropolis”

   Jan 1, 1781Labels: Project for

   • Project page
   • UMich VRC

6. Boullée designs the Cenotaph for Newton

   Jan 1, 1784Labels: Cenotaph for, Isaac Newton

   • ArchDaily
   • Boull e Bio

7. Boullée publishes a Royal Library expansion memo

   Jan 1, 1785Labels: Royal Library, M moire

   • BnF Essentiels
   • AIC Ryerson

8. Boullée produces major Royal Library drawings

   Jan 1, 1785Labels: Royal Library

   • Morgan Library
   • UMich DC

9. Boullée’s late drawings cohere around his treatise

   Jan 1, 1788Labels: Architecture essai, Late drawings

   • Morgan Library
   • NT Collections

10. Boullée dies, leaving mostly unbuilt projects

    Feb 4, 1799Labels: tienne-Louis Boull, Paris death

    • Boull e Bio
    • Commons VIAF

11. Boullée’s treatise is first published (London)

    Jan 1, 1953Labels: Helen Rosenau, Treatise publication

    • Google Books
    • WorldCat

12. Boullée’s visionary projects gain wide modern afterlife

    Jan 1, 1976Labels: Modern reception, Visionary projects

    • WorldCat
    • A AePortal