Theorist

Marc-Antoine Laugier

1713–1769 Enlightenment rationalism

Type Proportion Meaning

Details

Nationality: French

Notes

French Jesuit; author of Essai sur l'architecture (anonymous 1753; second edition 1755 with the Eisen primitive-hut frontispiece). Reduced true architecture to column, entablature and pediment.

Connections

authored Essai sur l'architecture
proposed The Primitive Hut
influenced Étienne-Louis Boullée
influenced Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
influenced Jean-Nicolas-Louis Durand
influenced Antoine Quatremère de Quincy

Referenced by

Vitruvius influenced
Claude Perrault influenced

Sources

Laugier. Essai sur l'architecture. 1977.

Cite this entry

First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026

CLAD. "Marc-Antoine Laugier." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theorist/marc-antoine-laugier/. Accessed July 17, 2026.