Work
Cenotaph for Isaac Newton
Explore in the Atlas →A 150-metre hollow sphere on a stepped circular base ringed with cypresses, perforated to simulate a starry sky; the emblem of Enlightenment architecture parlante and a touchstone for Aldo Rossi and the tendenza. Boullée's treatise Architecture, Essai sur l'art was drafted across the 1780s–90s and printed only in 1953 (Rosenau edition).
Cosmos Fantasy Representation
Details
- Type
- Project
- Location
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (drawings, Ha 57)
Connections
- articulates Utopia
Referenced by
- Étienne-Louis Boullée authored
Sources
- Rosenau. Boullée's Treatise on Architecture. 1953.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Cenotaph for Isaac Newton." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/work-cenotaph-for-newton/. Accessed July 17, 2026.