Étienne-Louis Boullée was born in Paris on 12th February 1728 and died February 4th 1799. Etienne-Louis Boullee work greatly influenced contemporary architects and is still influential today. He was a visionary French Neocassiciam. Neoclassicism is the name given to quite distinct movements in architecture that draw upon Western classical art and culture. Neoclassicism movement were dominant during the mid 18th to the end of the 19th century. Many of Boullée’s designs are monumental visions of neoclassical grandeur that often cross over into outright bombast. Étienne-Louis Boullée Geometric style was characterised by the removal of all unnecessary ornamentation, inflating geometric forms to a huge scale and repeating elements such as columns in huge ranges.
“Boullée promoted the idea of making architecture expressive of its purpose, a doctrine that his detractors termed architecture parlanter (“talking architecture”), which was an essential element in Beaux-Arts architectural trainingg in the later 19th century. His style was most notably exemplified in his proposal for a cenotaphh for the English scientist Isaac Newton, which would have taken the form of a sphere 150 m (500 ft) high embedded in a circular base topped with cypresss trees. Though the structure was never built, its design was engraved and circulated widely in professional circles” wikkipedia
“Boullée promoted the idea of making architecture expressive of its purpose, a doctrine that his detractors termed architecture parlanter (“talking architecture”), which was an essential element in Beaux-Arts architectural trainingg in the later 19th century. His style was most notably exemplified in his proposal for a cenotaphh for the English scientist Isaac Newton, which would have taken the form of a sphere 150 m (500 ft) high embedded in a circular base topped with cypresss trees. Though the structure was never built, its design was engraved and circulated widely in professional circles” wikkipedia
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