Some Little-Known Designs by Louis-Pierre Baltard and Jean-Baptiste Rondelet for the Transformation of the Church of the Madeleine into a Temple of Glory

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Analysis of the First Metallic Works That Represented a Geometric Innovation in Their Architectural Application: The Origin of the Architecture-Engineering Dichotomy

“…In the background plane, at the base of the image, a structure that could be Roman with arches; in the middle shot, a tunnel (one of the most complicated feats of engineering at the time) with a steam railway is more difficult to see; and in the foreground, a renewed Doric style, which makes use of pilasters and columns alike and has been raised thanks to new machines. The compass on the plans cannot be missing, a symbol of the architect and a possible allusion to Rondelet's theoretical treatise [A30] with the stone sawing machine [56,57].…”