H.C3.B4tel Alexandre Étienne-Louis Boullée

hôtel alexandre in 2013

the hôtel alexandre or hôtel soult, rue de la ville l Évêque, paris (1763–1766), sole survivor of boullée s residential work in paris. built financier andré-claude-nicolas alexandre. in cour d honneur 4 corinthian columns embedded against recess in wall plane create entry (now glazed). flanking doors in corners of courtyard have isolated architraves embedded in wall above plain openings, while above oval bull s-eye windows draped swags of husks became common feature of neoclassical manner. garden front has colossal order of pilasters raised on high basement occupied full height of ground floor.