Table of Contents

1. The Quartier de l'Opéra; 2. The government architectural services; 3. The foreground: The fundamentals of representational building; 4. The background: The fundamentals of private and institutional building; 5. The architects; 6. Haussmann, Baltard, and municipal architecture; 7. Churches and historic monuments.

Promotional Information

Demonstrates how private architectural enterprise achieved dominance in the building profession in Paris by the end of the 19th century.