Auguste Choisy

Auguste Choisy (7 February 1841 – 18 September 1909) was an architectural historian and author of Histoire de l'Architecture.

Choisy was born in Vitry-le-François. He was professor of architecture at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées from 1877 to 1901. In 1904 he won the RIBA's Royal Gold Medal. Very important for the study of Greek architecture was his contribution "Le pictoresque et l'art grec" (chapter in The history of architecture). Choisy died, aged 68, in Paris.

Books by Auguste Choisy

• L'art de bâtir chez les romains 1873
• L'art de bâtir chez les byzantins 1883
• Histoire de l'Architecture (The history of architecture) 1899 (two volumes)
• L'Art de bâtir chez les Égyptiens 1904

External links

• Works by or about Auguste Choisy at Internet Archive
• Auguste Choisy at the archINFORM database.
• Biography of Auguste Choisy (in French)

The site for the centenary of Auguste Choisy. It will remain a permanent site for scholars with many relevant text in pdf otherwise out of reach