Académie royale d'architecture

The Académie Royale d'Architecture (French: [akademi ʁwajal d‿aʁʃitɛktyʁ]; English: "Royal Academy of Architecture") was a French learned society founded in 1671. It had a leading role in influencing architectural theory and education, not only in France, but throughout Europe and the Americas from the late 17th century to the mid-20th.

This article is about the original French academy of architecture. For the current French academy of architecture, see Académie d'architecture.

Académie Royale d'Architecture
Commemorative medallion, 1671
Latin: Regia architectonices academia instituta MDCLXXI
Founder(s)
Established1671
HeadFrançois Blondel (1671)
Members
  • 8 at founding
  • 33 in 1793
Location
Paris
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France
Dissolved1793, 1816
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