UVRES 
D ARCHITECTURE 
DE 
MARIE JOSEPH PEYRE, 
Architede , former King's Penjionary 
in Rome , Infedeur des Bâtimens 
of His Majesty. 
IN PARIS, 
P R A u l t , Quai de Gêvres. 
J o m b e R T , rue Dauphine. 
176p. 
With King's Approval & Privilege. 
J. 
A MONSIEUR 
THE MARQUIS DE MARIGNY, 
ADVISING THE KING IN HIS COUNSEL, 
Commander of the Orders, Director & Ordering Officer 
General de les Bâtimens , Gardens , Arts , Academies 
& Manufactures. 
O N S I E ü R, 
Your taste for the arts, the confident protection that 
Would you grant the Artifies the honour I have... 
to be mad at your orders, make me bold to offer you the fruit... 
of my studies in Italy: too happy, MONSIEUR , fi 
you give your approval to this Work, & fi you the 
look at i as proof of my line to deserve more and more by 
plus any kindness you deign to honor me with. 
I flee with respect, 
sir. 
Your very-humble & very-obedient 
devotee, PEYRE. 
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WARNING. 
M, 
I don't want to talk about the principles of V Archi- 
tecture: this madeira has already been treated with fucc'es: i will put 
crazy fire the eyes of Artifles & people of taste, the fruit 
from my studies in Italy. I have tried to imitate, in various pro- 
the kind of buildings that are among the most important in the world. 
beautiful, raised by the Roman emperors. Though he did not... 
that a few fragments of these buildings, they're running away. 
however to give us a high idea of the genius of the Ar- 
chitects who confirmed them. No. They were actually very good. 
in the beautiful Ordinance of Architecture, but also the 
Plans of their Bâtimens prefer only varied forms 
...and pleasant; their difiributions, even, are the most com- 
modes & most sought-after. The Baths of Diocletian , of 
Caracalla, the Palace of the Emperors, the City of Titus, the City 
Adrienne & other Monumens, prove my point, 
& offer us beautiful Models that we may not be able to trust. 
...until they've tried to escape. 
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CHURCH GATE. 
E Portal eft difpofé as those of the Temples of the 
Elders. The Colombians do not make it far from the 
other than one and a half diameters, which I believe to be a proportion 
the most beautiful for the Corinthian Coloflal Orders, for- 
since the facades in which they are employed have at the 
less fix Colomnes. There are however many examples 
where the inter-Colomnemen are wider, & produce 
a good effect; but they mustn't exceed two dia- 
meters and a half. 
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M A I S O N 
PLEASURE, 
Built in Paris on the new Boulevard. 
X'A i was obliged to keep in this Maifon the Fon- 
dations & part of the Front Walls of an old Bâti- 
which forced me to flee from Tru- 
meaux & de Croifées which are stunning. 
I decorated the facade with Colomnes forming the Peryftile, 
like most Italian Cazins do, in order to make him 
give the game & the movement that generally make the ef- 
fet de ces fortes de Bâtimens très-agreeable; on en voit un 
very-large number of examples in Palladio. 
The Terraflus au-deflus du Péryftile increases the com- 
munications of the First Floor Apartments, & fert 
of Open walk, on the same level with the said Appar- 
temens. 
ACADEMIES. 
I've been trying to reassemble in the distribution of this Pro- 
jet, which can help to exercise the mind & body. 
The middle part, conferred to the first of these ufages, 
...to contain vaft rooms, where the Aca- 
demies of Sciences , of Fine Arts , of Painting , of 
Sculpture & Architecture. The large staircases , placed 
in the centre, would lead to Public Libraries,... 
the Iron Building will be crowned by a Tower that will ferry Qb- 
fervent. 
The outdoor buildings would contain a Circus, a 
Naumachie , Show Rooms , Rides , Rides , Naumachie 
Baths, at last, what's happening: a necessity for the different exercises. 
cices of the body. 
The Fuivant Note will indicate more specifically the 
definition of each part of this Project. 
Buildings in the middle. 
External buildings. 
A Sales for all Academies. 
B Academy of Sciences. 
C Academie des Belles-Lettres. 
D Academy of Painting & Sculpture. 
E Academy of Archaeology. 
F Large Staircases leading to Libraries. 
a Circus in Amphitheatre for the Evolutions 
Military. 
b Covered manege. 
c Dirty devotee of depot for Raised Plans, 
d School of Mathematics , Deffein Ôô Fortifi- 
Public. 
G Courtyard with gushing fountains. 
cations, 
e Stables. 
f Sales of SpeCtacle. 
Dancing School & Declamation. 
g School of Lady oc Declamation, 
h Public baths for Men, 
i Public baths for women. 
1 Naumachia. 
m School for Naval Archaeology, 
n Paulme Games. 
o Weapons Drill Hall. 
ELEVATION 
CUTTING TAKEN FROM LoqiaJ's principal Ccnps debts) 
ISkTIÎ 
CHAPEL 
SEPULCHRJLE.
JLj'idée de faire une Sépulture dans une Tour n'eft pas eft 
news; I have seen such tombs in Italy, 
such as the Tower of Metella, the one that came along the way. 
of Tivoly, and many others, highly-ruined. The def- 
fein that we find here shows how, by imitating this 
old form, we can distribute, felon our ufages, 
of the Monumens conferred to the glory of great Men. 
D a Palace for His Holiness the Monsignor 
the Prince of C ON DÉ 3 fur le Terrein 
of the hotel he lives in. 
I've had the honor of preferring this project to H.S.H. Mon- 
lord Prince de Condé, before it was decided that he was going to be 
...leave Fon Hotel to go and live in Bour's palace- 
well. I felt I should, in giving this palace the magnificence- 
cence nécefiaire , to embellish the part of the City where 
the first time that I had been in the presence of a man who had not been 
S. A. S. to buy the Maifons that you can see at the corner of the 
rue de Condé & des Folles Mr. Prince, to form 
a square opposite the large façade of the building. 
I) 
PROJECT 
For the ï increase of the Palais de 
BOURBON. 
I've been assigned to do this project for H.H. S. Mon- 
feigning the Prince of Cyprus, and I'm proud of what I'm doing. 
exfoliates. I've tried to give the Courts of this Palace the 
the most pleasant forms. Great releases & com- 
modes , communicate to each part of the Building; the 
Veftibules on the right & left fervent meeting point 
for all the apartments. 
SMALL CHURCH, 
OR 
ROTONDE. 
C-J E T T E Eglife, in the limpidest ftyle, can make- 
vir of Devotional Chapel. There are many of these 
like in the outskirts of Rome, such as the little Rotunda. 
of Saint Andrew, de Vignole, & the one that Bernini built... 
to the Rich. We could turn it into an Eglife Con- 
by conftruding behind the Back Chapel, 
a choir that seems to have joined the convent. 
PLAN 
OF A CATHEDRAL CHURCH 
For a Capital City, with two Palaces, 
one for the Archbishop, one for the Archbishop, the other 
to the Canons. 
This Plan was proposed in Rome in order to 
Prize of the Academy of Saint Luke. 
I fled affujetti me in the composition of this Piece, 
to the program that the Academy has given. I linked, uh-- 
as long as I was able to afford the two Palaces with the Project... 
...by a magnificent enclosure, which brings together all the United States- 
nir. The Colonnade that forms it, by moving the Eglife away from the 
embarrassment & noise, prepare for, for example, some 
Temples of the Ancients, at the refpecf we must have in y- 
trant. 
There is at least one underground communication channel between the two. 
Palace to the Cathedral. 
CAVE 
ET 
CASCADES. 
E Building that could be built at the end of the main- 
cipale Allée d'un Parc , & to finish the point of view 
in a pleasant manner. Ilferviroit at the same time of Perron, of 
Cave, Cafcade & Terraffe Wall. We see some of them 
of very well treated in prefque all the Maifons of 
Countryside around Rome. Italians polfedent 
superior talent for building excellent mor- 
Archite sulfide skins of this kind, which, with very little water, 
produce great effects. 
PLAN 
FROM A P AL AI, 
FOR A SOVEREIGN. 
T i E s Monumens of the Ancients gave me the idea of an 
Palace where I would join their beautiful difpofitions to the diftri- 
convenient butions that we practice in ours. 
The Centerpieces would be lit by the Vaulting, 
and the Palace of the Emperors and the Emperor's Palace. 
Thermal baths and iron came for the Flashing Ceremonies. The 
People were gathering there, as they do in the Gallery of 
flaws; there would be easy communication with 
the Inhabited Apartments, which would have seen the Gardens. 
The two bodies of Buildings which would give the great 
the same as the one in the middle; one would make a difpofés 
the Chapel in the centre of one, & the Theatre in the other. 
in the other's. A Colonnade with a 
Triumph for the forecourt of the Royal Court; 
of the Amphitheaters to place the People on Feast Day- 
public, would fill the two circular sides; the 
of the two would form Corps - of - Guards, & both of them 
Wings would contain the Communes & Stables. 
FONTAINS 
gushing and isolated. 
]The gushing & ifolated fountains, make one of the beautiful 
Ornaments of the Cities. They have the advantage, more precious 
again, to contribute to the need of the Habitans: they puri- 
fiends the air, refreshes it, they drown the streets. 
can even give prompts & fecours in 
the Fires. It would seem that the execution of the 
Mr. de Parcieux's project allowed us to decorate most of them. 
of our Places. La Planche , attached, offers four of them. 
of different species, of which we can also use them- 
bellir the Public Gardens. 
THERMS 
By Diocletian & dAntonin Caracalla 
in Rome. T i E s Thermal baths are buildings whose size & quality are 
the magnificence furpafled most of the buildings which 
ornament ancient Rome. Independently of the Baths 
hot, hence the name, you can see the Sal- 
the deftinies to infect the game; places for the 
Games & Athletes; Amphitheatres; Por- vaftes- 
ticks, crazy people walking around; places, planted with Ar- 
bres , who are fond of Walks ; finally a lot of Pieces 
immenfes, in which they are weakened by any strong exercis- 
cices. I've had a thorough examination with Mr. Moreau... 
& de Wailly, Architects, then Penfionnaires du Roi in 
Rome, which refuses us from these Monumens, & we are in 
we're going to find out so we can lift the 
Plans attached. 
There are a lot of other Thermal Baths in this famous area. 
City; the number is increased to eighty, 
but the state of degradation they're in doesn't allow for any ju- 
ger of what they once were. 
PLAN DES THERMES D'AN' 
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