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Pierre "Peter" Charles L'Enfant (French: [pjɛʁ ʃɑʁl lɑ̃fɑ̃]; August 2, 1754 – June 14, 1825) was a French-American artist, professor, and military engineer who in 1791 designed the baroque styled plan for Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.
Jun 10, 2024 · Pierre Charles L’Enfant (born August 2, 1754, Paris, France—died June 14, 1825, Prince George’s county, Maryland, U.S.) was a French-born American engineer, architect, and urban designer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States.
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Pierre ‘Peter’ Charles L’Enfant was a French-born civil engineer and architect who was responsible for designing Washington DC, in the United States. His design features a European-style, tree-filled city, which includes grid systems, wide diagonal avenues, public squares, monuments, and canals.
May 21, 2018 · Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754-1825), French-born American architect, designed the plan on which Washington, D.C., was built. The philosophical ideals of 18th-century France gave the American Revolution its ideological character.
Pierre-Charles L’Enfant was a French-born American soldier, engineer, architect, and city planner. He designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C. , the capital city of the United States . His unusual design of the U.S. capital is still admired today.
Learn how L'Enfant, a former French volunteer in the American Revolution, created a geometric plan for the new federal city in 1791. Watch a video presentation by Scott W. Berg, an English professor at George Mason University, who explores L'Enfant's life and legacy.
Jun 8, 2018 · Pierre-Charles L'Enfant was a French artist who excelled in architecture and engineering. He is best remembered as the city planner who designed Washington, D.C., under the direction of President George Washington (1732–1799; served 1789–97; see entry in volume 2).
