Excerpt from Nouveau Précis des Leçons d'Architecture Données à l'École Impériale Polytechnique, Vol. 1
Ainsi la convenance et 'économie, voilà les moyens que doit naturellement employer l'architecture, et les sources Où elle doit puiser ses principes, les seuls qui puissent nous guider dans l'étude et dans l'exercice de cet art.
D'abord, pour qu'un édifice soit convenable, il faut qu'il soit solide salubre et commode.
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