The director, the first architect of the academy and the professor: The roles of these figures in the academic teaching of eighteenth-century France

In 1671, the Academie royale d'architecture was established and had two purposes: setting standards for the French Architecture and educating future royal Architects. After 1686 (death of F. Blonde]) the director was the first Architect of the king; he was in charge of the debates taking place at the Academy, and one or two professors were in charge of the training of young men as future architects. So until the french Revolution, there were three actors which could give administrative rules: the Surintendance des bailments du roi, the director of the Academie who was the First Architect of the king, and the professor of the Academy. What were the relationships between these three actors? What was the role of the Director and of the First Architect in the architects' training, especially during the eighteenth century? With this study, we will question whether the Academy contributed to a common administrative culture.