Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières

Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières (March 26, 1721 – July 27, 1793) was a French architect and theoretician.

Le Camus designed the Halle aux blés (Corn Exchange) with a circular central courtyard and a double staircase.

The layout of that building has been retained in the present Bourse de commerce.

[1] Le Camus developed a theory of architecture in which the character of a building should express its destination or the social status of its client.

His architectural mode of expression followed a temporal progression similar to the dramatic unfolding of a play, and gradations in ornamentation throughout the interior of a building resembled a succession of stage sets in a theatrical performance.