Stephen Riou
English, 1720-1780
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Stephen Riou was an English architect of Huguenot origins; he studied at Geneva and published his first work ‘The elements of Fortification’ in 1746. A 1751 archaeological expedition funded by the Society of Dilettanti exposed for the first time elements of classic Greek architecture. British architects and enthusiasts, including Riou, took up the challenge to emulate the style, giving birth to the Greek Revival movement.