The Stones of Fernand Pouillon: An Alternative Modernism in French Architecture

ISBN-13: 9783856763244 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 192 str.

Adam Caruso;Helen Thomas

Opis

This is the first book in English on the architectural work of the influential French architect, urban planner, teacher, and writer Fernand Pouillon (1912-86). Among the essays are ones from architectural critic and historian Jacques Lucan offering a rich analysis of Pouillon's postwar urbanism and its critique of mainstream modernism and Adam Caruso delving into Pouillon's use of materials. The book also features photographs of Pouillon's key projects.

O autorze

Fernand Pouillon was an architect, urban planner, building contractor, teacher, publisherand writer - his novel Les pierres sauvages is a worldwide bestseller. Jacques Lucan is an architect, historian and architectural critic, and Professor at EPFLausanne and EAVT (Marne-la-Vallé). His great interest lies in 20th-century and contemporary urban issues. Adam Caruso studied architecture at McGill University in Montreal. He worked for Florian Beigel and Arup Associates before establishing his own practice with Peter St John in London,1990 and Zurich, 2010. He holds a Chair of Architecture and Construction at ETH Zurich. Helen Thomas studied architecture at Liverpool University and has a PhD in Art History and Theory from the University of Essex. She has worked as an editor and educator at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Phaidon Press and London Metropolitan University.