Title The glass state : the technology of the spectacle, Paris, 1981-1998 / Annette Fierro

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Paris, the Grand Projet -- Populist frames : Eiffel and Pompidou, again -- Cultural projections : the institutions of Jean Nouvel -- Symbolic structures : details between the Grande and Petite Pyramides -- Neutral enclosures : Perrault's Bibliothèque Nationale de France -- Epilogue : the discourse of details Summary From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In The Glass State, Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of Francois Mitterrand's program of Grands Projets. The Grands Projets provide a rare opportunity to study a finite set of buildings constructed of similar materials, in the same time period, in a specific urban landscape, and with related ideological missions. Fierro employs a "discourse of the detail," in which the smallest architectural detail manifests the political, theoretical, and urban contexts of the building's design and construction. She examines the paradox of the most pared down architectural configurations being used to support the most complex meanings. Intrinsic to Mitterrand's glass buildings in Paris, for example, is a political concept: the metaphor of accessibility as a means of breaking open cultural institutions previously closed to the public. In addition to the structures of the Grands Projets -- the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Grande and Petite Pyramides du Louvre, the glass greenhouses at utopian park projects at La Villette and Andre Citroën and the Bibliotheque nationale de France -- Fierro discusses the Fondation Cartier and two precedent structures, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Eiffel Tower Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 304-310) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Mitterrand, François, 1916-1996. SUBJECT Mitterrand, François, 1916-1996 fast Mitterrand, François. swd Subject Glass construction -- France -- Paris Public architecture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century Architecture and state -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century Symbolism in architecture -- France -- Paris ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Public, Commercial & Industrial. ARCHITECTURE -- Security Design. ARCHITECTURE -- Project Management. Architecture and state Buildings Glass construction Public architecture Symbolism in architecture Glasbau Öffentliches Gebäude Städtebaupolitik Bouwconstructies. Glas. Glas -- byggnadsteknik -- Frankrike -- Paris. Arkitektur -- historia -- Frankrike -- Paris. SUBJECT Paris (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc Subject France -- Paris Paris Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2002024448 ISBN 9780262062336 026206233X 9780262272629 0262272628 1282097431 9781282097438 9786612097430 6612097434 1429413026 9781429413022

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