| Description |
175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Contemporary Images I -- Jean Prouve: A Humanist Vision / Philippe Tretiack -- Eleven Architecture Projects 1939--69 -- 4[×]4 Military Shelter -- BCC Demountable House -- 6[×]6 and 6[×]9 Demountable Houses -- 8[×]8 Demountable House -- Ferembal House -- Ateliers Jean Prouve Design Office, Maxeville -- Metropole House -- Bouqueval School -- Les Jours Meilleurs House -- Villejuif Temporary School -- Total Filling Station -- The Low-Flying Architecture of Jean Prouve -- Mark Wigley -- Contemporary Images II |
| Summary |
This book, which accompanies a major retrospective at the LUMA Foundation in Arles, focuses on twelve prefabricated houses designed by Prouve, each of which has been specially rebuilt for the exhibition. Originally trained as a metal worker, Jean Prouve regarded himself as an engineer and constructor rather than a designer or architect. Among his broad output, which ranges from lighting to furniture, exhibition structures to shelving, his modular buildings are particularly intriguing. Essays setting his work in context are accompanied by archival and contemporary images, drawings, and handwritten notes, together with a portfolio of images of the twelve houses as installed in Arles.Jean Prouve was a French metal worker, self-taught architect, and designer, now regarded as one of the most influential designers of the early modernist movement. Among his achievements, he is revered for using technology previously limited to industrial manufacturing within his elegant architecture |
| Notes |
Coinciding with a major survey exhibition dedicated to humanist Jean Prouvé's constructions at the LUMA Foundation in Arles, 21 October 2017-1 May 2018--Back cover and exhibition webpage |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Prouvé, Jean -- Catalogs.
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Architecture -- France -- History -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs.
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Fondation LUMA, issuing body
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| LC no. |
2018302598 |
| ISBN |
0714875554 |
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9780714875552 |
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