Research Catalog

Title

Claude Parent : visionary architect / texts, Azzedine Alaïa [and nine others] ; editors: Chloé Parent & Laszlo Parent ; translations: Maeve & Jean-François Guesdon.

Publication

New York : Rizzoli, 2019.

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Additional Authors

• Parent, Claude
• Alaïa, Azzedine
• Parent, Chloé
• Parent, Laszlo
• Guesdon, Maeve
• Guesdon, Jean-François

Description

223 pages : illustrations; 33 cm

Summary

The influence of the idealistic French architect Claude Parent (1923-2016) extends far beyond the legacy he left in iconic commercial and residential built works such as the Villa Drusch in Versailles (1963), the church of Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay in Nevers (1966), and GEM shopping centre in Sens (1970). Movement was at the heart of Parent's vision, and is nowhere more evident than in his drawings, many of which are published in this book for the first time drawings which, according to Frank Gehry, are extraordinary beautiful fantasies, full of poetry, and which Edwin Eathcote, writing for the Financial Times, described as breathtaking in their ambition they not only presage Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, they arguably surpass them. Parent's work manifests the oblique function theory he developed with Paul Virilio in 1963, that dictates that buildings should feature slopes, be wall-free where possible and have a predominance of space over surface. Featuring contributions by some of today's most renowned architects, this long-overdue publication is a must-have for students of architecture and architects alike. Including initial sketches for his best known buildings and never-before-seen drawings of unbuilt works, 'Claude Parent: Visionary Architect' reveals the genius of a man who unquestionably changed the history of architecture.

Subject

• Parent, Claude
• Architectural drawing
• Architecture > Composition, proportion, etc
• Oblique projection

Contents

Free architecture by Donatien Grau -- A constant companion by Pascale Blin -- Claude Parent by Frank Gehry -- 1960s a vision for the future: the oblique function -- Anticipateur by Jean Nouvel -- 1970s no man's land: In pursuit of utopia -- Claude Parent's drawings by Odile Decq -- 1980s breaking free: angers and passions -- Claude Parent by Wolf D.Prix -- 1990s imagination without rules: open limit -- In one stroke by Frédéric Migayrou -- 2000s rediscovering the heart of nature: incisions -- Absolutely free by Azzedine Alaïa -- 2010s stop and go: the migrations -- The hand that draws by Chloé Parent -- 1950s-2010s selected built works -- Claude Parent in a few dates.

Call Number

JQG 19-757

ISBN

• 9780847862153
• 0847862151

OCLC

1105990388

Title

Claude Parent : visionary architect / texts, Azzedine Alaïa [and nine others] ; editors: Chloé Parent & Laszlo Parent ; translations: Maeve & Jean-François Guesdon.

Publisher

New York : Rizzoli, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Parent, Claude. Works. Selections.

Alaïa, Azzedine, contributor.

Parent, Chloé, editor.

Parent, Laszlo, editor.

Guesdon, Maeve, translator.

Guesdon, Jean-François, translator.

Research Call Number

JQG 19-757