Research Catalog

Title

Paris, contemporary architecture / Andrea Gleininger, Gerhard Matzig, Sebastian Redecke.

Author

Gleininger, Andrea.

Publication

Munich ; New York : Prestel, c1997.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Matzig, Gerhard.
• Redecke, Sebastian.

Description

158 p. : ill. (some col.); 31 cm.

Summary

"Paris - Contemporary Architecture focuses on buildings erected in the past ten years including projects which are still under construction. These are not just the internationally acclaimed architectural masterpieces such as Le Grand Louvre, the Parc de la Villette or the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand, but also major context-related planning schemes such as the Bercy or the Andre Citroen parks. Projects designed to meet the everyday requirements of city-dwellers, such as government housing schemes and community developments have also been selected for inclusion. Paris - Contemporary Architecture provides a critical analysis of both older and more recent developments in the Parisian cityscape in relation to their historical background, and reveals the impressive panorama of present-day, exemplary, architectural projects."--Book jacket.

Alternative Title

Contemporary architecture

Subject

• 1900-1999
• Architecture > France > Paris > History > 20th century
• Architecture > France > Paris > Histoire > 20e siècle
• Architecture moderne > 1970-2000 > France > Paris (France)
• Architecture, Modern > 20th century > France > Paris
• Architecture
• Architecture > France > Paris > 20th century
• Architektur
• Buildings
• Bouwkunst
• Gebouwen
• Paris (France) > Buildings, structures, etc
• France > Paris
• Paris (France) > Constructions
• Paris

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Simultaneously published in German.

Contents

Building like God in Paris? / Gerhard Matzig -- Paris -- Architecture and Urban Development in the 20th Century / Andrea Gleiniger -- France and François Mitterrand's 'Grands Projets' / Sebastian Redecke -- Location of the Projects -- La Grande Arche / Johan Otto von Spreckelsen and Paul Andreu -- Le Grand Louvre / Ieoh Ming Pei, Michel Macary, Italo Rota, Gérard Grandval, Jean-Michel Wilmottte -- Bibliotheque Nationale François Mitterrand / Dominique Perrault -- La Villette. Scientific Centre and Géode / Adrien Fainsilber. Parc de la Villette / Bernard Tschumi. Cite de la Musique / Christian de Portzamparc -- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle / Paul Chemetov, Borja Huidobro -- Fondation Cartier / Jean Nouvel, Emmanuel Cattani -- Théâtre National de la Colline / Alberto Cattani, Valentin Fabre, Jean Perrottet -- Canal+ Headquarters / Richard Meier -- Headquarters of the Taxi-Drivers' Guild / Francis Soler -- American Center / Frank O. Gehry -- Apartment House and Post Office in Rue Oberkampf / Frederic Borel -- The Bibliothèque Jussieu Project / Rem Koolhaas -- André Citroën Park / Patrick Berger, Gilles Clement, Jean Paul Viguier, Jean François Jodry, Alain Provost -- The Parc de Bercy / Bernard Huet, F.F.L. Architectes (Marylene Ferrand, Jean-Pierre Feugas, Bernard Le Roy -- Charlety Stadium and Sports Centre / Henri and Bruno Gaudin -- Grand Stade Paris / Michel Macary, Aymeric Zubléna, Michel Regembal, Claude Costantini -- Subsidized Housing Development in Rue Léon-Maurice Nordmann / Patrick Chavannes -- Apartment House in Rue de Bellièvre / Fabrice Dusapin, François Leclercq -- Apartment House in Rue de l'Ourcq / Philippe Gazeau -- Apartment House with Integrated Post Office in Rue Etienne-Dolet / Olivier Brénac, Xavier Gonzalez

ISBN

• 3791316559 (German ed. : alk. paper)
• 3791316788 (English ed. : alk. paper)

LCCN

97011552

OCLC

• 36648520
• ocm36648520
• SCSB-8985338

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library