Title: Le Havre, la demeure urbaine, 1517-2017 /
Authors: Étienne-Steiner, Claire; Couchaux, Denis,; Kollmann, Christophe,; Miossec, Yvon,
Year: 2017
Subjects: Architecture France Le Havre.; Architecture; Le Havre (France) History.; France Le Havre
Abstract: In the years following the founding of the city in 1517, Le Havre thinks only of the sea. Traders do not look after their homes. The commercial houses are built without pretension and the usefulness prevails over the decor and the pomp. But from 1852, Le Havre was born a second time: after the destruction of the ramparts, the habitat spreads in diversi fi ed districts towards the east and the north. The separation between the port and the city begins, while Sainte-Adresse develops a seaside vocation and becomes a famous holiday resort. After the bombings of 1944 that destroyed the "new cities" of the 16th and 18th centuries, Auguste Perret, one of the major architects of the modern current, is in charge of Reconstruction. He then implemented a new way of living: the housing will be functional, conditioned by the concrete structure. His work, exemplary, will be worth to the city rebuilt the inscription to the World Heritage of Humanity. Dedicated to the houses of Le Havre, this book is the result of an exceptional study conducted from the 1990s by the Department of the Inventory of Cultural Heritage of the Normandy Region. It succeeds Le Havre, a new port in 2005, which presented urban planning and public, religious and port buildings.--Page 4 of cover translated by Lieux Dits Éditions