Stones of Ferdinand Pouillon
Subtitle: An Alternative Modernism in French Architecture
Publisher: E T H Honggerberg Zurich Ausstellungsorganisation des Institutes fur Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9783856763244
Subjects: Architects; French literature, history and criticism
Description: The first book in English on the work of French architect Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986). It includes Jacques Lucan's analysis of his post-war urbanism and its critique of mainstream modernism; a description of material construction by Adam Caruso; and, Pouillon himself, inspired by Aix-en-Provence and reflecting on the contemporary architect's position in a cultural continuum. Included are survey drawings and photographs of Pouillon's key Parisian housing projects.