Jean Prouvé – Highlights 1917–1944
Title | Jean Prouvé – Highlights 1917–1944 PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Sulzer |
Publisher | Birkhäuser |
Pages | 180 |
Release | 2002-07 |
Genre | Architecture |
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The most important works from 1917–1944 of Jean Prouvé, one of this century’s most significant designers and constructors, have been gathered together in a low-priced softcover edition.
Jean Prouvé
Title | Jean Prouvé PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Prouvé |
Publisher | |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Architecture |
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With his exploration of technical thinking and the objects that arose from this pursuit, Jean Prouve is one of the major figures in architecture and design of the 20th century. This book provides an overview of his ideas and concepts, accompanied by his own texts and drawings.
Jean Prouvé and Pierre Jeanneret: BCC Demountable House
Title | Jean Prouvé and Pierre Jeanneret: BCC Demountable House PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Coley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9782909187129 |
This limited-edition boxed set compiles all five of Galerie Patrick Seguin's volumes on the "demontable" architecture of Jean Prouvé: the revised editions of 6x6 and 8x8, plus three new monographs on the BCC Demountable House, Ferembal Demountable House (adapted by Jean Nouvel), and the Filling Station. Each is illustrated with both archival and contemporary documentation.
George Nakashima and the Modernist Moment
Title | George Nakashima and the Modernist Moment PDF eBook |
Author | George Nakashima |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Art |
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A reevaluation of "the designer from a European perspective using the works of Finn Juhl, Carlo Mollino, Alexandre Noll, Charlotte Perriand, Gio Ponti, and Jean Prové."--P. 8.
Jean Prouve
Title | Jean Prouve PDF eBook |
Author | Penelope Rowlands |
Publisher | |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Architecture |
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This book is a glorious introduction to the work of this brilliantly inventive 'constructeur". In explains his genius, Le Corbusier may have put it best when he observed that Prouvé combined 'the soul of an engineer with that of an archtiect'. Surely Prouvé's inspired use of forms and materials in the design of everthing from children's chairs to portable houses derived from these entwined passions. While many of his early commissions were for wealthy individuals and companies, it was not long before he branched out into mass manufacture, producing furnishings, even building parts for institutional clients.
Jean Prouvé
Title | Jean Prouvé PDF eBook |
Author | Jean Prouvé |
Publisher | |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Aluminum construction |
ISBN |
100
Title | 100 PDF eBook |
Author | Gennaro Postiglione |
Publisher | Taschen |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Architect-designed houses |
ISBN | 9783822863121 |
"The present publication includes the work done by the MEAM Net research group at the Politecnico di Milano in collaboration with 27 institutions Europe-wide. This work, titled "One hundred houses for one hundred European architects of the 20th century", bore fruit in a travelling exhibition and a website"