French Rationalism: A Broken Tradition |
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| Authors: | Joseph Abram |
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| Abstract: | From the golden era of 1960s Rationalism to the present Inquietude Lucide, Joseph Abram describes the Rationalist tendencies in French architecture. Once dominated by the spectres of Le Corbusier and Auguste Perret, the rational was deeply embedded in French tectonic culture. Despite the current reassertion of the rational, the future, as Abram explains, appears less certain. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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| Keywords: | Auguste Perret and Le Corbusier reinforced concrete ‘Reconstruction’ Nicolas Esquillan André Le Donné, Pierre Pinsard and Pierre Vago Eugéne Freyssinet Basilica of Lourdes Robert Camelot, Jean de Mailly and Bernard Zehrfuss CNIT (Centre National des Industries et Techniques) Building Guillaume Gillet René Sarger French Pavilion for the International Exhibition in Brussels André Wogenscky, Maison de la Culture, Grenoble Louis Fleck, Tour des Coopérateurs, Nancy, Lorraine Janine Galiano, Philippe Simon and Xavier Ténot, Passage Goix tower block, 19th arrondissement, Paris Jacques Lucan, Tower block, rue des Saulniers, 9th arrondissement, Paris ‘Correspondances’ exhibition Renzo Piano Richard Rogers Paul Chemetov Jean Nouvel Hervé Graille, Sports Hall, Nancy, Lorraine Fernand Pouillon |
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