Description
During the last two decades Perrault has developed a complex architecture that is divided between the monumental image and the yearn to disappear within immediate surroundings; between Cartesian rigor and poetic emotion; and between geometric abstraction and the materiality of territory. This fitting tribute to the architect takes the form of a three part survey. The first, contains three essays exploring specific aspects of the architect’s oeuvre; the second, a survey of ten significant architectural works; and thirdly, another survey, this time of five different projects undertaken since 2000. Sympathetic in its approach, this survey is illustrated throughout with photographs, sketches and technical drawings.
CONTENTS
Twenty Years
- Luis Fernández-Galiano: Nine Moral Tales: ‘Géométrie’ and ‘Finesse’
- François Chaslin: The Construction of Form, a ‘Grand Style’
- Sebastian Redecke: Metal Meshes and Transparent Tissues
Ten Works
- Industrial Hotel Jean-Baptiste Berlier, Paris, France, 1986-1990
- French National Library, Paris, France, 1989-1995
- Olympic Velodrome and Swimming Pool, Berlin, Germany, 1992-1999
- European Court of Justice, Luxembourg, 1996-2008
- Aplix Factory, Le Cellier-sur-Loire, France, 1997-1999
- Lucie-Aubrac Media Library, Vénissieux, France, 1997-2001
- ME Hotel in Poblenou, Barcelona, Spain, 1999-2008
- Olympic Tennis Center, Madrid, Spain, 2002-2009
- Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea, 2004-2008
- NH Hotel Fiera, Milan, Italy, 2006-2009
Five Projects
- Hotel in Playa de las Teresitas, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, 2000
- New Mariinsky Theater, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2003
- Donau-City Towers, Austria, Vienna, 2004
- Garibaldi Square, Naples, Italy, 2004
- Congress and Exhibition Center, León, Spain, 2005
152 pages, color ills / 24 x 30 cm / Spanish, English
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