Centre Pompidou : Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the making of a modern monument /
"The Centre Georges Pompidou, also called Beaubourg, is today considered an icon of contemporary Paris, the quintessence of a modern building, and a model for what a museum can be. In 1971, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, together with the engineering firm Ove Arup & Partners, won an intern...
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Language: | English Italian |
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New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2016]
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Series: | Great architects/great buildings.
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Table of Contents:
- Paris 1968 : "reform yes, masquerade no"
- Butterfly effects : Beaubourg's architects and engineers
- The competition : the president, the jury, and the jesters
- A legitimate transgression
- The intact beauty of Paris
- Portfolio of photographs and drawings.