Birkhäuser Architectural Guide France : 20th Century

by Lemoine, Bertrand

• ISBN13: 9783764362225
• ISBN10: 3764362227
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

In the 20th century, France has proved astonishingly fertile ground for modern architecture. The architectural ideas of Modernism and the avant garde are firmly rooted here and dominate the French architectural landscape unlike in any other country. Her architects are acclaimed throughout the world. Paris, a center for international architecture, rightly forms the focus of this guidebook with more than 100 notable buildings. However, this guidebook also does justice to the entire country with more than 450 buildings from all regions. The buildings are documented with photographs, drawings and texts, providing a comprehensive and portable guide.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Twentieth-Century Architecture in France	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Abbreviations	xii
Map of France	xiii
Alsace	2	(5)
Aquitaine	7	(15)
Auvergne	22	(5)
Bourgogne/Burgundy	27	(4)
Bretagne/Brittany	31	(8)
Centre	39	(6)
Champagne-Ardenne	45	(5)
Corse/Corsica	50	(2)
Franche-Comte	52	(4)
lle-de-France	56	(139)
Paris 116--194
Languedoc-Roussillon	195	(5)
Limousin	200	(4)
Lorraine	204	(11)
Midi-Pyrenees	215	(6)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais	221	(12)
Basse-Normandie/Lower Normandy	233	(6)
Haute-Normandie/Upper Normandy	239	(7)
Pays de la Loire	246	(6)
Picardie/Picardy	252	(5)
Poitou-Charentes	257	(4)
Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur	261	(27)
Rhone-Alpes	288	(27)
Departements d'Outre-mer/Overseas Territories	315	(4)
Bibliography	319	(2)
Index of Architects and Buildings	321	(26)
Index of Places	347	(2)
Illustration Credits	349