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Paris, contemporary architecture / Andrea Gleininger, Gerhard Matzig, Sebastian Redecke.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Munich ; New York : Prestel, c1997.Description: 158 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cmISBN:
  • 3791316788
Other title:
  • Contemporary architecture
Subject(s): Summary: Paris - Contemporary Architecture focuses on buildings erected in the past ten years including projects which are still under construction. These are not just the internationally acclaimed architectural masterpieces such as Le Grand Louvre, the Parc de la Villette or the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand, but also major context-related planning schemes such as the Bercy or the Andre Citroen parks. Projects designed to meet the everyday requirements of city-dwellers, such as government housing schemes and community developments have also been selected for inclusion. Paris - Contemporary Architecture provides a critical analysis of both older and more recent developments in the Parisian cityscape in relation to their historical background, and reveals the impressive panorama of present-day, exemplary, architectural projects.
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Open Collection Open Collection FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE Open Collection FCUC Library 720.944361 GLE 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00004301
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720.943 ING 2003 Ingenhoven Overdiek und Partner : 720.943214 ZUM 2003 Dresden today = 720.944361 COL 2007 Paris architecture & design / [editor and text, Catherine Collin]. 720.944361 GLE 1997 Paris, contemporary architecture / 720.945 GOY 2002 Florence : 720.945 MUR 1969 The architecture of the Italian Renaissance / 720.945 NET 2005 Net.it :

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Simultaneously published in German.

Paris - Contemporary Architecture focuses on buildings erected in the past ten years including projects which are still under construction. These are not just the internationally acclaimed architectural masterpieces such as Le Grand Louvre, the Parc de la Villette or the Bibliotheque Francois Mitterrand, but also major context-related planning schemes such as the Bercy or the Andre Citroen parks. Projects designed to meet the everyday requirements of city-dwellers, such as government housing schemes and community developments have also been selected for inclusion. Paris - Contemporary Architecture provides a critical analysis of both older and more recent developments in the Parisian cityscape in relation to their historical background, and reveals the impressive panorama of present-day, exemplary, architectural projects.