Title & Author:

Yours critically : writings on architecture from issues 1-10 of Criticat / editors, Françoise Fromonot, Valéry Didelon, Pierre Chabard ; contributors, Diane Berg, Pierre Bernard, Frédéric Biamonti, Patrick Bouchain, Pierre Chabard, Lionel Devlieger, Valéry Didelon, Marie-Jeanne Dumont, Martin Etienne, Françoise Fromonot, Douglas Kremer, Raphaël Labrunye, David Leclerc, Bernard Marrey, Félix Mulle, Nasrine Seraji, Natalija Subotincic, Christopher Thompson, Jacqueline Trichard ; all translations from the French by Gary White.

Publication:

Paris : Criticat, [2016]
©2016

Description:

331 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Fueling the Debate: High-rise dilemmas / Francoise Fromonot -- Metropol Parasol, the Shady Game from Seville / Pierre Chabard -- Tupperware urban planning / Raphael Labrunye -- Use value, image value / Valery Didelon -- On national identity considered as one of the fine arts / Francoise Fromonot -- History in the Present: The second life of Frank Gehry, 51 rue de Bercy / Valery Didelon -- At Jussieu, Blame it on the asbestos / Bernard Marrey -- Architecture beyond the screen / Valery Didelon—Rereading Papanek / Lionel Devlieger -- If women made houses: Paulette Bernege’s crusade / Marie-Jeanne Dumont -- From an Alternate Angle: Metz, Generic city / Francoise Fromonto and Jacqueline Trichard -- Reflections on the construction site / Pierre Bernard -- Billancourt, I despair of you / Martin Etienne -- A railway named desire / Douglas Kremer -- Enjoyment of use: towards a social ownership of housing / Patrick Bouchain -- Drawing from Images: Sigmund Freud’s cabinet in Vienna: reconstruction of a psychical terrain /Natalija Subotincic -- Striptease /Felix Mulle, Diane Berg -- Hands on: a portrait of Rudolph Schindler by Edward Weston / David Leclerc -- Faraway So Close: Letter from New Zealand / Christopher Thompson -- Sweet Home Las Vegas / Frederic Biamonti -- Empowering communities: the architecture of Carin Smuts / Felix Mulle -- Letter from Tehran / Nasrine Seraji -- Structures of a better world: building a bridge in Haiti / Pierre Chabard.

Summary:

"Criticat is an independent journal of architectural criticism published twice annually. Based in Paris, it was founded in 2007 by a group of architects, historians, and critics on a simple premise: that informed and daring criticism could bring architecture back into everyday public discourse. Twenty-three exemplary articles have been selected from the journal’s first ten issues, and appear here in English for the first time. Individual investigations – written in direct and engaging language – tackle subjects from around the globe: projects by Frank Gehry and Jurgen Mayer H are subjected to unvarnished examination: the debate over high-rise buildings in Paris is described through its politics; the purity of New Zealand’s landscape is exposed as an ecological myth; New York’s High Line is explained as a real estate phenomenon; competition juries in Tehran are unveiled; and Las Vegas is seen as a mirror of the financial crisis. Also included are: a photo essay on Metz in the shadow of Shigeru Ban’s recent Centre Pompidou museum; newly-discovered portraits of Rudolph Schindler by Edward Weston; and a spatial reconstruction of Freud’s consultation room in Vienna." -- Book jacket.

ISBN:

9782954428499 (paperback)
295442849X (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.

Added entries:

Fromonot, Françoise, editor.
Didelon, Valéry, editor.
Chabard, Pierre, editor.
Criticat.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293223
Call No.: BIB 237981
Status: Available