Main entry:

Dal Co, Francesco, 1945- author.

Title & Author:

Centre Pompidou : Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and the making of a modern monument / Francesco Dal Co.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
©2016

Description:

ix, 156 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 24 cm.

Series:

Great architects/great buildings

Notes:
"A short version of this essay appeared as "Beaubourg" in Francesco Dal Co, Renzo Piano, published in Italian by Electa, Milan, in 2014, and was translated into English by Steve Piccolo."--Verso of title page.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156).
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.

Summary:

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 should be. In 1971, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, together with the engineering firm Ove Arup & Partners, won an international architecture competition with their innovative and irreverent design for the building. Completed in 1977, the building was at first received skeptically by critics, yet it was quickly embraced by the public as a beloved monument of the modern city of Paris-a status it still holds 40 years later. Eminent historian Francesco Dal Co explores the building's history and the reasons for its success, beginning with its genesis in Georges Pompidou's response to Paris's turbulent student protests of May 1968. After tracing the building's political context, Dal Co considers its intellectual roots and the solutions used in its construction. Design elements and engineering techniques dating as far back as the 19th century allow the Centre Pompidou to appear modern while simultaneously channeling architectural memory, connecting it powerfully to Paris's historic urban fabric. This essential text on one of the 20th century's most significant buildings is accompanied by a portfolio of drawings and photographs, many of which have never before been featured in an English-language publication.

ISBN:

9780300221299 (hardcover)
0300221290 (hardcover)

Subject:

Piano, Renzo.
Rogers, Richard, 1933-2021.
Rogers, Richard.
Piano, Renzo, 1937-.
Rogers, Richard, 1933-.
Centre Georges Pompidou.
Centre Pompidou.
Art museum architecture France Paris History 20th century.
Art museums France Paris Designs and plans.
Art centers France Paris Design and construction.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Appreciation.
Art France Paris.
Arts facilities France Paris Design.
Art Musées Architecture France Paris Histoire 20e siècle.
Centres culturels France Paris Design.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture Appréciation.
Architecture des musées d'art France Paris Histoire 20e siècle.
ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial.
ARCHITECTURE / Criticism.
ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / Monographs.
Art museum architecture France History 20th century.
Art museums France Designs and plans.
Art centers Design and construction. France.
Architecture and Planning.
Architecture, Modern
Art
Art centers Design and construction
Art museum architecture
Art museums
Buildings
Paris (France) Buildings, structures, etc.
Paris (France) Constructions.
France Paris

Form/genre:

Architectural drawings
History

Added entries:

Piccolo, Steve, translator.
Centre Georges Pompidou.
Great architects/great buildings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293641
Call No.: BIB 238753
Status: Available