The Glass State
The Technology of the Spectacle, Paris 1981¿1998
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Word Count
66,000 words, Guess
Page Count
264 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10236981M
- ISBN-139780262062336
- ISBN-10026206233X
- OCLC Control Number49326995
- OCLC Control Numberglassstatetechno0000fier
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002024448
- LibraryThing4558260
Classifications
- LCCNA1050.F53 2002
Description
"From the Gothic to the contemporary, glass has transformed the structural, formal, and philosophical principles of architecture. In The Glass State, Annette Fierro views the many meanings of transparency in architecture. Specifically, she analyzes the transparent monumental buildings that were built in Paris between 1981 and 1998 as part of Francois Mitterrand's program of Grands Projets. The Grands Projets provide a rare opportunity to study a finite set of buildings constructed of similar materials, in the same time period, in a specific urban landscape, and with related ideological missions.". "In addition to the structures of the Grands Projets - the Institut du Monde Arabe, the Grande and Petite Pyramides du Louvre, the glass greenhouses at utopian park projects at La Villette and Andre Citroen, and the Bibliotheque nationale de France - Fierro discusses the Fondation Cartier and two precedent structures, the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Eiffel Tower."--BOOK JACKET.
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