Odile Decq Benoît Cornette


An overview of the work of the innovative French architects.


Clare Melhuish


Editions:

Price: USD$35.00

350 points
 


Specifications

Overview
  • An overview of the work of French architects Decq (b.1950) and Cornette (b.1953): notable for their innovative use of metal and sophisticated engineering, they are winners of many awards
  • Decq and Cornette first rose to international prominence with their administrative and social building for the Banque Populaire de l'Ouest in Rennes in 1990
  • Charts the architects' working process in over 20 buildings and projects
  • Vibrant, wide-ranging visual material includes the firm's highly original models, sketches and computer renderings



In The Press
'An intellectually demanding but ultimately rewarding study. A visually stunning publication.' (Times Literary Supplement)


About the author(s)

Clare Melhuish is an architectural critic and anthropologist working in the field of modern architecture and cultural identity. She is the author of Modern House 2 (Phaidon, 2000) and editor of Architecture and Anthropology (AD Profile 124, Academy Editions 1996). She has written extensively for the architectural press and other publications since the mid-1980s.



NEW TITLES

Damn Good Advice
Questions Without Answers
A Visual Inventory
Mugaritz
Fish
Vitamin Green
Composing Space (Pre-order)
The Sites of Ancient Greece
Fresh & Easy
The Future of Architecture Since 1889
The Onion’s Great Escape
Jonathan and Martha (Pre-order)
Art and Photography
Art and Feminism
The Artist's Body
Dorothea Lange
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
On and By Frank Lloyd Wright
Gunnar Asplund
Dürer
Abstract Expressionism
Wilhelm Sasnal
Defining Contemporary Art
The Art Museum
The Pot Book
As Little Design As Possible
Guy Bourdin
Deep Sea Diver Limited Edition
Steve McCurry
Scorsese on Scorsese
Phaidon Club

Already a member?
Sign in

Basket

Your basket is empty

Help