Claude Parent: Visionary Architect

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A monograph on one of the most influential visionary architects of the twentieth century, Claude Parent, whose buildings and theoretical work directly influenced leading architects Hadid, Libeskind, Nouvel and Gehry. The influence of the idealistic French architect Claude Parent (1923-2016) extends far beyond the legacy he left in iconic commercial and residential built works such as the Villa Drusch in Versailles (1963), the church of Sainte-Bernadette du Banlay in Nevers (1966), and GEM shopping center in Sens (1970). The movement was at the heart of Parent's vision, and is nowhere more evident than in his drawings, many of which are published in this book for the first time-- drawings which, according to Frank Gehry, are "extraordinary--beautiful fantasies, full of poetry," and which Edwin Eathcote, writing for the Financial Times, described as "breathtaking... in their ambition they not only presage Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, they arguably surpass them." Parent's work manifests the oblique function theory he developed with Paul Virilio in 1963, that dictates that buildings should feature slopes, be wall-free where possible and have a predominance of space over the surface. Featuring contributions by some of today's most renowned architects, this long-overdue publication is a must-have for students of architecture and architects alike. Including initial sketches for his best known buildings and never-before-seen drawings of unbuilt works, Claude Parent: Visionary Architect reveals the genius of a man who unquestionably changed the history of architecture.

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• ISBN

  9780847862153

• Title

  Claude Parent: Visionary Architect

• Author

  Chloé & Laszlo Parent

• Publisher

  Rizzoli

• Publication year

  2019

• Binding

  Hardcover

• Language

  English

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"A constant companion" by Pascale Blin
"Claude Parent" by Frank Gehry
1960s – A vision for the future: the oblique function
"Anticipateur" by Jean Nouvel
1970s – No man's land: in pursuit of utopia
"Claude Parent's Drawings" by Odile Decq
1980s – Breaking free: Angers and Passions
"Claude Parent" by Wolf D. Prix
1990s – Imagination without rules: Open Limit
"In One Stroke" by Frédéric Migayrou
2000s – Rediscovering the heart of nature: Incisions
"Absolutely Free" by Azzedine Alaïa
2010s – Stop and Go: the migrations
"The hand that draws" by Chloé Parent
1950s-2010s – Selected built works
Claude Parent in a few dates