Jean Prouve began to design portable and demountable barracks for the French army during the Second World War. After the war, the French government commissioned Prouve to design inexpensive, effective housing for the newly homeless, prompting him to perfect his patented axial portal frame to build easily constructed demountable houses. Few of these groundbreaking structures were built, making them exceedingly rare today-prompting Galerie Patrick Seguin's tireless efforts over the past 27 years to preserve and promote these important designs. The gallery owns the largest collection of Prouve's demountables, 22 in total.This volume focuses on his Demountable Military Shelter, and is luxuriously illustrated with archival and contemporary photographs. Though lacking any formal education in architecture, Jean Prouve (1901-84) became one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, boldly experimenting with new building designs, materials and methods. "His postwar work has left its mark everywhere," wrote Le Courbusier, "decisively."
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Title
Jean Prouve: Baraque Militaire 4x4 Military Shelter, 1939
Imprint
Galerie Patrick Seguin
Product Form
Hardcover
Publisher
Galerie Patrick Seguin
Source ISBN
9782909187181
Genre
Architecture
ISBN13
9782909187181
Book Category
Arts, Language and Linguistic Books
BISAC Subject Heading
ARC006000
Book Subcategory
Art Books
ISBN10
9782909187181
Language
English
Dimensions
Width
15 mm
Height
246 mm
Length
206 mm
Weight
567 gr
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