Paris : an architectural history
1993, First Edition. New Haven : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476928
ISBN: 0300054459
Physical description; x, 221 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-217) and index. Contents; Architecture and the capital city – Paris at the dawn of the Renaissance – Creating a French urban architecture, 1610-1715 – The Eighteenth Century: Architectural harmonisation at the close of the Ancien Régime – Revolution, empire and restoration: the implications for architecture, 1789-1852 – Paris as the hub of French industrialisation: Building a European capital under the Second Empire, 1852-60 – After Haussmann: a new Paris in an era of alternative architecture, 1870-1914 – The modernist challenge, 1918-45 – The vital encounter: Modernity versus tradition in Post-war Paris – Continuity in Paris architecture: the dynamics of a unique phenomenon. Subjects; Architecture – France – Paris – History. Paris (France) – Buildings, structures, etc. City planning – France – Paris – History.
Price: €18.95