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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 centre in Sens (1970). 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.
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Claude Parent Visionary Architect

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      Publisher Rizzoli
      Published 6/18/2019 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780847862153
      978-0847862153
      ISBN-10 0847862151
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      Book Synopsis
      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 centre in Sens (1970). 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.
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