{"product_id":"jean-prouve-maison-demontable-6x6-demountable-house-9782909187150","title":"Jean Prouve Maison Demontable 6x6 Demountable","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean Prouvé began to design portable and demountable barracks for the French army during the Second World War. After the war, the French government commissioned Prouvé 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 todayprompting 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 Prouvé's demountables, 22 in total.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume focuses on his 6 x 6 Demountable House, and is luxuriously illustrated with archival and contemporary photographs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough lacking any formal education in architecture, \u003cb\u003eJean Prouvé\u003c\/b\u003e (190184) became one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, boldly experimenting with new building designs, materials and methods. His postwar w","brand":"Galerie Patrick Seguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49537118372183,"sku":"9782909187150","price":25.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/jean-prouve-maison-demontable-6x6-demountable-house-9782909187150","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}