Architecture, Situations: Descours Architects - Softcover

The Jean-Pierre Pranlas-Descours agency is among the most dynamic real-estate companies in France. Some 20 projects and recent constructions of the Practice are presented in this work supported by plans, photographs and authoritative commentary. The works include: The Media Library for Saint-Jacques de la Lande, nominated for the Equerre d'argent in 2000 and the Prix du Moniteur AMC; The 20 house building development (2006) in 11th department of Paris, nominated for the Equerre d'argent in 2000 and in the Prix du Moniteur AMC; A cemetery entrance delivered in 2006 in Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande; The 25 house building project in Montreuil delivered in 2008; The school workshop of Les Compagnons du Devoir delivered in Nantes (2008); An 'arrangement' of the banks of Haute Deule, planned for delivery in 2010; The development plan of the Porte de Montreuil in 20th department in Paris, a project of 200,000 m that incorporates offices, markets and a park, to be delivered in 2014; In 2007 the transformation of the airport site of Reykavik in Island, a project of 1,5 millions m conceived to accommodate offices, public buildings, a shopping centre and a congress centre. These projects, the ideas behind and their impact are the focus of this book, which takes the form of discussions with the architect within the wider context of urban design and development.

Kenneth Frampton est un architecte, critique d'architecture et historien, professeur d'architecture à la Graduate School of Architecture and Planning à l'université Columbia à New York. Il est connu pour ses écrits sur l'architecture du XXe siècle. Il a notamment publié Modern Architecture: A Critical History (1980) et Studies in Tectonic Culture (1997). Kenneth Frampton a obtenu une grande audience dans l'enseignement architectural avec son essai Towards a Critical Regionalism (1983). En 2002, une collection de ses écrits couvrant une période de trente-cinq ans a été assemblée et publiée sous le titre Labour, Work and Architecture.