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The live centre of information : from Pompidou to Beaubourg, 1968-1971 / Boris Hamzeian ; translations from Italian: Christopher Huw Evans.

"The Centre Pompidou in Paris: chronicles of ideas, design, construction, and evolution (1968-2028)."--Page 1.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hamzeian, Boris (Author, Interviewer)
Other title:	1968-1971 : the live centre of information : from Pompidou to Beaubourg Title on poster verso: Competition for the realization of the Centre Beaubourg : List of participants
Format:	Book
Language:	English Italian French
Published:	New York ; Barcelona : Actar Publishers, November 2022.
Subjects:	Centre Beaubourg > History. Centre Georges Pompidou > History. Centre Beaubourg. Centre Georges Pompidou. Art museum architecture > France > Paris > History > 20th century. Art museum architecture > France > Paris > Designs and plans. Paris (France) > Buildings, structures, etc. Architecture des musées d'art > France > Paris > Histoire > 20e siècle. Architecture des musées d'art > France > Paris > Dessins et plans. Art museum architecture. Buildings. France > Paris. 1900-1999 Architectural drawings. History.

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Summary:	"The Centre Pompidou in Paris: chronicles of ideas, design, construction, and evolution (1968-2028)."--Page 1. "On July 19, 1971, Jean Prouvé and Robert Bordaz presented the winning design of the future Centre Pompidou in Paris to an astonished audience. The project's architects, Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers, and Gianfranco Franchini, were considered 'unknowns'; the engineers at Ove Arup & Partners were simply forgotten; the project's idea of a 'Live Centre of Information' was denigrated as a 'metallic dam' in the heart of Paris; the jury was presumed to have been dominated by the charismatic Philip Johnson, and the man who initiated the competition, President of the Republic Georges Pompidou, to have been forced to bend to the jury's will. Fifty years after those events, it is time to debunk these myths thanks to the first chronological and documentary reconstruction of the genesis of the Centre Pompidou."--Page 4 of printed paper wrapper.
Item Description:	Originally presented as the author's thesis--École polytechniqe fédérale de Lausanne, 2021.
Physical Description:	331 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, plans (some color), portraits ; 24 cm + 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages : 1 illustration ; 120 x 52 cm, folded to 20 x 17 cm)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-333).
ISBN:	9781638400554 1638400555