Prouvé architect

This fascinating book, which accompanies a major retrospective at the LUMA Foundation in Arles, focuses on twelve prefabricated houses designed by Prouvé, each of which has been specially rebuilt for the exhibition. Originally trained as a metal worker, Jean Prouvé regarded himself as an engineer and constructor rather than a designer or architect. Among his broad output, which ranges from lighting to furniture, exhibition structures to shelving, his modular buildings are particularly intriguing. Essays setting his work in context are accompanied by archival and contemporary images, drawings, and handwritten notes, together with a portfolio of images of the twelve houses as installed in Arles.- Jean Prouvé was a French metal worker, self-taught architect, and designer, now regarded as one of the most influential designers of the early modernist movement. Among his achievements, he is revered for using technology previously limited to industrial manufacturing within his elegant architecture.Key Selling Points - Jean Prouvé is regarded as a pioneer in the design and production of prefabricated buildings and this book provides unprecedented insight into their construction, design, aesthetic, and practicality - To accompany a major exhibition, twelve of Prouvé's prefabricated houses have been specially rebuilt and are documented here using both contemporary and archival images, drawings, and handwritten notes - Features a portfolio of newly commissioned photographs of the prefabricated houses shown in situ in Arles - Includes an illustrated chronology of all the houses designed and built by Prouvé - Incisive texts explain Prouvé's wider significance as an architect and designer as well as examining his breakthroughs in prefabricated building design