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Brutalist white building structure on cover of 'Villas modernes du bassin d'Arcachon', by Editions Norma.

Villas modernes du bassin d'Arcachon

By (author) Jean-Baptiste Marie
By (author) Elisa Guillerm

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  • A new generation of designers from the early 1950s went on to leave their mark, sometimes modernist, sometimes brutalist, on the Basin's landscape
  • With a series of villas and houses that, alongside the rare collective dwellings, gave it its distinctive present-day appearance
Full Description

The fisherman’s hut and the arcachonnaises, magnificent residences of the Belle Époque, have shaped the coastline of the Arcachon basin, from the Ville d’Hiver d’Arcachon to the tip of Cap Ferret. Following in the footsteps of Art Deco architects such as Roger-Henri Expert and Le Corbusier, a new generation of designers from the early 1950s went on to leave their mark, sometimes modernist, sometimes brutalist, on the Basin’s landscape, with a series of villas and houses that, alongside the rare collective dwellings, gave it its distinctive present-day appearance. Concerned to preserve the natural setting, the architects have competed in ingenuity to fit into this grandiose and fragile territory. Among them, the Salier-Courtois-Lajus-Sadirac team from Bordeaux, Raphaëlle and Jacques Hondelatte and Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal (Pritzker 2021), have invented an art of living here, with architecture that respects the environment, which has helped to make this unique natural site between the dunes, the pine forest and the ocean better known and loved.

Text in French.

About the Author

Élise Guillerm is an architectural historian and lecturer at Ensa Marseille, where she is a member of the INAMA research unit. Jean-Baptiste Marie is an architect. Director General of Europe des projets architecturaux et urbains, he is a lecturer at Ensa Clermont-Ferrand and a member of the UMR Ressources research unit.

Specifications
Publisher
Editions Norma
ISBN
9782376660477
Published
9th Apr 2024
Binding
Hardback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
9.06 in x 12.01 in
Pages
256 Pages
Illustrations
300 color
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