IN THE THICK OF THINGS: AN ARCHITECT OBSERVES.

CORNU, Vincen.

ISBN 10: 0955889677 / ISBN 13: 9780955889677

Published by Sylph Editions,, Lewes,, 2009

About this Item

First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 44. Stapled wraps. Original publishers white covers, lettered mauve. Vincen Cornu, a Paris-based architect, attempts to 'translate' architectural sensation into words and images, in order to convey the inspirations behind his work and the ways in which buildings, and the spaces they create, can offer journeys of imaginative discovery. ISBN: 0955889677 Fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: IN THE THICK OF THINGS: AN ARCHITECT OBSERVES.
• Publisher: Sylph Editions,, Lewes,
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0955889677
• ISBN 13: 9780955889677
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

Vincen Cornu, a Paris-based architect, attempts to 'translate' architectural sensation into words and images, in order to convey the inspirations behind his work and the ways in which buildings, and the spaces they create, can offer journeys of imaginative discovery. He takes the reader back to early theories of architecture, through topics as diverse as skyscrapers, railway tracks, grain barns in northern Spain and the works of previous and contemporary architectural masters. The text works alongside numerous full-colour drawings and architectural plans by the author himself, creating a glimpse into how architecture is still meaningful to us in the present day.

About the Author

Vicnen Cornu, architect, was born in 1954 in Poitou. He has completed projects of various scales and types including schools, museums, houses, collective housing, urban projects, and furniture. He is the designer of more than forty museum exhibitions, including for shows by Cezanne, Corot, Delacroix, Matisse, Monet, Munch, Picasso, Poussin, Seurat, Turner, Whistler, and on the Vikings. Since 1994 he has taught at the Ecole d Architecture de Paris (la Villette). He lives and runs his own architecture practice in Paris.