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Taylor and Francis Ltd Modernising Post-war France 1st Edition 2022 by Bullock, Nicholas
Explains the role played by architecture and urbanism in the modernisation of France during the trente glorieuses, the three decades of growing prosperity that followed the end of WWII._x000D_Sets the discussion of architecture and urbanism in the social, political and economic context of the time._x000D_Beautifully illustrated and written in an engaging and clear manner, the central focus of the book is the work of the architects and planners of the time, many well-known beyond France. Architects include: Le Corbusier, Lods, Lurcat and Prouve, Georges Candilis, Atelier Montrouge, Bernard Zehrfuss, Henri Dubuisson and Henri Bernard._x000D_ _x000D_
Preface Abbreviations Introduction: Architecture, Urbanism and the Trente Glorieuses Part 1: Modernisation Takes Command: From Austerity to Affluence 1. Reconstruction 1945-56: rebuilding or modernisation? 2. Industrialising the building industry 3. The grands ensembles and the modernisation of housing, 1953-62 4. Modern France at home: shaping the new domestic ideal, 1953-63 5. Public architecture of the 1950s: towards a new architecture for state and industry 6. '15,000 hectares to reconquer': the struggle to modernise Paris, 1955-65 7. Modernising the Paris region: from the SDAU to the New Towns, 1965-75 Part 2: Opposing Modernisation: From Resistance to Revolt 8. Modernism versus modernisation: the Unite d'habitation at Marseille 9. Radicals and opposition to the modern city in the 1960s 10. Revolt and the search for new directions, 1968-73 Epilogue: 1975, France transformed Image Credits Index_x000D_