An important component in Dominique Perrault's architecture isthe deliberate use of materials. Textures, colors, reflectionsand tactile qualities impart to the purity, even austerity ofhis simple monumental buildings, a special note of distinction.This volume documents for the first time his collaboration withGaelle Lauriot-Prevost in furniture and lamp designas well as wall hangings - the area where Perrault's senseof materials is most tangible. The complete interior design forthe Bibliotheque nationale de France - the ...
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An important component in Dominique Perrault's architecture isthe deliberate use of materials. Textures, colors, reflectionsand tactile qualities impart to the purity, even austerity ofhis simple monumental buildings, a special note of distinction.This volume documents for the first time his collaboration withGaelle Lauriot-Prevost in furniture and lamp designas well as wall hangings - the area where Perrault's senseof materials is most tangible. The complete interior design forthe Bibliotheque nationale de France - the woven, metal wall hangings, the various book shelves, reading tables, chairs, reception areas, research alcoves, etc. as well as lamps- is the focus of this book. Other design products and thefirst application of woven metal hangings in the departmentalarchives in Laval (1992) are also shown. Finally, the volume providesinsight into the creative design process through sketches, preliminarystudies, photographs documenting various production phases andthe actual manufacturing process.
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Good; Hardcover; 1997, Birkhauser Basel Publishing; Former library copy with standard library markings; Clean covers with just minor edgewear and lightly "bumped" edge-corners; Library stamps to endpapers; Text pages clean & unmarked; Good binding with straight spine; Large-Format; Cover illustration of wooden chair with title in white lettering; 144 pages; "Fumitures and Tapestries/Mobel und Wandbehange/Meubles et Tapisseries (German, English and French Edition), " by Dominique Perrault, et al.
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