Architects Journeys #2: Antoine Pompe - Eric Hennaut
Architects Journeys
KORTE INHOUD
This volume devoted to Antoine Pompe (1873-1980) rediscovers the work and original struggles of a figure who was both central to and independent of the birth of modernist architecture in Belgium. On the eve of the First World War, his first independent project, Dr Van Neck's clinic in Saint-Gilles (1910), stood out as one of the most innovative Belgian buildings of its time. For fifteen years, he participated in and set the standard for most of the avant-garde architectural movements, particu
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This volume devoted to Antoine Pompe (1873-1980) rediscovers the work and original struggles of a figure who was both central to and independent of the birth of modernist architecture in Belgium. A reputed technician, concerned with an economical practice with sober and rational forms, he nevertheless refused to renounce the emotional and sensual dimension of buildings and distanced himself from the exclusively purist orientation taken by the modern movement.
Paperback,240 x 170 mm, 150 Illustrations col.il...
Paperback,240 x 170 mm, 150 Illustrations col.il...
