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- 13.5 x 21cm
- 392 pages
- 50 black and white illustrations
- ISBN: 9-782909-283111
- With the IFA
- Text in French only
At the end of the documentary work on regionalism that he has been carrying out for more than twenty years, Jean-Claude Vigato offers a detailed and original study on the formation of the doctrine which leads to regionalist architecture, a subject on which there is still no historical synthesis. Opposed to the academicism of the School of Fine Arts, regionalist architecture appeared in the second half of the 20th century. The reconstruction of regions devastated by the First World War gave it the coveted status of official doctrine. During the interwar period, its activists fought against its negation by the architects of the Modern movement. The Vichy government made it official a second time. After the war, the controversy died down; regionalism then no longer relied on a single argument: integration into the site. Through precise information on politicians, architects, etc., this book constitutes an important contribution to the history of contemporary architecture and a unique synthesis to date. The first work in the “Essays” collection, Regionalist Architecture won the 1995 architectural history book prize awarded by the Academy of Architecture and the Regional Center for Letters of Languedoc-Roussillon.