Paul Andreu: Architecture is an Art

"Freedom is never given – from others we only receive permission – we must conquer it, above all find it within ourself, maintain it like a capricious fire always quick to go out." Paul Andreu, Faire et refaire (Doing and Redoing), 2021

Engineer and architect, writer and painter, Paul Andreu (1938-2018) was a major figure in the international architectural scene of the second half of the 20^th century. Author of the emblematic Terminal 1 of Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle, he is recognized for his decisive contribution to the architecture of airports, and for his production in Japan and China, where he was among the first French architects to stand out, with the Osaka Maritime Museum and the Peking Opera, inaugurated in 2007. Between terrestrial anchoring and aerial desire, space and time, light and movement, throughout his work Paul Andreu has led essential architectural research on the question of flight, whether physical or poetic.

Under the direction of Stéphanie Quantin-Biancalani, in co-publication with the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine.

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