Jean Prouv (1901-1984) was one of the most renowned design engineers of the 20th century. This volume, the second in Birkhuser's 4-volume edition of Prouv's Complete Works, covers the period between 1934 and 1944, including such significant works as the "semi-metal" Chair no. 4 and its variations, which went into serial production from 1935 onwards, office furniture for the Parisian Electricity Supply Works and seating for the lecture hall of the cole des sciences politiques in Paris. In 1934 Prouv's workshop commenced production of entirely pre-fabricated sheet metal buildings such as the Flying Club at Buc. One of the triumphs of this period is the Maison du Peuple communal hall in Clichy, an outstanding monument of functionalism and a "hymn to metal and folded sheet". This volume also includes texts of previously unpublished conversations with Prouv about the Flying Club and Maison du Peuple.
Book Description
This is the second volume in the four-part series of the Complete Works of Jean Prouve (1901-84), one of the most significant designers and constructors of this century. This publication covers an important period in Prouve's life when he designed and produced the lecture theatre seating at the Ecole des Sciences Politiques in Paris and the office furniture for the Parisian electric company. He also created furniture made of stainless steel for a school in Suresnes. In 1934 Prouve began with the factory production of prefabricated buildings using sheet-steel of which the club house at Buc Airport and the Maison du Peuple in Clichy, one of the most outstanding buildings in Functionalism, are excellent examples. Complementing this detailed catalogue are previously unpublished conversations with Prouve himself.
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My work is based, to start with, on the catalogue of works prepared by Madeleine Prouve (see vol 1, p. 24); the drawings of the J. Prouve Workshops design office and the sketches of Jean Prouve (untitled and undated) that are in the J. Prouve Collection of the Dapartmental Archives of Meurthe-et-Moselle (unfortunately I have not been able to research the archives of the architects with whom Jean Prouve worked). 最初のページを読む