A Right to Difference: The Architecture of Jean Renaudie

by Irenee Scalbert

In France no less than in Britain, the late 1960s saw a rebellion against the relentless anonymity of modernist planning. In the search for alternatives, Jean Renaudie showed an originality and a daring unrivalled up to this day. Conceived along structuralist principles, informed by research in molecular biology, his urban projects overturned the logic of the vast housing estates that were being steamrolled across France by the State. In the place...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190290236X
• ISBN13: 9781902902364
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: AA Publications
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 9.8"