Making Modern Paris: Victor Baltard's Central Markets and the Urban Practice of Architecture

by Christopher Curtis Mead

The name of the architect Victor Baltard is inseparable from the Halles Centrales of Paris, the complex of iron-and-glass pavilions built between 1854 and 1874 in the historic heart of the city. Making Modern Paris is the only comprehensive study to address systematically not only the role Baltard played in the markets' design and construction but also how the markets relate to the rest of Baltard's work and professional practice. Christopher...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027105087X
• ISBN13: 9780271050874
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 3.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.3" x 10.2"