Jean Prouvé Baraque Militaire 4x4 Military Shelter, 1939

Jean Prouv began to design portable and demountable barracks for the French army during the Second World War. After the war, the French government commissioned Prouv to design inexpensive, effective housing for the newly homeless, prompting him to perfect his patented axial portal frame to build easily constructed demountable houses. Few of these groundbreaking structures were built, making them exceedingly rare today--prompting Galerie Patrick Seguin's tireless efforts over the past 27 years to preserve and promote these important designs. The gallery owns the largest collection of Prouv 's demountables, 22 in total.

This volume focuses on his Demountable Military Shelter, and is luxuriously illustrated with archival and contemporary photographs.

Though lacking any formal education in architecture, Jean Prouv (1901-84) became one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, boldly experimenting with new building designs, materials and methods. "His postwar work has left its mark everywhere," wrote Le Courbusier, "decisively."

Author: Jean Prouvé
Publisher: Galerie Patrick Seguin
Published: 09/27/2016
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.70h x 8.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9782909187181
ISBN10: 2909187187
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms | Essays
- Architecture | Buildings | Public, Commercial & Industrial
- History | Military | World War II