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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Werner, Frank R. (1944-....)
Titre(s) : Coop Himmelb(l)au, Musée des Confluences, Lyon [Texte imprimé] / essai, Frank R. Werner ; photographies, Christian Richters
Publication : Stuttgart : Edition Axel Menges, 2016
Description matérielle : 63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 31 cm
Collection : Opus ; 79
Lien à la collection : Opus (Stuttgart)
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references
Parallel texts in French and English.
Since the end of the 20th century, an unprecedented number of remarkable museums have
been built. None have had bigger worldwide implications than Frank Gehry's Guggenheim
Museum in Bilbao. Until, that is, the new Musée des Confluences in Lyon was opened
to the public, in late 2014. It was created by Wolf D. Prix of the Coop Himmelb(l)au
team, which was founded in the 1970s. Many avantgarde groups from those wild years
such as Archigram, Superstudio, Archizoom, Haus-Rucker- Co, and the Japanese Metabolists
are now consigned to the past, but the Coop Himmelb(l)au architecture firm, whose
special aspiration was always to bring into the world buildings that overcome the
pull of the earth buildings to float on the horizon like clouds is more in demand
than ever. The finest demonstration of this endeavour to date can now be admired in
Lyon. Functioning as a museum of human history, this impressive concrete, metal and
glass colossus truly does appear to float above the peninsula at the confluence of
the Rhône and the Saône. Like the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, this new building,
so impossible to overlook, is an inspiration for the revitalisation of disrupted urban
areas and the valorisation of derelict industrial areas within the city precincts,
but also far beyond Lyon. This 'Opus' volume deals with the origins, construction,
function and formal appearance of the Musée des Confluences, and also offers a preliminary
theoretically based evaluation of the architecture of the building
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Richters, Christian. Photographe
Sujet(s) : Coop Himmelblau
Musée des confluences (Lyon)
Indice(s) Dewey :
720.922 (23e éd.) = Architecture - Biographie collective
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783932565793 (rel.). - ISBN 3932565797
EAN 9783932565793
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb455875671
Notice n° :
FRBNF45587567
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
