Paul Andreu, architect / Philip Jodidio ; with a preface by Adrian Frutiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jodidio, Philip.

Contributor:

Andreu, Paul.

Frutiger, Adrian, 1928-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Andreu, Paul--Catalogs.

Andreu, Paul.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

203 pages : illustrations (Chiefly color), plans ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2004]

Summary:

Paul Andreu is an architect and an engineer, a craftsman of solutions who has mastered the large scale better than almost any other figure of his generation. Through his airports in particular, he has touched many millions of people, most of them never having heard of the designer. The buildings, foremost among them Charles-de-Gaulle Airport in Paris, are most typically worlds unto themselves, ideal places where everything functions perfectly and where travelers go on their way feeling uplifted and well cared for. With the powerful backing of Aeroports de Paris, Andreu has had the opportunity to create his own universes, and that desire to make almost self-sufficient entities carries forward even into his newer, more urban projects. Since the last decade, Paul Andreu has taken on the design and construction of very large buildings in China and Japan with a gusto that certainly proves he has wanted to go beyond airport design. His most visible, and controversial project has been the National Grand Theater in Beijing. Paul Andreu has a humility which is somewhat rarer amongst the elite of the French cultural establishment, and that may be one of the secrets to his worldwide success. His route would not be one that others could easily follow, but examining his path is nonetheless an instructive activity in the context of the differing solutions proposed by contemporary architects for the needs of modern society.

Paul Andreu was born in 1938 in Cauderan in the Gironde region of France. He obtained diplomas from the Ecole Polytechnique (1961), the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees (1963, as an engineer) and as an architect from the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris (1968). As Chief Architect of the Aeroports de Paris he was responsible not only for the development of Charles-de-Gaulle (Roissy) Airport, but also for approximately 50 airports around the world such as those of Dar-es-Salaam (1984); Cairo (1986); Jakarta (1985) or more recently still, Shanghai-Pudong. Andreu has also worked on other large-scale projects such as the French terminal for the Channel Tunnel (1993) and currently the National Grand Theater in Beijing. Other current work includes the Oriental Art Center in Shanghai, and participation in competitions such as that of the Guangzhou Science Center. In 2003, Paul Andreu created his own office in Paris.

Contents:

A Building, a Typeface: Preface / Adrian Frutiger 6

From Darkness into Light. The Architecture of Paul Andreu 8

Charles-de-Gaulle Airport - Terminal 1 34

Charles-de-Gaulle Airport - Terminal 2 - A and B 46

Abu Dhabi Airport 54

Jakarta International Airport Soekarno-Hatta 62

Dar-Es-Salaam Airport 68

Cairo Airport - Terminal 2 74

Nice-Cote d'Azur Airport 80

Grande Arche - Paris La Defense / J.O. Spreckelsen 88

Charles-de-Gaulle Airport - Terminal 2 - C and D 92

Channel Tunnel - French Terminal - Cite Europe 98

Kansai International Airport / architect Renzo Piano 104

Ski Jump - Winter Olympics - Courchevel 108

Bordeaux Merignac Airport 112

Charles-de-Gaulle Airport - Terminal 2 F 120

Osaka Maritime Museum 132

Shanghai Pudong Airport 140

Charles-de-Gaulle Airport - Terminal 2 E 148

Guangzhou Gymnasium 158

National Grand Theater of China 164

Guangzhou Baiyun Airport 174

Oriental Art Center - Shanghai 178

Guangzhou Science Center 184

CBD Core - Beijing 188

Paul Andreu's Collaborators 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-199).

ISBN:

3764370106

OCLC:

54960307