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TOUR MONTPARNASSE 1973 2013 -LA-

French · Paperback / Softback

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Peu de gens s'en souviennent, mais le 18 juin 1973 la capitale prenait de la hauteur.
À 210 mètres du sol, le Tout-Paris politique et du monde des affaires se congratulait,
tutoyant les rafales de vent et faisant mine de maîtriser son vertige pour célébrer
l'achèvement de la tour Montparnasse, la plus haute d'Europe à l'époque. C'était il
y a quarante ans.
Au tournant des années 2000, elle s'offre un nouvel habillage de lumière et attire
désormais plus d'un million de visiteurs chaque année.
Fruit d'une enquête passionnée, éclairé de multiples témoignages de personnalités
(architectes, urbanistes, écrivains, sociologues, historiens et critiques), cet ouvrage
abondamment illustré de photographies et de documents d'archives raconte la saga
de la tour et l'histoire urbaine d'un quartier totalement métamorphosé.
Un livre anniversaire inédit où l'on revisite avec bonheur le quartier Montparnasse
et l'ambiance des années 1970.

Not many people remember, but on 18 June 1973 the French capital gained height.
At 210 metres above ground, everyone who was anyone in Parisian political and
business circles was patting themself on the back, braving the gusts of wind and
feigning a head for heights to celebrate the completion of Tour Montparnasse, the
highest building in Europe at the time. That was forty years ago.



At the turn of the new millennium, it took on a new cloak of light and now attracts
more than a million visitors a year.



A piece of impassioned research, informed by multiple personal accounts by architects,
planners, writers, sociologist, historians and critics, and abundantly illustrated with
photographs and archive documents, this work narrates the saga of the Tower and
the urban history of the metamorphosis of a neighbourhood.



A new anniversary publication which takes us back to the pleasures of the
Montparnasse district and the atmosphere of the 1970s.


Product details

Authors Sylvie Andreu, ANDREU LELOUP, John (ingénieur) Crisp, John Crisp, Michele Leloup, Michèle Leloup, Sandrine Vincent, Sylvie Andreu
Publisher LA MARTINIERE BEAUX LIVRES
 
Languages French
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 26.06.2013
 
EAN 9782732458960
ISBN 978-2-7324-5896-0
Weight 1352 g
Subject Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture

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