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| Revue d'Architecture | |
|---|---|
| Title | Revue d'Architecture |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Revue d'Architecture
The periodical emerged in the early 20th century as a Parisian forum linking debates among architects, critics, and institutions such as the École des Beaux-Arts, Académie d'Architecture, Société Centrale des Architectes and patrons like the Ministry of Culture. It served as a nexus for dialogues involving figures associated with Le Corbusier, Auguste Perret, Tony Garnier, Henri Sauvage and networks tied to Salon d'Automne, Salon des Artistes Français, Pavilion de l'Esprit Nouveau and exhibitions at the Palais de Chaillot.
The journal's origins connected to circles around Charles Garnier alumni and debates following projects by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Gustave Eiffel, Camille Pissarro, and the reconstruction efforts after the Franco-Prussian War and later World War I. Early editorial interventions referenced controversies involving the Beaux-Arts de Paris curriculum, alignments with avant-garde collectives like De Stijl, Bauhaus and reactions to manifestos by Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and Peter Behrens. During the interwar period the revue engaged with municipal programs in Paris, regional commissions in Lyon and colonial architecture linked to Algerian projects. Under occupation and the postwar reconstruction era it intersected with planners from Henri Prost, Auguste Perret and international delegates to conferences such as the International Congresses of Modern Architecture.
Editors and contributors included academics from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, practitioners from offices like Perret et Fils, critics associated with André Malraux, and writers from journals such as L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui and Das Werk. Regular bylines featured architects and theorists comparable to Le Corbusier, Sergio Musmeci, Alvar Aalto, Ernő Goldfinger, Richard Neutra, and preservationists active with ICOMOS and UNESCO. Illustrators and photographers collaborated from studios linked to Atelier Muller-Breton, galleries like Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, and presses including Éditions du Seuil. The masthead often included members of associations such as Conseil National de l'Ordre des Architectes, trade unions like Confédération Générale du Travail and research units from CNRS.
Coverage ranged across built works, competitions, theoretical essays, and critical reviews of commissions by firms analogous to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Foster and Partners and projects in metropolises like London, New York City, Milan, Berlin and Tokyo. The revue published case studies on restoration attributed to teams influenced by Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, discourse on housing policy referencing programs in Marseille and analyses of urban plans with parallels to schemes by Haussmann, Le Corbusier's Ville Radieuse and CIAM. Thematic issues addressed materials and technology with mentions of reinforced concrete, steel innovations associated with Gustave Eiffel, and typologies spotlighting museums such as Musée du Louvre, Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern, and transport hubs like Gare du Nord and Grand Central Terminal.
The journal influenced debates among municipal authorities in Paris, cultural policy makers linked to Ministry of Culture, and academic programs at École des Beaux-Arts and Architectural Association School of Architecture. Critics cited pieces alongside manifestos by Le Corbusier, reports from UNESCO and exhibition catalogues from Venice Biennale and Milan Triennale. Responses appeared in contemporaneous periodicals such as Architectural Review, Domus, L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui and in scholarly treatises by historians like Sigfried Giedion, Kenneth Frampton and Manfredo Tafuri. The revue’s assessments affected competition outcomes for commissions like Centre Pompidou, Institut du Monde Arabe and urban renewal schemes in Marseilles and Lille.
Issues commonly combined illustrated portfolios, engraved plates, technical drawings, and polemical essays from contributors associated with publishing houses such as Éditions du Seuil, Taschen, and periodicals like Architectural Record. Formats varied from folio editions with foldouts documenting projects by ateliers similar to Perret et Fils and Atelier Le Corbusier to smaller review-sized numbers distributed through bookshops near institutions like Bibliothèque nationale de France and outlets frequented by members of Ordre des Architectes. Typography and layout drew on typographic experiments from Bauhaus, graphic commissions by studios inspired by Cassandre, and photographic work in the lineage of André Kertész and Brassaï.
Standout issues collected debates on social housing influenced by programs such as HLM and projects comparable to Unité d'Habitation, retrospectives on figures like Auguste Perret and critical readings of urban theories by Lewis Mumford, Jane Jacobs and Kevin Lynch. Special dossiers examined reconstruction after World War II, colonial building projects in Indochina, and exhibitions paralleling the 1925 Exposition and the Expo 58. Articles prompted replies from offices akin to Atelier Perret, from ministries linked to reconstruction initiatives, and from critics in Arquitectura and Oppositions.
Category:Architecture magazines Category:French-language magazines