In Search of Elegance

Download or read book In Search of Elegance written by Michel Lincourt and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1999 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Develops a new theory for the practice of architecture and urban design that is centered around the concept of elegance. Lincourt (architecture, Strasbourg U.) develops a set of archetypes for designing a more satisfactory architecture, and he provides an in- depth analysis of three examples of architectural elegance: the Palais-Royal, the Fondation Rothchild Workers' Residence in Paris, and the Municipality of Outremont in Montreal. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR