Henri Labrouste is one of the few nineteenth-century architects
consistently lionized as a precursor of modern architecture
throughout the twentieth century and into our own time. The two
magisterial glass-and-iron reading rooms he built in Paris gave
form to the idea of the modern library as a collective civic space.
His influence was both immediate and long-lasting, not only on the
development of the modern library but also on the exploration of
new paradigms of space, materials and luminosity in places of great
public assembly. Published to accompany the first exhibition
devoted to Labrouste in the United States--and the first anywhere
in the world in nearly 40 years--this publication presents nearly
225 works in all media, including drawings, watercolors, vintage
and modern photographs, film stills and architectural models.
Essays by a range of international architecture scholars explore
Labrouste's work and legacy through a variety of approaches.
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