Marc Held - Skopelos (English, French, Hardcover)

Marc Held entered history in 1965 with his famous Culbuto armchair, followed in 1966 by his furniture manufactured by Prisunic. Over a period of fifty years, he created some 150 furniture pieces, notably participating in 1983 in the interior design of the apartments in the Elysee Palace. Beginning in the 1970s, he also designed singular works of architecture, for individuals and for corporate clients such as IBM. At the end of the 1980s he chose to focus entirely on this passion of his when he settled on the Greek island of Skopelos. Interested in vernacular architecture, he dedicated a widely acknowledged book on Greece, Maisons de Skopelos, precis d'architecture vernaculaire published by Editions Skopelos.net, in 1994, to it. It was also on Skopelos where over a period of thirty years he built eight exceptional villas: Lemonia, Maistros, Nina, Loukas, The Temple, Mourtia, Myrto and Kapsari. Each house is an architectural manifesto in its own right. These eight villas, in spectacular sites beside the sea, built with local materials and in accordance with the construction techniques of the island - all the artisans were from there - with the magical landscapes in which they are integrated, are eight lessons on the notion of genius loci, which so inspired Marc Held's architecture. Photographed by Deidi von Schaewen - with spectacular shots taken via drone-mounted cameras - his eight beautiful villas are also presented with his drawings and plans developed during their conception phases. Text in English and French.

General

Imprint:	Editions Norma
Country of origin:	France
Release date:	November 2019
Authors:	Michele Champenois
Dimensions:	280 x 280 x 31mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-2-915542-91-2
Languages:	English • French
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Individual architects Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Residential buildings, domestic buildings > Palaces, chateaux, country houses
LSN:	2-915542-91-0
Barcode:	9782915542912

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