New York

The history of architecture constantly combines two perspectives: one is panoramic and turned towards urban ensembles so as to reveal social or technical policies, while the other looks in close shot at buildings, their interior, and their reflection of the ideals and engagement of their creators and occupants. By articulating the thoughts of twentieth-century theoreticians, philosophers, writers and architects (such as Mies van der Rohe, Wright, or Le Corbusier), Jean-Louis Cohen offers a new approach to architecture as a subject of inquiry and as a practice - one that is rooted in cultural history and in its human dimension.

Architecture, Modernity, Modernization - Inaugural Lecture delivered on Thursday 21 May 2014

Yto Barrada - Agadir

Avec sa maison de Santa Monica et le musée Guggenheim de Bilbao, Frank Gehry a laissé à travers le monde des édifices déterminants pour l'architecture contemporaine, dont la présence a transfiguré les villes où ils ont été édifiés. Inclassable, en dépit des tentatives pour faire de lui un artiste égaré chez les architectes, un nihiliste ou un iconoclaste, il a su répondre avec finesse aux défis des programmes les plus complexes et des tissus urbains les plus délicats. Pionnier dans l'usage de l'ordinateur, il a su le dompter pour imaginer des formes surprenantes et poétiques. Dans un parcours sillonnant continents et océans, Jean-Louis Cohen s'appuie sur sa longue familiarité avec l'architecte pour présenter une quarantaine d'édifices spectaculaires, du Walt Disney Concert Hall à la Fondation Louis Vuitton et de la salle Pierre Boulez à la Fondation Luma.

Frank Gehry - Les chefs-d'oeuvre

Alger

From his home in Santa Monica to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Frank Gehry has created consequential works of contemporary architecture all over the world, transforming the cities in which they were built. Gehry, an unclassifiable and groundbreaking architect, has continually responded with finesse to the challenges of complex programming and building within particularly delicate urban frameworks. A pioneer in computer-aided design, he harnessed technology to conjure surprising and poetic forms. In this world tour, Jean-Louis Cohen-acclaimed historian, critic, and curator of architecture and urban design-draws upon his deep familiarity with the architect to present some forty spectacular buildings, from the Walt Disney Concert Hall to the Louis Vuitton Foundation, and from the Pierre Boulez Saal to the Luma Foundation.

New York

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