ART & DESIGN

Auguste Perret, Huit Chefs d’œuvre

Architecture in place of Prada.

by Sarah Leon

Palais d’Iéna, Paris ESEC headquarters Hypostyle room. © Benoît Fougeirol.

Since 2011, Prada has been staging events (including the spring 2014 Miu Miu show) at the Palais d’Iéna, an Auguste Perret-designed, concrete building in Paris. And so, it’s no surprise that when the Fondazione Prada teamed up with the Economic, Social and Environmental Council to create an exhibition in honor of legendary 20th-century architect (“Auguste Perret: Eight Masterpieces”), the organizations decided to stage it there. The show— was created by curator Joseph Abram and OMA AMO, an architecture organization overseen by Rem Koolhaas—is something of a masterpiece itself. See highlights here.

“Auguste Perret, Huit Chefs d’œuvre !/?” is on exhibit from November 27, 2013, through February 19, 2014.

Photos: Auguste Perret, Huit Chefs d’œuvre

Le Havre, aerial view towards the église Saint Joseph. © CNAM/SIAF/CAPA, Archives d’architecture du XXe siècle/Auguste Perret/UFSE/SAIF.

Palais d’Iéna, Paris Former Museum of Public Works Hypostyle Room 1939. © Roger-Viollet. Photo by Harlingue Viollet.

Palais d’Iéna, Paris ESEC headquarters Hypostyle room. © Benoît Fougeirol.

Palais d’Iéna. © Benoît Fougeirol.

Palais d’Iéna. © Benoît Fougeirol.

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