L'architecture Vivante
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L'Architecture Vivante was a French magazine for avantgarde architecture published from 1923 - 1932.
edited this magazine for avantgarde architecture between 1923 and 1932. He was an influential critic and mentor of international modern architecture in France and he convinced the publisher Albert Morancé of the importance for such an avantgarde magazine. L’Architecture Vivante became immediately an influential mouthpiece of the International style (Bauhaus
, Constructivism
, De Stijl
). Le Corbusier
- a friend of Badovici - for instance became one of the architects whose ideals were frequently discussed in this magazine. Badovici cultivated relations to European avantgarde magazines like Wendingen
(Netherlands
) and Cahiers d'Art
(France, founded in 1926) by his friend Christian Zervos
.
Regualary each issue of L’Architecture Vivante presented a number of architects and their works but there were also some very few dealing with just one artist (Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret
and in 1929 Eileen Gray
and her home E-1027).
The complete edition:
In Europe (excerpts):
L’Architecture Vivante
Jean BadoviciJean Badovici
Jean Badovici was an Romanian architect and architecture critic active in Paris.- Biography :Born in Bucharest, Romania, Jean Badovici studied architecture in Paris after World War I. Since 1923 he edited the important French magazine for avantgarde architecture L'Architecture Vivante...
edited this magazine for avantgarde architecture between 1923 and 1932. He was an influential critic and mentor of international modern architecture in France and he convinced the publisher Albert Morancé of the importance for such an avantgarde magazine. L’Architecture Vivante became immediately an influential mouthpiece of the International style (Bauhaus
Bauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
, Constructivism
Constructivist architecture
Constructivist architecture was a form of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced technology and engineering with an avowedly Communist social purpose. Although it was divided into several competing factions, the movement produced...
, De Stijl
De Stijl
De Stijl , propagating the group's theories. Next to van Doesburg, the group's principal members were the painters Piet Mondrian , Vilmos Huszár , and Bart van der Leck , and the architects Gerrit Rietveld , Robert van 't Hoff , and J.J.P. Oud...
). Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...
- a friend of Badovici - for instance became one of the architects whose ideals were frequently discussed in this magazine. Badovici cultivated relations to European avantgarde magazines like Wendingen
Wendingen
Wendingen was an art magazine that appeared from 1918 to 1932. It was a monthly publication aimed at architects and interior designers. The booklet was published by Amsterdam publisher Hooge Brug and it was a mouthpiece for the architect association Architectura et Amicitia. . The chief editor was...
(Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
) and Cahiers d'Art
Cahiers d'art
Cahiers d'Art was a French artistic and literary magazine founded in 1926 by Christian Zervos. Zervos published it until 1960. Cahiers d'Art has also become an eponymous publishing house which published many monographs on French artists living in France in the first half of the twentieth century...
(France, founded in 1926) by his friend Christian Zervos
Christian Zervos
Christian Zervos . French art collector, writer and publisher.Better known as a publisher of books than as an art critic in his own right, Zervos founded the magazine Cahiers d'art in Paris, and ran an art gallery.He was a connoisseur of modern painting in his time, and of Greek art and...
.
Regualary each issue of L’Architecture Vivante presented a number of architects and their works but there were also some very few dealing with just one artist (Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret
Pierre Jeanneret
Pierre Jeanneret was a Swiss architect who collaborated with his more famous brother Charles Edouard Jeanneret for about twenty years....
and in 1929 Eileen Gray
Eileen Gray
Kathleen Eileen Moray Gray was an Irish furniture designer and architect and a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture.- Biography :...
and her home E-1027).
Reeditions L’Architecture Vivante
The issue concerning Eileen Gray / E.1027:- Eileen Gray, Jean Badovici: E. 1027: Maison en bord de mer. In L’Architecture Vivante. Reedition Éd. Imbernon, Marseille 2006, ISBN 2-9516396-5-1.
The complete edition:
- L'Architecture vivante, Da Capo Press, New York, c 1975
L’Architecture Vivante in libraries
In the United States (excerpts):- New York Public Library (each of the issues from 1923 - 1933 seems to be available)
- Library of Congress (some issues available and complete reprint edition (New York, 1975) available)
- Chicago Public Library (complete reprint edition (New York, 1975) available)
- San Francisco Public Library (complete reprint edition (New York, 1975) available)
In Europe (excerpts):
- British Architectural Library, London (complete original and facsimile reprint editions available)
- Courtauld Institute, London (complete reprint edition (New York, 1975) available)
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München (roundabout 9 issues)
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (some issues)
- Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, München (complete edition available)