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HORS COLLECTION

CLAUDE PARENT
L'oeuvre construite / L'oeuvre graphique

Price : 45 €
ISBN : 978-2-910385-61-3
French edition only

Collection FRAC CENTRE

NEVERS
Architecture Principe
Claude Parent/Paul Virilio

Price : 35 €
ISBN : 978-2-910385-62-0
Bilingual edition (Fr/En)

HORS Collection

LACATON & VASSAL

Price : 30 €
ISBN : 978-2-910385-59-0
Bilingual edition (Fr/En)

This monograph dedicated to Claude Parent, known as the architect of the oblique function, is published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Cité de l’architecture & du patrimoine. It traces the course of fifty years of innovation, infused with the concepts Parent developed during his incessant research work. Comprising a rich iconography, essays, project analyses (some hitherto unpublished) and excerpts form articles published over the period enable the reader to better apprehend the opus of an architect of outstanding creativity...

An exemplary synthesis of the research pursued by Claude Parent and Paul Virilio in the Architecture Principe group, with the “oblique function”, Saint-Bernadette of Banlay (1966) experiments with a new rapport between man an his environment.  Served by a series of texts and hitherto unpublished images, this book traces the history and impact of a 20th century masterpiece, which looms as a milestone in criticism of modernity...

This monographic book designed by Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, is published in conjunction with their exhibition at the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine...
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Editorial

Founded in 1993, the association Editions HYX, based in Orleans, is supported and developed by a collective made up of artists, architects, art critics, philosophers, graphic designers, historians and people concerned with championing an art that is forever changing.

Editions HYX is a publishing arena for cross-disciplinary exchanges, a hub of contemporary thinking, including a magazine and several collections :

  • Exposé : a magazine of aesthetics and contemporary art
  • Restitutions : architecture, aesthetics
  • Ressources : philosophy, aesthetics
  • Collections du FRAC Centre : Archilab, art and architecture
  • Hors collection : specific publications (Architecture Biennale, Archilab...)
  • Collection O(x) : contemporary art