Jean Prouvé house at Tate Modern
Tate Modern has sprung a new sight on London to join the interesting riverbank scene.
In a joint venture with the Design Museum, Tate Modern is hosting an icon of modern architecture – the Maison Tropicale by French architect Jean Prouvé. It’s a stunning creation which to me looks like a cross between Le Corbusier’s cool rationalism and the tinniness of an American diner. Perhaps nowadays it doesn’t look too shocking, but in its day it must have been quite a stunning innovation. Even today it has lessons to teach – how to reconcile prefabrication with artistic integrity.
In fact Prouvé could …read more
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