At the pinnacle of his profession and powers, Christian de Portzamparc
is a shining star in the firmament of high design.
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Christian de Portzamparc is renowned
for bold yet artful architecture that is at once sensitive to its
context while at the same time being novel, adventurous, and frequently
exciting. One57, the soaring residential skyscraper in New York, with
unparalleled views of Central Park, is perhaps his most famous building
in the United States, but his work ranges widely across the globe, from
an extraordinary handkerchief puff-shaped boutique for Christian Dior in
Seoul to a low-winged arabesque of a building for the wine producer
Cheval Blanc to a mysterious temple of the modern for Casarts in
Casablanca. This volume, the first major comprehensive book on
Portzamparc's work in more than three decades, is a revelation and a
comprehensive survey of the work of one of the world's most innovative
and exciting architects at the height of his powers.