Taschen : Pierre Chareau, 1992

Pierre Chareau (1883-1950) is one of the model French architect designers for his contemporary peers. The book easily shows why. It would almost suffice to simply look at his images. Chareau did not theorize much about his work. Brian Brace Taylor, historian and critic of architecture, the author invites us to judge on pieces, through his ultra neat furniture, myths of the 30s from the desk to the wall lamp but above all through the fantastic glass house in Paris , the timeless grandmother of all modern homes. The first sophisticated super-loft full of ingenious details.
It is all the more disturbing that this modernity does not hide its patina of charm well captured by the photos of Jordi Sarrà Arrau.