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- Title
Investments in an invisible future: The Nubar Bey Villa at Garches (Auguste Perret, 1931).
- Authors
Ortlieb, Valérie
- Abstract
Back in November 1995, Perret's Villa Nubar Bey was empty, cold and gloomy and in an advanced state of decay. Renovation work had barely begun -the garden had been torn up and turned into mud, there were piles of debris everywhere and the pipework was exposed. Meanwhile, work on the site had been halted and the architects' enthusiasm sapped by the public transport strikes paralysing the whole of France. Unfortunately, it wasn't only the strike that was holding up the work -the estimated cost of renovating the concrete exterior had caused the client to hesitate. Today, however, the restoration work by the Brussels' architects George and Bernard Baines is finished successfully. The villa, which has experienced a whole series of mishaps over the years, has come through the ordeal of its renovation in spite of strikes and the client's financial concerns.
- Subjects
FRANCE; PRESERVATION of architecture; STRIKES &; lockouts; INTRENCHMENTS; THERMODYNAMICS of pipe; PIPE industry
- Publication
Docomomo Journal, 1997, p99
- ISSN
1380-3204
- Publication type
Article