Pierre Vago

Pierre Vago ( born August 30, 1910 in Budapest, † 1 February 2002 in Noisy- sur -École, Seine- et- Marne), was a French architect and co-designer of Berlin's Hansa district. International he was known as chief editor of "L' Architecture d' aujourd'hui " and Secretary General of the International Union of Architects, whose honorary president he was later.

Life

Raised in Rome Vago studied at the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris. With its social housing, factories, the central banks of the French provinces Tunisia and Algeria, but the pilgrimage basilica of St. Pius X in Lourdes, he caused a stir. First, based on classicist rationalism of Auguste Perret, Vago was in the post-war period one of the most important representatives of modern architecture in France.

As editor of the influential magazine "L' Architecture d' aujourd'hui " ( The architecture of today ) was Pierre Vago International obese architecture critic. Pierre Vago in 1948 founded the UIA - Union Internationale des Architectes, its general secretary, he was also for many years. His goal was to unite the architects of all countries into a union of their professional organizations. The UIA is represented in 95 countries in 2005 and represents approximately 1.5 million architects. Under his " reign " could occur semi- official level contacts also architects of the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany. Vago was viewed as a pioneer of the German - French friendship politics, 1957, he participated in the International Building Exhibition in West Berlin Hansa district.

International attention was in 1984 conducted "International Architecture Symposium" Man and Space "at the Technical University of Vienna, in which besides Pierre Vago example, Justus Dahinden, Dennis Sharp, Bruno Zevi, Jorge Glusberg, Otto Kapfinger, Frei Otto, Paolo Soleri, Ernst Gisel, Ionel bill among others participated.

Pierre Vago was an honorary member such as the Royal Institute of British Architects ( RIBA ), the Association of German Architects ( BDA) and the American Institute of Architects American (AIA ) and a member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.

Writings

  • L' Architecture d' aujourd'hui, revue d'architecture contemporaine international, Paris, 1971, ISBN B0000DWOHP
  • With Gabriel Epstein and Klaus Müller- Rehm: architectural experiments in Berlin and elsewhere. For Julius Posener, 1989, ISBN 3-924812-24-1
  • L' UIA, 1948-1998, Epure 1998, ISBN 2-907687-58-1
  • Une vie intense, Aam 2000, ISBN 2-87143-110-8
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