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Famous for not 'doing' glamour; Architect and furniture designer Jean Prouve The Prouve House, Nancy, 1954, was built in a few weeks, on a concrete slab, in steel, with an aluminium-and-wood roof.

Publication: The Evening Standard (London, England)
Publication Date: 12-DEC-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: CORINNE JULIUS

MOST people know the world's leading modern designerswith one striking omission: architect and furniture designer Jean Prouve.

Prouve spent his life designing and making prefabricated buildings andfurniture. He was an innovator, working with leading Modernist designers, andan influence on contemporary architects.

In 1971, as president of the selection jury for the Centre Pompidou, he wasinstrumental in the...

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