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Un édifice majeur du xxe siècle menacé de disparition À Yaoundé, la halle APLEX ultime de Robert Le Ricolais

  • Publication type: Journal article
  • Journal: Ædificare Revue internationale d’histoire de la construction
    2017 – 2, n° 2
    . Building Techniques in Architectural Treatises: Construction Practices versus Technical Writings
  • Author: Langlois (Gilles-Antoine)
  • Abstract: The French engineer Robert Le Ricolais (1894-1977), a friend of the architects Kahn, Pingusson and Prouvé, is at the forefront of the inventors of spatial structures of the 20th Century. He mainly have built models and ephemeral buildings, during his life shared between France and the USA. Today, remains only one of the two large warehouse erected on its plans in Yaoundé (Cameroon).
  • Pages: 205 to 234
  • Journal: Ædificare
  • CLIL theme: 3076 -- TECHNIQUES ET SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES -- Architecture, Urbanisme
  • EAN: 9782406077343
  • ISBN: 978-2-406-07734-3
  • ISSN: 2649-177X
  • DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-07734-3.p.0205
  • Publisher: Classiques Garnier
  • Online publication: 02-20-2018
  • Periodicity: Biannual
  • Language: French
  • Keyword: Robert Le Ricolais, Louis Kahn, Le Corbusier, Yaoundé, spatial structures, industrial heritage