"Building in Lebanon is my way of taking a position with regard to the war." This statement by the French-Lebanese architect Youssef Tohme is key to getting into and grasping Intensive Beirut, which looks at his key projects.
Designer of the famous Culbuto armchair manufactured by Knoll, Marc Held is also the architect of eight spectacular villas in Greece, to which this book pays homage.
The first monograph on French mid-century modern designer Pierre Guariche, whose innovative lighting and furniture is still popular today. Text in English and French.