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History and theory of modern French architecture 1940-2000It is a book dealing with the history of modern French architecture, which began in 1940, just before the outbreak of World War II. It focuses critically on the essential problems of contemporary French architecture, focusing on 17 themes, not just the chronologically simple history of history, but also the point of origin of important architectural theories, the worries of the times and the movements of the architects, and the changing perception of the city.