LEAP Seminar @UdeM (2024/01/16): Pierre Chabard, Building, Editing, Thinking. On the Path of a Few Architect-Publishers

Conference by Pierre Chabard, Professor and director of Éditions de la Villette.

Date: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 at 5:30 pm.

Location: Amphitheatre 1120, Faculté de l’aménagement, Université de Montréal

Building, Editing, Thinking

On the Path of a Few Architect-Publishers

Summary:

While the history of those who write architectural books is now well documented, it often tends to overshadow the history of those who publish them. By investigating the careers of a number of French-speaking architects and publishers, Pierre Chabard will examine the role of this publishing practice in the production of architectural culture, and question the homology between the act of publishing a book and that of designing a building.

Pierre Chabard is an architect, historian and critic. With a doctorate in architecture, he is a lecturer at Ensa Paris-la Villette. A contributor to several art and architecture magazines and author of several books, he was a member of the magazine Le Visiteur (2001-2003), before co-founding Criticat (2007-2018). Since 2019, he has been director of Éditions de la Villette.