Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: French Communist Party Headquarters

Preferred Title: 
French Communist Party Headquarters
Alternate Title: 
Siege du Parti Communiste Francais
Image View: 
View of south end, depicting service entrance
Creator: 
Jean Deroche (French architect, born 1931); Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian architect, born 1907); Paul Chematov (French architect, born 1928)
Location: 
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Date: 
1967-1980 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
French
Style Period: 
Modernist, Modern
Work Type 1: 
office building
Work Type 2: 
society building
Work Type 3: 
skyscraper
Classification: 
architecture
Material: 
concrete; glass
Technique: 
construction (assembling)
Subjects: 
architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Communist Party (France)
Description: 
Disagreement with the military dictatorship that came to power in 1964 caused Niemeyer to leave Brazil, and he worked in virtual exile for a number of years in Israel, Lebanon, Algeria, France and Italy. In the later 1960s a special decree by the French president, Charles de Gaulle, permitted him to practise in France, where he produced a curved design for a headquarters building (1967-1980; with Paul Chemetov and Jean Deroche) for the French Communist Party in Paris. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/)
Collection: 
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier: 
1A1-NO-SP-B5
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.