La Défense / Zone B (1953-91): Light and Shadows of the French Welfare State

Planned as early as 1958 by the Etablissement Public d’Aménagement de La Défense (EPAD, the first such agency in France), the business district of La Défense is a typical urban result of the French version of the welfare state: centralism, modernism, alliance between public and private elites. But...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierre Chabard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jap Sam Books 2011-06-01
Series:Footprint
Online Access:https://ojs-libaccp.tudelft.nl/index.php/footprint/article/view/741

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