Unlocking the archive of a transnational expert
An overlooked “homme de l’action”Virtually unknown outside architectural history circles in France and Switzerland, Henri-Jean Calsat (1905–1991) is a striking example of an overlooked global expert (fig. 1). Cyrille Simonnet, who compiled a virtual exhibition of the architect’s work as part of his...
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ABE Journal
2014
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| Résumé: | An overlooked “homme de l’action”Virtually unknown outside architectural history circles in France and Switzerland, Henri-Jean Calsat (1905–1991) is a striking example of an overlooked global expert (fig. 1). Cyrille Simonnet, who compiled a virtual exhibition of the architect’s work as part of his inventory-project of the architect’s archive, which is currently held by the University of Geneva, describes him as a “key actor within the decision-making mechanisms that typify the production of... |
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