I am very pleased to be appearing at Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver on April 10th at 7:30 PM.
Author: stephanekirkland
Grand Paris Takes Off
The future of Paris was born last week.
After several years of gestation, the French government has announced concrete measures that will transform the institutional structure of Greater Paris and massively expand the public transportation network to tie together the whole urban region.
Early Reviews of Paris Reborn
Reviews of Paris Reborn have begun appearing. Here are some excerpts:
“Kirkland is an able navigator of architectural history—vivid descriptions abound, and the Continue reading Early Reviews of Paris Reborn
Stephane Kirkland at BookCourt
I am delighted to announce that I will be appearing at BookCourt in Brooklyn on April 2, 2013, the day of the publication of Paris Reborn.
Marcel Breuer at the Cité de l’Architecture
Tomorrow opens a new exhibition on the great twentieth-century architect, Marcel Breuer, at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris.
After presenting Henri Labrouste, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine skips forward a century and presents another great architect who may not be among the best known to the general public, but who is revered within the profession.
Continue reading Marcel Breuer at the Cité de l’Architecture
The Seine Also Rises – Pictures by Laurent Deburge
The Seine has risen to surprising levels this year. My friend Laurent Deburge has taken a series of wonderful pictures capturing this special moment.
Continue reading The Seine Also Rises – Pictures by Laurent Deburge
Publishers Weekly Interview
This week Publishers Weekly publishes an interview with me in advance of the release of Paris Reborn on April 2.
The pieces discusses Paris and its history, Napoleon III, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, and some of the surprising aspects of the Second Empire rebuilding of the French capital recounted in Paris Reborn.
The Death and Life of Great French Cities: PW Talks with Stephane Kirkland is available on line, but the full piece is only accessible to Publishers Weekly subscribers.
Paris in the Snow
Here are some pictures taken today on a snowy place du Panthéon. I am taking advantage of the photographs of the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève to update my post on Henri Labrouste.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year from the Place de l’Hôtel de Ville. Best wishes for 2013.
The Tramway in Île-de-France
Eighty years after having been phased out, the tramway has made a triumphant return to Paris. This fall, three major extensions are being opened to the public. Construction is underway on several new lines. This once-forgotten form of transportation is again becoming part of the daily life of Parisians.
None of the tramway lines cross Paris proper, but they participate in the creation of a dense multi-modal network across the first ring of municipalities surrounding Paris. Even more importantly, these tramway lines are not being approached only as isolated pieces of transportation infrastructure. Instead, they are driving and accompanying major urban projects in the territories they cross. The urban role of the tramway in contemporary Paris is a story worth knowing.