Odile Decq and Benoit Cornette first rose to international prominence withtheir administrative and social building for the Banque Populaire de lQuest inRennes i... » 

Odile Decq and Benoit Cornette first rose to international prominence withtheir administrative and social building for the Banque Populaire de lQuest inRennes in 1990 which won no less than ten architectural awards. Based inParis they featured in the French 40 under 40 exhibition in 1990 and havesince been successful in many European competitions recently completing twohousing schemes in Paris and working on largerscale urban projects such asthe revitalization of the docks at the Port de Gennevilliers also in Paris.Although Decq and Cornette have been variously described as postmodernistdeconstructionist and hightech their architecture is very difficult tocategorize its distinctive hallmark is their use of metal and sophisticatedengineering techniques.This book charts the architects working process in over twenty buildings andprojects. It features their highly original models which have an architecturalsignificance in their own right. «