Françoise Choay Explained

Françoise Choay (born 29 March 1925) is a French architectural and urban historian and theorist. Since 1973, she has been a professor at the University of Paris.^[1] She has also been a visiting professor at numerous universities in the United States, Belgium and Italy.^[2]

Choay was born on 29 March 1925 in Paris. She was awarded the Grand Prix national du Livre d'architecture in 1981 and 2007.^{[1] [3]}

Publications

• — (1960) Le Corbusier, George Braziller ^[4]
• — (1969) The Modern City: Planning in the Nineteenth Century, George Braziller^[5]
• — (1992) L'allégorie du patrimoine, Seuil^[6]
• — (1997) The Rule and the Model: On the Theory of Architecture and Urbanism, MIT Press^[7]
• — (2001) The invention of the historic monument, Cambridge University Press^[8]
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Notes and References

1. Akademie der Kunste: "Biography", (in German) retrieved 19 August 2014
2. URCAUE: "Patrimoine et Modernite" (in French) retrieved 19 August 2014
3. French Ministry of Culture: "Christine Albanel félicite Françoise Choay..." (in French), 20 December 2007
4. Book: Choay, Françoise. Le Corbusier. registration. Le Corbusier Choay.. 1960. G. Braziller. en.
5. Book: Choay, Françoise. The modern city: planning in the 19th century. 1970. G. Braziller. 9780807605165. en.
6. Web site: L'Allégorie du patrimoine, Françoise Choay, Sciences humaines - Seuil. www.seuil.com. fr. 2019-11-04.
7. Web site: The Rule and the Model. The MIT Press. en. 2019-11-04.
8. Web site: The invention of the Historic Monument. 2001. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306065405/http://www.rodolfogiunta.com.ar/Historia%20urbana/La%20invencion%20del%20monumento%20historico%20(Choay).pdf. 2016-03-06. 2019-11-04.