Ionel Schein
Ionel Schein (1927 – 30 December 2004) was a Romanian-born French architect. Schein was a pioneer in the use of synthetic materials and created the first plastic house in 1956. On his death Le Monde described him as "one of the major figures in French architecture".
Also recorded as Jonel Schein · I. Schein
Ionel Schein
- Born
- 1927 · Bucharest.
- Died
- 2004 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France · Romania
- Occupation
- architect · urban planner
- Education
- Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest · Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Teachers
- Charles Nicod · Pierre Sonrel
- Languages
- French
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Ionel Schein (1927 – 30 December 2004) was a Romanian-born French architect. Schein was a pioneer in the use of synthetic materials and created the first plastic house in 1956. On his death Le Monde described him as "one of the major figures in French architecture".
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1927
Ionel Schein born at Bucharest.
2004
Ionel Schein died at Paris.
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- Une correspondance architecturale: Ionel Schein "enfant" de Le Corbusier, Le Corbusier, 50 years later. Conference proceedings, 2015
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- 1.Le Monde. Frédéric. Edelmann. Ionel Schein. 25. janvier. 2005. 9 avril 2022.
- 2.Ionel Schein. FRAC Centre.
- 3.Corine Girieud Ghiyati. Annexe IX - Entretien avec Claude Parent. Corine Girieud Ghiyati, Serge Lemoine. La Revue Art d'aujourd'hui (1949-1954) : une vision sociale de l'art. Paris. Paris 4. Thèse. 2011.
- 4.Marie-Pierre Vandeputte. Archigram, de l’utopie à la folle fiction. ESADE.
- 5.Ionel Schein. FRAC Centre.
- 6.Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling. Museum of Modern Art. 2008.
- 7.Michel Ragon. Ionel Schein. Ubanisme. 2014. 17 mars 2014. Urbanisme.
- 8.Cabine hôtelière mobile - Schein - Magnant - Coulon - 1956. Modern Architecture 1950 to 1970.
- 9.GIAP. Olats.
- 10.Gender Space Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction. Routledge. 2000.
- 11.Reading Architectural History: An Annotated Anthology. Routledge. 2002.
- 12.Centro comunitario e sinagoga a Parigi. Architettura. juin. 1982.
- 13.Paris Dreams, Paris Memories: The City and Its Mystique. Stanford University Press. 2011.
- 14.La notion d'espace global polyvalent. Ionel. Schein. Urbanisme. 120-121. 170.
- 15.Marie-Ange Brayer. Colloque Art et Architecture. Ministère de la culture. 2000.
- 16.Relevé des fichiers de l'Insee. deces.matchid.io.
- 17.Ionel Schein. FRAC Centre.
- 18.Ionel Schein, "Autour de la Maison en Plastique". FRAC Centre.
- 19.Plastic house originator gets a show at last. (Ionel Schein, Ecole superieure des beaux-arts. EMAP Architecture. en. Adrian. Dannatt. 21. mai. 1998.
- 20.Ionel Schein. FRAC Centre.
- 21.Schein, Coop Himmelblau, Tschumi. FRAC Centre.
- 22.Vision and Reality. FRAC Centre.
- 23.Mobilité et migration. FRAC Centre.
- 24.About the exhibition. Mori Art Museum.
- 25.Habiter les formes de la nature. FRAC Centre.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Silvia Berselli. Ionel Schein : Dall'habitat evolutivo all'architecture populaire. Academy Press. 2015.
- Ionel Schein. Architecte (1927 - 2004). Fonds régional d'art contemporain du Centre-Val de Loire.
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Une correspondance architecturale: Ionel Schein "enfant" de Le Corbusier, Le Corbusier, 50 years later. Conference proceedings, 2015Crossref registry
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Formation and teaching. Schein studied at Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest and Beaux-Arts de Paris. He trained under Charles Nicod and Pierre Sonrel. Recorded as having studied at Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest and Beaux-Arts de Paris.
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