At the Root of the History of Architecture, Biography

Biography has known its moments of glory and its moments of disgrace, but it has now regained a place in the historical genre, as is well illustrated by the discussions it has bestirred, and the various pertinent books that have been published. Three books, in particular, have just been written about architects: Fernand Pouillon (1912-1986), Georges-Henri Pingusson (1894-1978), and Giuseppe Terragni (1904-1943), written by authors with quite different careers. Danièle Voldman, author of the P..