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Softcover, 348 pages, ill. English, Very Fine! ISBN 9076714061. Claude Laurens. Architect. Claude Laurens 01In the context of his doctoral research, Johan Lagae conducted research on the personal archives of the French architect Claude Laurens. At the suggestion of Mil De Kooning, Lagae produced a catalogue d'oeuvre of the architect's work. In dialogue and collaboration with the architect and his wife, the complete archive was inventoried between 1995 and 2001. In all, 3000 original drawing were listed, described and, whenever necessary, restored. The photographic collections were also reorganized. Many projects of Claude Laurens from France, Belgium and the former Belgian Congo are abundantly documented in the catalogue 'doeuvre via the original drawings and contemporary photographs. The catalogue was published in 2002 as numbers 53-54 in the series Vlees & Beton, edited by Mil De Kooning. Survey and catalogue raisonné of the architectural works of Claude Laurens who is notorious for his modernistic projects in Kinshasa (?Leopoldville?) during the fifties. The Sabena building (see picture on the cover) is one of his creations. This publication was part of the doctoral thesis of professor Johan Lagae. 0 g.…