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Ionel Schein

Ionel Schein was a Romanian-born French architect.

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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".1

Further reading

Further reading

  • Silvia Berselli, "Ionel Schein : Dall'habitat evolutivo all'architecture populaire", Mendrisio Academy Press 2015, ISBN 978-8-8366-3143-8.
References

References

  1. Edelmann, Frédéric (2005-01-24). "Ionel Schein, architecte et théoricien d'avant-garde". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-09.