Thursday the 24th of April, Bureau Europa, in cooperation with the Architecture Academy Maastricht, organises the presentation of the new book by prof. Wim van den Bergh: Machine à Amuser, The Life and Death of the Bestegui Penthouse Apartment.
The book meticulously traces the creation of millionaire bachelor Charles de Beistegui’s pent-house on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Everything in this modernist apartment and its alienating surreal interior was about entertainment: this was no machine à habiter, but a machine à amuser.
The evening opens at 7:00 PM with a short presentation by author Wim van den Bergh, followed by a moderated discussion about the book, the architecture of Le Corbusier and the role of the eccentric client Charles de Beistegui. Afterwards we will have an informal drink.
Date thursday 25 April, 7:00 PM
Location Architecture Academy Maastricht, herdenkingsplein 12 Maastricht
Admission sign up via info@bureau-europa.nl. NB: the evening will be in English.
