Bus Stop, Nîmes (Nîmes, France) : Close view
- Creator:
- Starck, Philippe, 1949-
- Published/Created:
- Nîmes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
1987 - Date Depicted:
- 1999
1950 AD - 2010 AD - Materials:
- green marble
- Notes:
- Inspired by the crocodile - the Nîmes city symbol - Philippe Starck designed this bus stop as a long, winding line of dark green seats slithering out from the front and back ends of a monumental shelter. The seats are small, solid cubes, and the shelter is a covered, open-sided cube. Both are of crocodile-green marble. All is pristine and simple, though the necessary accouterments - a bus schedule panel and public telephone - are incorporated into the pillars of the shelter. It's an attractive and functional design and a excellent exemplar of public art.
- Topics:
- Architecture -- France -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twentieth century
- Culture:
- French
- Accession Number:
- 1A1-SPH-NBS-A2
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
bus stations (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architecture; cityscape; contemporary (1960 to present); Transportation; public transportation; busses Minimal; Twentieth century buildings; transportation buildings; bus shelters
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Five
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
1999 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4090
- OID:
- 10055125
- PID:
- digcoll:1840381