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Facade, CIMT, Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1963

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Steel and aluminum sheet façade panel, 1963.

Steel and aluminum sheet façade panel, 1963. © Galerie Patrick Seguin.

Steel and aluminum sheet façade panel, 1963.

Steel and aluminum sheet façade panel, 1963. © Galerie Patrick Seguin.

Advertisement for the CIMT–Jean Prouvé Lorraine mass-produced curtain wall, ca. 1964.

Advertisement for the CIMT–Jean Prouvé Lorraine mass-produced curtain wall, ca. 1964. © Collection privée.

CIMT plant, Valenciennes. Assembling the panels designed by Jean Prouvé, 1963.

CIMT plant, Valenciennes. Assembling the panels designed by Jean Prouvé, 1963. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

CIMT plant, Valenciennes. Cleaning the panels designed by Jean Prouvé, 1963.

CIMT plant, Valenciennes. Cleaning the panels designed by Jean Prouvé, 1963. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Advertising brochure for the CIMT mass-produced curtain wall, ca. 1964.

Advertising brochure for the CIMT mass-produced curtain wall, ca. 1964. © Collection privée.

Steel and aluminum sheet façade panels, 1963.

Steel and aluminum sheet façade panels, 1963. © Galerie Patrick Seguin

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé.

Headquarters of the Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport (CIMT), Neuilly-sur-Seine (architect E. Deschler, 1963). Facade panels designed by Jean Prouvé. © Fonds Jean Prouvé. Centre Pompidou – MNAM/CCI-Bibliothèque Kandinsky-Dist. RMN-Grand Palais.

FFacade panels CIMT, 1963

In 1957, Jean Prouvé was in charge of the building division of CIMT (Compagnie Industrielle de Matériel de Transport) Lorraine, for which he designed mass-produced lightweight buildings and curtain-facade systems. These latter included double-sided pressed aluminum sandwich panels whose several variants lent themselves to numerous different programs.