Grand Bleu : Hotel du Departement des Bouches-du-Rhone, Marseilles, Alsop and Stormer Architects

This study of Alsop and Stoermers building features the international award-winning competition scheme for the regional government offices in Marseilles.

The building, completed in Spring 1994, has been acclaimed in "Architectural Review", "Building Design" and "Blueprint". Illustrated throughout with design development drawings over three stages, the book also features Alsop's paintings which have stimulated his own ideas in progress.

Working drawings, CAD drawings and detailed drawings of the innovative climate control complement the text, which describes the competition, the process of construction of this innovative building, and the complex as completed.