An exemplary synthesis of the research pursued by Claude Parent and Paul Virilio in the Architecture Principe group, with the “oblique function”, Saint-Bernadette of Banlay (1966) experiments with a new rapport between man an his environment. Served by a series of texts and hitherto unpublished images, this book traces the history and impact of a 20th century masterpiece, which looms as a milestone in criticism of modernity…