Italy: A New Architectural Landscape (Architectural Design) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470031891 ISBN 13: 9780470031896

Publisher: Academy Press, 2007

Synopsis

Every five or six years, a different country takes the architectural lead in Europe:  England came to the fore with High Tech in the early 80s; by the end of the 80s, France came to prominence with Francois Mitterand’s great Parisian projects; in the 90s, Spain and Portugal were discovering a new tradition; and recently the focus has been on The Netherlands. In this ever shifting European landscape, Italy is now set to challenge the status quo. Already home to some of the world’s most well-renowned architects - Renzo Piano, Massimiliano Fuksas and Antonio Citterio – it also has many talented architects like Mario Cucinella, Italo Rota, Stefano Boeri, the ABDR group and Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo, who are now gaining international attention. Moreover there is an extraordinary emergence of younger architects – the Erasmus generation ­–  that is beginning to realise some very promising buildings of their own.

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Italy: A New Architectural Landscape

Guest-edited by Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi

Every five or six years, a different country takes the architectural lead in Europe: England came to the fore with High Tech in the early 1980s; by the end of the 1980s, France came to prominence with François Mitterand's great Parisian projects; in the 1990s, Spain and Portugal were discovering a new tradition; and recently the focus has been on the Netherlands. In this ever shifting European landscape, Italy is now set to challenge the status quo. Already home to some of the world's most renowned architects - Renzo Piano, Massimiliano Fuksas and Antonio Citterio - it also has many talented architects like Mario Cucinella, Italo Rota, Stefano Boeri, the ABDR group and Maria Giuseppina Grasso Cannizzo, who are now gaining international attention. Moreover there is an extraordinary emergence of younger architects - the Erasmus generation - who are beginning to realise some very promising buildings of their own.

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About the Author

Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi is an architectural critic and a professor of contemporary architectural history at the La Sapienza University in Rome. He writes for Domus, The Plan, L’Arca, Abitare and Architectural Design. He is also the Italian correspondent for A10 (Holland), Monument (Australia) and The Architects’ Newspaper (US). He is the director of the weekly presS/Tletter, and curator of numerous exhibitions and events, including the Italian Pavilion at the Brazil Biennale, and a member of the IN/ARCH executive committee. Books include Forme e ombre, introduzione all’architettura contemporanea, 1905–1933 (Testo & Immagine, 2003), Introduzione all’architettura (Meltemi, 2004), Antonio Citterio (Edilstampa, 2005), and Dieci Anni di architettura: 1996–2006 (Prospettive Edizioni, 2006).

Edition details

• Publisher: Academy Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0470031891
• ISBN 13: 9780470031896
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144
• Editor: Puglisi Luigi Prestinenza