Roma Osservata / Rome Observed

In Roma Osservata/Rome Observed Errol Barron has once again compiled a collection of drawings based on the features of a beloved city. As in its predecessor, New Orleans Observed, he has in this small volume reproduced pages from his sketchbooks, his constant companions as he explores how the effects of light, scale, and structure can express the spirit of a place. During two eight week sessions as professor for the Tulane School of Architecture Rome Program, he found himself following in the footsteps of all those who have gone to Rome and been transformed; the drawings compiled as he moved about the city on his folding bike and the explanatory notes written later in a time of reflection pay tribute to that heritage with perception and wit. The book is both a souvenir for those who love Rome and an excursion for those who love drawing. In both English and Italian.

Errol Barron was born in Alexandria, Louisiana, and is a graduate of Tulane University (B Arch 1964 with Honors, M Arch 1999) and Yale University (M Arch, Urban Planning 1967). The Richard Koch Professor or Architecture at Tulane University, he was elected to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 1994, and was the winner of the Gabriel Prize in 1995. In 2012 he was awarded the Medal of Honor of the Louisiana Architects Association of the American Institute of Architects in recognition of his significant and enduring contribution to the advancement of architecture and his inspiring influence on the architects of Louisiana. His buildings have been awarded over 35 design awards and his paintings have been the subject of numerous one-man and group shows. His architecture and paintings have been exhibited at the Bakersfield Museum of Art (CA), the Ogden Museum of Southern Art (New Orleans), the University of Tennessee School of Art and Architecture (Knoxville), Louisiana State University School of Architecture (Baton Rouge), Miami University School of Architecture (FL), the Eastern Shore Arts Center (AL) and the Alexandria Museum of Art (LA). He has published two other books: Observation: Sketchbooks, Painting, and Architecture of Errol Barron and New Orleans Observed: Drawings and Observations of America s Most Foreign City.