Format:
XXII, 347 S
,
zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst
ISBN:
9781472427281
,
9781472427298
,
9781472427304
Series Statement:
Ashgate studies in architecture series
Content:
Introducing Franco Albini -- Modernity in the balance: Italy's equilibrium -- Albini's emergence from designer to architect -- The rationalist house, the modern room, and Albini's method -- Continuitá: CIAM and neorealism in postwar Italy -- The exhibition and the museum: Albini's pragmatic poetics -- Tradition's modern corollary in Cervinia and Rome -- Strange siblings: office buildings in Genoa and Parma -- Seeking order: urban plans, popular housing and furniture -- Modernity's weight: suspending optimism in two final museums
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Introducing Franco AlbiniModernity in the balance: Italy's equilibrium -- Albini's emergence from designer to architect -- The rationalist house, the modern room, and Albini's method -- Continuitá: CIAM and neorealism in postwar Italy -- The exhibition and the museum: Albini's pragmatic poetics -- Tradition's modern corollary in Cervinia and Rome -- Strange siblings: office buildings in Genoa and Parma -- Seeking order: urban plans, popular housing and furniture -- Modernity's weight: suspending optimism in two final museums.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472427298
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781472427304
Language:
English
Keywords:
Albini, Franco 1905-1977
;
Architektur
;
Geschichte
Author information:
Albini, Franco 1905-1977
