
Giuseppe Terragni
His War, His End
Valerio Paolo Mosco(Author)
Attilio Terragni(Editor)
Forma Edizioni (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 28. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
120 pages
978-88-5521-052-2 (ISBN)
Description
Giuseppe Terragni, an influential proponent of modernism in Italian
architecture and design in the 1920s and 1930s, translated the visual
vocabulary of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe into what became known
as the Rationalist School of Architecture. This monograph covers his
later years (he died in 1943), with a focus on the war and his
devastating experience as a soldier. It includes some notable projects
from the 1930s like the Casa del Fascio in Como, and the designs for an
unrealised final project for a cathedral that he did in the days before
his death. The book is illustrated with historical photographs and
includes letters Terragni wrote from the front.
architecture and design in the 1920s and 1930s, translated the visual
vocabulary of Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe into what became known
as the Rationalist School of Architecture. This monograph covers his
later years (he died in 1943), with a focus on the war and his
devastating experience as a soldier. It includes some notable projects
from the 1930s like the Casa del Fascio in Como, and the designs for an
unrealised final project for a cathedral that he did in the days before
his death. The book is illustrated with historical photographs and
includes letters Terragni wrote from the front.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Italy
Illustrations
49 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 160 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-88-5521-052-2 (9788855210522)
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Persons
Valerio Paolo Mosco (Rome, 1964) is architect and architecture critic. He teaches at IUAV in Venice and has taught at Politecnico di Milano, IIT in Chicago, Cornell University in Rome. He is the author of numerous publications on architecture, including: Italian architecture. From Postmodernism to the present day (2017); The last cathedral (2015); Nude architecture (2012); Fifty years of engineering in Italy and abroad (2011); Steven Holl (2011); Zero volume architecture (with Aldo Aymonino, 2006).