-An informative accompaniment to an exhibition of Giorgio Morandi's work at the Museo Novecento, Florence -Focuses on Giorgio's relationships with some of the greatest contemporaneous art critics This book, like the exhibition it accompanies, takes as a starting point four important paintings in the collection of the Museo Novecento, which belonged to collector Alberto Della Ragione, including a rare watercolour of a female figure that reveals Morandi's extraordinary artistic abilities. It illustrates paintings, drawings, and prints that have been kept in various private collections. Exit Morandi also celebrates Morandi's relationship with art critics such as Roberto Longhi, Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti, Cesare Brandi and Francesco Arcangeli.

Exit Morandi

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Rome, the 'Eternal City', is not only enriched by buildings and monuments that preserve the culture of Italy in the symbolic center of Christianity and the hub of the Italian Republic. The architecture of Rome also tells the story of a process of restoration and innovation. During the 1930s, the social and cultural revolution led to calls for functionality and practicality, which are represented by impressive modern public and residential works, as well as by major initiatives from architectural forces of urban change in the capital. This handy pocket guide to modern and contemporary architecture in Rome has entries for 87 buildings, and a clever folding map with thumbnail photographs which correspond to marked locations. It includes indices by architect and by project, accessibility to the public, and directions by bus and metro.

Rome: On the Road Architectural Guides: On the Road

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Documents a major retrospective on the versatile genius of Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti forty years after his death, with essays by a roster of notable architectural historians Ponti's work embodied an Italian-style art of living, and he was a major force in the renewal of Italian design after the Second World War The exhibition will take place at the Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI) in Rome from 7 November 2019 - 26 April 2020 Gio Ponti - architect, designer, art director, writer, poet, professor, and critic - was one of the most renowned protagonists of Italian architecture and design in the 20th century. Forty years after his death, the Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo (MAXXI) in Rome is dedicating a major retrospective to this exceptional figure. Beginning with his architecture, which can be characterized as a unique and original synthesis of tradition and modernity, history and design, elite culture and everyday life, the show explores his many-faceted talent, selecting projects that concretely illustrate the key concepts found throughout his architecture and design work. Included here are archival materials, models, photographs, books, magazines and objects which illustrate the many achievements of his six decade career.

Gio Ponti. Amare l'architettura

History & Criticism

The latest in a series of handy and informative pocket guides to modern and contemporary architecture in cities around the world Includes entries for 85 noteworthy buildings in New York City The cover incorporates a clever folding map with thumbnail photographs which correspond to marked locations New York City is a metropolis in a constant state of metamorphosis. Amidst continuous construction, the redevelopment of the existing cityscape plays a fundamental role in the evolution of the Big Apple as a place to live, work, and visit. This pocket guide to highlights of modern and contemporary architecture features 85 famous skyscrapers, cutting-edge projects with abandoned infrastructure, post-industrial buildings, and inventive low-cost housing models. Each building is accompanied by text describing its history, use, materials, and architectural profile, in addition to directions, and public accessibility

New York: On the Road Architectural Guides: On the Road

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Explores more than 30 architecturally relevant wineries around the world\nThis survey of contemporary winery architecture around the world profiles 30 wineries, and explores how the new generation of growers are incorporating a thoughtful approach to architectural design into their wider public-facing identity and mission. Following his earlier book, which explored winery architecture in Italy, the author has selected wineries in Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Oceania to illustrate how quality and sustainability have become priorities in the construction process. Responding to the increasing interest in traveling to see first-hand where wine is produced, he examines how wineries are creating well-designed and engaging spaces that are in tune with the surrounding landscape, highlighting the connection between the building, its surroundings, and the agricultural community.\n. 
 About the Author 
Luca Molinari is a curator and writer, in addition to his academic career and research activities. He has been teaching History of Contemporary Architecture at SUN, (Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli) since 2007 and is currently a visiting professor at the Cornell University of Architecture, Art, and Planning in Rome, and at the Fondazione Fotografia in Modena. He was the dean of the School of Design at NABA, (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) (2005-06). He has written for, and still collaborates with, Italian and international publications including: Corriere della Sera, La Stampa, AD, Platform, Domus, Lotus, Abitare, Ottagono, Il progetto, Archis, L'architecture d'aujourd'hui, A+U and Post. He has written the weekly architectural column for the magazine, Espresso, since 2015.\nAnja Visini studied Architecture in both Milan and Lisbon, graduating from the Politecnico di Milano in 2007. From 2003 to 2006 she worked with the Ghigos Group (later Ghigos Ideas). She has collaborated with Estudio Mariscal and MiAS Arquitectes in Barcelona, Barreca & La Varra and Spada e Associati in Milan and Teğet Mimarlık in Istanbul, as well as having developed architectural and interior design projects as a freelance professional. An interdisciplinary approach and the search for the dissolution of boundaries within the profession characterise her work, which ranges from exhibits to graphics, from jewellery design to architecture. She has written for Abitare online, Viceversa and Platform Architecture and Design. Together with Luca Molinari, she edited the volume Strutture complesse, libero pensiero. Teoria e progetti di Redesco Structural Engineering published by Skira in 2017. At the Luca Molinari Studio, she is head of editorial projects and deals with museum curatorship. She is currently project leader for the curatorial project of the permanent exhibition of the Istanbul City Museum.

The World Winery Collection: Innovative design, sustainability and the landscape

* This book represents a unique scholarly initiative, presenting for the first time a survey of workers' villages and company towns around the worldIndustrial archeologists study towns and landscapes created over the past several centuries that were planned to integrate home and work. This ground-breaking book features architectural case studies of company towns in 48 locations - workers' villages, mill towns, mining towns, cité ouvrières, bruk städer, colonias industriales, villaggi operai - many of which are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Extensive illustrations and images document the ways in which architectural experiments responded to the entrepreneurial initiatives that were the basis of these communities. The authors, two esteemed professors whose work focuses on the conservation of industrial heritage, examine the role of architectural and urban culture in creating the identity of these unique towns, and the consequences of their abandonment.

Architecture at Work: Towns and Landscapes of Industrial Heritage

* Mario Cucinella curated the Italian Pavilion 'Archipelago Italia' at the 16th Architectural Biennale of Venice in 2018* Mario Cucinella Architects was founded in 1992, and is a world leader in crafting sustainable architectural solutions for a wide variety of building usesThis book brings together a collection of recent projects and classic architectural designs by Mario Cucinella Architects, and explores the sensitive, creative, and sustainable solutions that architecture and nature can provide in answer to global challenges. The way forward is approached via constructive strategies of the past and from the plant world, looking at how man has adapted in every latitude, climate, and culture. Buildings of the past considered resources like wind, sun, rain, and local materials, sustainable strategies that are increasingly important today. Research in the plant world inspires buildings that can adapt to the climate and resonate with the environment. Each project featured here is accompanied by a wealth of illustrations and drawings, and an in-depth analysis that interprets all aspects of construction.

Building Green Futures: Mario Cucinella Architects

Mainoli, Anna

Architecture

* Roberto Fanari's complex and impressive installation of his 36-panel sky painting at a deconsecrated church in Milan* Includes numerous essays by art historians and art criticsThis catalog documents an exhibition of paintings by the Italian artist Roberto Fanari at the Studio Museo Francesco Messina in Milan. The central feature of the show is The Rediscovered Sky, a painting on canvas, 12 meters long and 6 meters wide, on two panels composed of 36 individual canvases and placed at a height of 12 meters. Other works shown on the ground floor are closely connected to the painted ceiling piece through their affinity or contrast. The centrality of nature in his work, and the link between art and nature, are evident in the way architectural elements of the surrounding space are incorporated into a seamless dialogue with the work. The artist, inspired by John Constable, has often focused on the subject of the sky and clouds, achieving an effect that evokes the dreamlike and visionary aspects of the imagination.Text in English and Italian.

Roberto Fanari: Il Cielo Ritrovato/The Rediscoverd Sky

* Numerous essays and visual resources illuminate the career of the founder of the Conceptual Neo-Figuration movement in Italy, Renato Mambor* This catalog is the first retrospective of Mambor's work since his death in 2014* The last major exhibition of his work was held at the MACRO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma in 2013Renato Mambor, an Italian painter, photographer, and performing artist, was a member of the 1960's Scuola di Piazza del Popolo group in Rome, together with Mario Schifano, Pino Pascali, and Jannis Kounellis. This book documents a retrospective exhibition of his career, which brings together thirty works created between the 1960s and 2013. Mambor played a major role in the return to a form of figuration, also becoming a celebrated performer, theater director and stage designer. The book includes a wide selection of archival images and texts by the artist, and highlights his creative process in a number of mediums, from painting to performance. It includes an interview with Gianna Mazzini, director of the documentary Mambor (2019).Text in English and Italian.

Mambor

* A recently rediscovered project by Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti* Includes archival images and detailed original drawings of the furnishings and interiorsBetween 1960 and 1965 Gio Ponti worked on the headquarters of the religious congregation Notre Dame de Sion, located on the Janiculum Hill in Rome. His contribution to the project has been unidentified until recently. In 2014, the building was converted to house the Catholic University of America and the Australian Catholic University. This occasion gave architects of AeV Architetti the opportunity to carry out historical and archival research on the original project, the results of which are presented here. The book is enriched with the addition of detailed original drawings of the furnishings that still exist 50 years after the building was designed.Text in English and Italian.

Gio Ponti: Inedito/Rediscovered: Notre Dame de Sion, Roma

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