Kay Bea Jones

Suspending Modernity: The Architecture of Franco Albini (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Kay Bea Jones' illuminating study of selected works by Studio Albini will reintroduce his contributions to one of the most productive periods in Italian design. Suspending Modernity follows the evolution of Albini's most important buildings and projects, even as they reveal his apprehensive attitudes about the modern condition. Albini clarified the vital role of tradition in modern architecture as he experimented with domestic space. His cohort defied CIAM ideologies to re-socialize postwar housing and speculate on ways of reviving Italian cities. Jones argues here that Albini's masterful use of materials and architectural expression mark an epic paradigm shift in the modern period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 370
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317048039
• Artikelnr.: 44873096

Autorenporträt

Kay Bea Jones is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the Ohio State University, USA.

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Suspending Modernity: The Architecture of Franco Albini

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'This study offers an intriguing interpretative framework with which to understand Italian architect and designer Franco Albini's contribution to the debates that shaped discourse and practice in Italy and beyond during the twentieth century.' Michelangelo Sabatino, University of Houston, USA

'This engaging and accessible book offers new insights into the extraordinary work of Franco Albini. Carefully researched and judiciously argued, it teases out the complexity and richness in the oeuvre of one of modernism's most enigmatic architects. Kay Bea Jones writes with an architect's eye for detail and a historian's grasp of context. Her lucid prose and carefully constructed diagrams bring to light the work of a figure whose thoughtful and inventive projects earned the praise of Italy's most important critics and influenced several generations of architects.' David Rifkind, Florida International University, USA

'Suspending Modernity: The Architecture of Franco Albini, visually compelling and written in accessible language, will be a valuable resource for scholars, students, architects, and others interested in Italian modernism.' Journal of Architectural Education

'... Suspending Modernity offers a superior level of research and scholarly rigor ...' ARLIS