Louis I. Kahn in Rome and Venice: Tangible Forms

ISBN-13: 9781032001241 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 214 str.

Elisabetta Barizza

Opis

This book examines the idea of organism in the work of Louis I. Kahn, from the turning point of Rome to the project for Venice.

Spis treści

Foreword: Kahn revisited Giuseppe Strappa  Introduction  PART 1: The critical reception of Kahn in Italy  1. The idea of organism in the works of Louis Kahn  PART 2: Basic Principles  2. Philadelphia and the teaching of Paul Cret  3. "How’m I Doing, Corbusier?"  4. Kahn and Rome. The essence of the notion of organism  PART 3: Architectural unity in Kahn’s work  5. "The word order is a beautiful word"  6. "Architectural order implies integration of space, structure and mechanics"  7. A dialogue with the architecture of the past  PART 4: Kahn and Venice. "Places more than buildings"  8. The significance of the idea of city  9. Original words: Kahn at UIA, International University of Art of Venice, 1971Conclusions  Bibliography notes  Index

O autorze

Elisabetta Barizza, PhD, is an architect and teacher of history of art and design. After working as an architect in Italy and abroad, she specialised in teaching. In 2017, she published the book La forma tangibile and in 2018 (with Marco Falsetti) Rome and the legacy of Louis Kahn, published in Italian in 2014. In 2018, she (with Gabriele Neri) published Louis Kahn and Venice, the catalogue of the exhibition curated for the Theatre of Architecture, Mendrisio Academy, Switzerland.