CFP: Beyond the gaze. Interpreting and understanding the city

AISU | Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana11th AISU Conference, September 13-16 2023, at Ferrara (Italy)Session 6.9: Restoration and Imago Urbis. Analogue and Digital Visions and Representations of the Urban Image between the 20th and 21st Centuries Coordinators: Leila Signorelli (University of Bologna), Mariarosaria Villani (University of Naples Federico II), Giulia Favaretto (University of Bologna) The …

Published by Sandro Scarrocchia: Sandro Angelini – Architetto in Bergamo e conservatore internazionale nel secondo Novecento

Sandro AngeliniArchitetto in Bergamo e conservatore internazionale nel secondo NovecentoSandro Scarrocchia ITALIAN | ISBN: 9788857587592 The place from which one goes out and to which one returns is Bergamo, both for Sandro Angelini and for Sandro Scarrocchia, an Italian architectural historian and expert in the preservation of heritage. The architect Angelini was born in Bergamo …

Published by Fernando López-Arias: El Concilio Vaticano II y la arquitectura sagrada. Origen y evolución de unos principios programáticos (1947-1970)

El Concilio Vaticano II y la arquitectura sagrada. Origen y evolución de unos principios programáticos (1947-1970)Fernando López-Arias SPANISH | ISBN: 9788873672890 The last 60 years have witnessed a general change in the shape of Catholic worship building throughout the world. This transformation is attributed to the Church's most significant event of the last century: the …

Published by Michael Merrill: Louis Kahn: The Importance of a Drawing

Louis KahnThe Importance of a DrawingMichael Merrill (ed.)ENGLISH | ISBN: 9783037786444 Interview with author (Common Edge, 31.01.2022) Michael Merrill, an award-winning architect and educator, has published his third book on Louis Kahn. As in his previous books he focuses on the importance of Kahns creative intelligence and design process. The book edited by Merrill combines …

CFP: New powers, old territories. Spatial strategies of appropriation in the European context

»New powers, old territories. Spatial strategies of appropriation in the European context«, Innsbruck 5-7 November 2020Call for PapersAs part of its research project »The Appropriation Strategies of Italy in South Tyrol and Trentino after the First World War«, the Unit of Architectural History and Monument Conservation (bg+d) at the University of Innsbruck is organizing a …

Published: Townscapes in Transition

Townscapes in Transition: Transformation and Reorganization of Italian Cities and Their Architecture in the Interwar PeriodISBN: 3837646602 How did urban Italy come to look the way it does today? This collection of essays assembles recent studies in architectural history and theory exploring the historical paradigms guiding architecture and landscape design between the world wars. The …