Ulrike Gawlik, who has already made an important contribution to Italian studies with her dissertation on the Italian landscape architect Raffaele De Vico (published 2012), now broadens the view with her post-doctoral thesis to the quite mutual influences of Italy and Germany in the 'saddle period' around 1930. In her new book she delves into …
Published by Alexander Fichte: Städtische Wohnquartiere in Venedig (1918–1939)
In the inner periphery of Venice, various residential areas were built in the 1920s and 1930s to absorb the population demands of the time, which were also felt in the lagoon city. Attempts were made to design the urban form of the new neighborhoods in such a way that they blended harmoniously with Venice's particular …
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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 …
CFP: Paesaggio in transizione. Trasformazione, riordinamento e continuità nell’architettura della città italiana tra le due guerre. (Sorrento, 14-17 giugno 2018)
Adalberto Libera: Casa Pigione, Roma, 1933. CALL FOR PAPERS Annual Conference of the American Association for Italian Studies (AAIS) Sant'Anna Institute, Sorrento (Italy), 14-17 June 2018 Deadline: 30 december 2017 https://aais.wildapricot.org/session_proposals [English version see below] Session 24 Paesaggio in transizione. Trasformazione, riordinamento e continuità nell’architettura della città italiana tra le due guerre. Dopo la prima …
Marcello Piacentini urbanista
Studie zum städtebaulichen Werk Marcello Piacentinis Mit der Publikation ihrer 2014 an der Technischen Universität Dortmund vorgelegten Doktorarbeit „Neue Horizonte im Städtebau“ – Die Form der Stadt bei Marcello Piacentini (1881-1960) präsentiert die Berliner Kunsthistorikerin Christine Beese die erste umfangreiche Studie zum vielfältigen städtebaulichen Werk des faschistischen Regimearchitekten Marcello Piacentini. Die Verfasserin untersucht das Wirken …
Die unsichtbaren Städte
Phantasivolle Betrachtung der Stadt in der Übersetzung von Burkhart Kroeber neu aufgelegt 1972 erstmals herausgegeben ist Italo Calvinos Buch ‘Le città invisibili’ (Die unsichtbaren Städte) inzwischen neu im Fischer Verlag aufgelegt worden. Bis heute ist der fantastische Dialog Marco Polos mit Kublai Khan eine virtuose Reise in die unsichtbaren Zusammenhänge menschlichen Zusammelebens. Calvino gelingt dabei …
Luigi Monzo 