Per un giardino di estro garbato

Francesco Craca
Skira Architecture Library

Joao Alvaro Rocha is the clear heir to European minimalism, a successor to the masters of modern Portuguese architecture; this lavishly illustrated volume follows the first ten years of his career and depicts over 30 projects. These include private homes, housing complexes, corporate projects, and public and urban projects.
Rocha's design work is rigorous, almost ascetic in nature: interior and exterior spaces flow into vertical and horizontal planes which intersect to create harmonious linear structures. Rocha's ability to combine modern architectural language with traditional materials, such as wood and visible stone textures, enables him to create buildings which are clearly modern, but speak to the past and their surroundings.

Paolo Zermani
Zanichelli

Fin dal primo titolo dedicato a Le Corbusier, questa «Serie di Architettura» si è connotata per alcuni aspetti che ne hanno decretato il favore dei lettori: l'organizzazione per opere di ciascuna monografia ; l'ampiezza e la qualità della documentazione iconograficae; la semplicità di consultazione. La collana, nella rinnovata veste grafica, comprende ora anche monografie dedicate ai maestrie ai periodi stilistici del passato: un ampliamento dell'orizzonte di indagine che è anche un invito a ricomporre, tessera per tessera, il mosaico infinito e mutevole della storia dell'architettura. -- from book cover.

Gilbert Picard
Il Parnaso Editore

Manfredo Tafuri
Cappelli

Maurizio Bocchi, Mariangela Duc
Elemond

Cristina Montes
Kliczkowski

Several projects, some with floor plans, showcase both chic, contemporary looks and newly 'old' traditional looks. This publication consists of a careful selection of projects of bars and cafes in Paris, Buenos Aires, Madrid, etc.

Camillo Boito
Editoriale Jaca Book

Sandy Grant, Elinah Grant
Phuthadikobo Museum

The traditional art of decorating the home has been practised in Southern Africa for centuries although much of this creative art form is unknown to the rest of the world. In 1987, the chance discovery of an exceptionally decorated home convinced Sandy and Elinah Grant that they had to find out if more decorated homes were to be found elsewhere. The result of their seven year quest is this throughly researched book. It provides a visual record of many of Botswana's wonderfully decorated homes and shows them in their proper setting, the magnificent traditional towns and villages. The book describes the changing nature of settlement and home. It describes the characteristics of traditional decoration, introduces the reader to many of the outstanding women who still practice this remarkable vernacular art form, describes the materials and colours they use and the techniques they employ. The book should help to prompt widespread recognition of Botswana's rich cultural heritage.

Ernesto N. Rogers
Giulio Einaudi Editore

Giorgio Simoncini
De Luca Edizioni d'Arte

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Mazzotta

Manuela Castagnara Codeluppi
Electa