I maestri Comacini. Storia Artistica di Mille Duecento Anni 600-1800 (2 Volumi)

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Arti Grafiche Rizzoli e Pizzio

E. Hempel
SEAI Società Editrice d'Arte Illustrata

Paul Zucker
Verlag Ernst Wasmuth A.G.

Bianca Albertini, Sandro Bagnoli
Editoriale Jaca Book

Steven M. Price
Regan Arts

Filled cover-to-cover with beautiful, vivid photographs, Trousdale is the definitive history of the architecture and design that defined both Beverly Hills and the ultimate American Dream.

Trousdale Estates is a 410-acre enclave of large, luxurious homes in Beverly Hills, California. Primarily developed in the 1950s and '60s, it quickly became famous for its concentration of celebrity residents and the unrestrained extravagance of its midcentury modern architecture. Often working with unlimited budgets, these designers created sprawling, elegant backdrops for the ultimate expression of the American Dream in the mid-to-late twentieth century. In Trousdale, Price explores the architectural backgrounds, details, and floor plans of the amazing homes, giving readers an inside view of the world-famous Beverly Hills style. Lavish new photography is interspersed with archival and historic images, illustrating the glamour of Trousdale both then and now.

Some of the architects of Trousdale include Lloyd Wright, Wallace Neff, Paul R. Williams, Harold Levitt, and A. Quincy Jones.

Oberto Gili, Marella Caracciolo Chia
Rizzoli Libri

Uno sguardo nell'universo privato di alcune delle più belle dimore di artisti, artigiani, interior designer, collezionisti e aristocratici che abitano l'Italia contemporanea. Oberto Gili e Marella Caracciolo Chia ci accompagnano in giro per l'Italia, nelle case di alcuni dei frequentatori più eleganti del nostro Paese. Dalle tenute della campagna toscana alle spettacolari ville al mare, dai palazzi di Palermo alle residenze cittadine di Torino, Milano, Venezia, Roma e Napoli, tutte le case rivelano la personale visione estetica dei proprietari e l'irresistibile fascino del paesaggio italiano. Ciascun interno racchiude sorprese e al contempo fornisce al lettore ispirazione creativa, nel riflettere il gusto e il talento di chi vi abita o vi ha abitato, come il designer Carlo Mollino, lo studioso di arte e letteratura Mario Praz, gli artisti Sadro Chia e Alessandro Twombly. Accanto alle dimore di artisti e artigiani figurano poi gli ambienti realizzati da immaginifici architetti e interior designer, come Camilla Cuinness, Roberto Peregalli e Laura Sartori Rimini.

Gerhard Mack
Verlag Birkhäuser

How to deal with historic buildings has long been a core issue of the international architectural discourse. Herzog & de Meuron began addressing the potential of existing structures very early on: the maintenance and alteration of buildings are among the key strategies of the architects. For the Park Avenue Armory in New York, Herzog & de Meuron have designed a new model for dealing with monuments. The historical building was opened in 1881 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan as a meeting place and training ground for the National Guard, and boasts a rich mixture of different styles. Herzog & de Meuron developed a multifaceted strategy for the transformation of the building, now used as a cultural center, that allows for a combination of restoration, transformation, and innovation. From the exposing of historic structures to the addition of new elements, the architecture gained new vibrancy from the considered entanglement of different aspects. In the current debate, this departure from the practice of historic preservation in the United States is, beyond its value as an actual example, a unique contribution that unfolds in close reference to material. It is exemplary and groundbreaking.

Tiziana Lorenzelli, Matteo Piazza
Mondadori Electa

Giuseppe Pasquali, Pasquale Pinna
Electa editrice

Ugo La Pietra
Edizioni Studioinpiù

AA.VV.
Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani

AA.VV.
Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana fondata da Giovanni Treccani