Catalogue Mendrisio Academy Press
Texts in Italian, English, French or German by Steffen Adam, Francesca Albani, Giulio Barazzetta, Maria Luisa Barelli, Bernard Bauchet, Winfried Brenne, Berthold Burkhardt, Jacques-Louis de Chambrier, Anke Fissabre, Enrico Giacopelli, Franz Graf, Alberto Grimoldi, Ivo Hammer, Giulia Marino, Monika Markgraf, Sander Nelissen, Bernhard Niethammer, Ingrid Paoletti, Bruno Reichlin, John Robertson, Pierre Roquette, Arthur Ruegg, Simona Salvo, Adolf Stiller, Ola Wedebrunn.
Il vetro nell'architettura del XX secolo: conservazione e restauro / Glass in the 20th Century Architecture: Preservation and Restoration
edited by
Franz Graf, Francesca Albani
21 x 25 cm, 496 pp.
355 ill. b/w, 13 ill. col.
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english, italian, french, german
ISBN 9788887624502
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The first issue of the “Quaderni dell’Accademia di architettura”, a periodical which presents contributions and testimonies of the school’s many activities (not just its teaching), is devoted to the recovery of the architectural heritage. This theme, of particular relevance to the contemporary design scene, is explored by scholars, who shed light on the relevant theoretical, historical and social factors, and by architect-professors who, through the presentation of a number of their projects, highlight the different strategies of intervention in the built.
Texts by Bruno Reichlin, Franz Graf, Bernhard Furrer, Claude Raffestin, Bruno Pedretti, Roberta Grignolo.
Projects by: Bearth & Deplazes Architekten, Miller & Maranta, Burkhalter Sumi, E. & M. Boesch, Mario Botta.
Riuso del patrimonio architettonico
edited by
Bruno Reichlin, Bruno Pedretti
19 x 24.5 cm, 144 pp.
170 ill. b/w and col.
paperback
italian, english abstracts
Silvana Editoriale
ISBN 9788836620760
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The Ticinese architect Luigi Canonica was employed by Napoleon in the years running from the Cisalpine Republic to the Kingdom of Italy and was again active at the Restoration. This book combines a monographic approach, aimed at the reconstruction and critical study of all of Canonica’s works, with an organization by major topics, such as his contribution to the process of urban renewal in Milan (he was the author, among other projects, of Foro Bonaparte and the Arena and drafted the first ever master plan for the city), his achievements in the architecture of gardens, villas, theaters and municipal buildings (such as the Villa Reale and Palazzo Reale in Milan and the Villa Reale with its park in Monza), and his role in the organization of offices for the control of architectural projects.
Reflecting this organization, the book presents essays by scholars and historians together with some 200 analytical entries devoted to specific works written by other specialists.
Luigi Canonica 1764-1844. Architetto di utilità pubblica e privata
edited by
Letizia Tedeschi, Francesco Repishti
24 x 28 cm, 440 pp.
349 ill. col.
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italian
Silvana Editoriale
ISBN 9788836621002
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Giulio Minoletti (1910-1981), architect, urban planner and designer, is highly representative of the different phases of the 20th century in Italy. This handy format photographic book presents the interiors of five apartments in Milan. These are projects on which the architect impressed his personal hallmark, with the focus on aspects a that characterized his entire oeuvre: a concern for the relation between interiors and exteriors, the fluidity of space, the flexibility of internal divisions, accurate detailing, technological innovations and a careful choice of materials.
Texts by Alberto Bassi, Maria Cristina Loi, Elena Triunveri.
Oltre un rettangolo di cielo. Interni milanesi di Giulio Minoletti
edited by
Maria Cristina Loi, Elena Triunveri
23.5 x 16.5 cm, 100 pp.
80 ill. b/w
paperback
italian, english abstracts
Silvana Editoriale
ISBN 9788836620067
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The 105 Diploma projects proposed in 2010 by the students of the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture in the design studios run by Manuel Aires Mateus, Michele Arnaboldi, Martin Boesch, Esteban Bonell, Mario Botta, Marianne Burkhalter e Christian Sumi, Antonio Citterio, Marc Collomb, Quintus Miller, Valerio Olgiati, Jonathan Sergison.
Diploma 2010 Architectural and Urban Transformations in the City of Varese
21 × 21 cm, 208 pp.
635 ill. b/w
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english / italian
ISBN 978-88-7794-719-2
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A booklet documenting work by Studio Sergison at the Mendrisio Academy in the fall semester of 2009. The publication contains one paper by Jonathan Sergison, originally given as lecture in the course of the semester, a photographic record of the reference buildings analysed and of the projects produced by the students.
Studio Sergison, Inside / Outside
20 x 26.5 cm, 64 pp.
89 ill. col., 66 iil. b/w
paperback
english
ISBN 9780954237127
€ 7 / frs 10.–
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S4 News Fall2010
S4 News Fall2010
Second edition
Winner
Diébédo Francis Kéré (Germany / Burkina Faso)
Candidates
Iñaqui Carnicero, Ignacio Vila, Alejandro Vírseda, Spain; Adam Caruso, Peter St John, Great Britain; Davide Cristofani, Gabriele Lelli, João Pedro Falcão de Campos, Portugal; Dietmar Feichtinger, France and Austria; Arturo Franco Diaz, Spain; Sosuke Fujimoto, Japan; José Fernando Gonçalves, Portugal; Erich Hubmann, Andreas Vass, Austria; Bjarke Ingels, Denmark; Junya Ishigami, Japan; Christian Kerez, Switzerland; Andrea Liverani, Enrico Molteni, Fabio Mariani, João Mendes Ribeiro, Portugal; MGM-Morales Giles Mariscal, Spain; Hiroshi Nakamura, Japan; nARCHITECTS (Eric Bunge, Mimi Hoang), USA; Willem Jan Neutelings, Michiel Riedijk, The Netherlands; Mauricio Pezo, Sofia von Ellrichshausen, Chile; Joshua Prince-Ramus, USA; Bernard Quirot, France; Jurij Sadar, Boštjan Vuga, Slovenia; Markus Scherer, Italy; José Selgas, Lucia Cano, Spain; URBANUS (Liu Xiaodu, Meng Yan, Wang Hui), China; Xu Tiantian, China
BSI Swiss Architectural Award 2010
edited by
Nicola Navone
24 x 24 cm, 184 pp.
411 ill. col., 101 ill. b/w
paperback in slipcase
english / italian
Silvana Editoriale
ISBN: 9788836619030
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A booklet documenting work by Studio Sergison at the Mendrisio Academy in the spring semester of 2009. The publication contains two papers by Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates, originally given as lectures in the course of the semester, a photographic record of the reference buildings analysed and of the projects produced by the students.
Studio Sergison, Schoolness
20 x 26.5 cm, 60 pp.
108 ill. b/w and col.
paperback
english
ISBN 9780954237134
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Like many of their fellow countrymen, the architects Visconti, Ruggia and Staffieri pursued fame and fortune in the Russia of the tsars, following the trail blazed at the dawn of the eighteenth century by Domenico Trezzini, the celebrated protagonist of the foundation of Saint Petersburg. Their vicissitudes appear between the lines of the letters sent to family, relatives and friends, brought together, fully annotated, in this volume to give a clear picture of the interweaving of family and professional relations in the context of Russian architecture and society.
Dalle rive della Neva. Epistolari di tre famiglie nella Russia degli zar
edited by
Nicola Navone
24 x 28 cm, 224 pp.
paperback
italian
ISBN 9788887624441
€ 27 / frs 40.-
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A booklet documenting work by Studio Sergison at the Mendrisio Academy in the autumn semester of 2008. The publication contains two papers by Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates, originally given as lectures in the course of the semester, a photographic record of the reference buildings analysed and of the projects produced by the students.
Studio Sergison, Urban Picturesque
20 x 26.5 cm, 48 pp.
77 ill. col.
paperback
english
ISBN 9780954237127
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The 88 Diploma projects proposed in 2009 by the students of the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture in the design studios run by Manuel Aires Mateus, Michele Arnaboldi, Martin Boesch, Esteban Bonell, Mario Botta, Marianne Burkhalter e Christian Sumi, Antonio Citterio, Marc Collomb, Henk Hartzema, Valerio Olgiati, Jonathan Sergison.
Diploma 2009. Lausanne Metamorphose
21 × 21 cm, 208 pp.
520 ill. b/w
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english / italian
ISBN 9788887624455
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The 78 Diploma projects proposed in 2008 by the students of the Mendrisio Academy of Architecture in the design studios run by Manuel Aires Mateus, Esteban Bonell, Mario Botta, Marc Collomb, Aurelio Galfetti, Valerio Olgiati, Luigi Snozzi, Elia Zenghelis, Peter Zumthor.
Diploma 2008. Alptransit and "Città Ticino"
21 × 21 cm, 228 pp.
490 ill. b/w
paperback
english / italian
ISBN 9788887624427
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First edition
Winner
Solano Benitez (Paraguay)
Candidates
3LHD (Saša Begović, Marko Dabrović, Tanja Grozdanić, Silvije Novak), Croatia; David Adjaye, Great Britain; Manuel e Francisco Aires Mateus, Portugal; Jesús Aparicio, Spain; Gion A. Caminada, Switzerland; Alfonso Cendron, Italy; Dominique Coulon, France; Richard Francis-Jones, Australia; Sean Godsell, Australia; Thomas Heatherwick, Great Britain; Rick Joy, USA; Alberto Kalach, Mexico; Francisco Mangado, Spain; Luis L. Mansilla, Emilio Tuñón Alvarez, Spain; Rahul Mehrotra, India; Quintus Miller, Paola Maranta, Switzerland; Marco Navarra (NOWA), Italy; Office dA (Monica Ponce de Leon, Nader Tehrani), USA; Valerio Olgiati, Switzerland; Promontório Architects (João Perloiro, João Luís Ferreira, Paulo Perloiro, Paulo Martins Barata, Pedro Appleton), Portugal; Saša Randić, Idis Turato, Croatia; João Alvaro Rocha, Portugal; Enric Ruiz Geli (Cloud 9), Spain; S-M.A.O. (Juan Carlos Sancho, Sol Madridejos), Spain; Beniamino Servino, Italy; Shuhei Endo, Japan; The next ENTERprise (Marie-Therese Harnoncourt, Ernst J. Fuchs), Austria; Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas, Spain; Wang Shu, China
BSI Swiss Architectural Award 2008
edited by
Nicola Navone
24 x 24 cm, 196 pp.
326 ill. col., 92 ill. b/n
paperback in slipcase
english / italian
ISBN: 9788887624410
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It is true that the eighteenth century marks the entry of Russia into “European time” or, as Vittorio Strada writes in this book, «into the rhythm of a modernity that had found its origins in western Europe». But it is in the arts and, above all, in architecture, that the process is most remarkably evident. For between 1762, when Catherine II ascended the throne, and the death of her grandson Tsar Alexander I in 1825, the neoclassical style fully established itself and witnessed, in Russian architecture, an absolutely original interpretation. To that singular achievement Italian architectural culture made a major and multifarious contribution, which the present collection of essays seeks to explore.
La cultura architettonica italiana in Russia
Da Caterina II a Alessandro I
edited by
Piervaleriano Angelini,
Nicola Navone, Letizia Tedeschi
17 x 24 cm, 572 pp.
22 ill. col., 260 ill. b/w
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italian
ISBN 9788887624397
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The founding father of contemporary architecture in Ticino, Rino Tami (1908-1994) designed, when still very young, the Lugano Canton Library (1936-1940), the first excellent example of a modern public building in Ticino. In the Forties, organic architecture became a part of his wide cultural heritage. His professional maturity, attained in the Fifties and Sixties with public buildings (headquarters of the Italian Swiss Radio in Lugano) and private houses (Torre House in Lugano, Nadig House in Maroggia), coincided with his teaching commitment at the Zürich Polytechnic. From the Sixties he also held the post of supervisor of the architectural features along the Ticinese stretch of the Swiss motorway: tunnel entrances, bridges, portals, viaducts, embankment walls, service area buildings, public conveniences, storehouses, air shafts.
Rino Tami. Opera completa
edited by
Kenneth Frampton, Riccardo Bergossi
24 x 28 cm, 496 pp.
800 ill. b/w
hardcover
italian
ISBN 9788887624373
€ 75 / frs 120.–
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The book shows the big steps that Chinese urbanism is taking today. Beijing and Shanghai represent modern developments: one is the political and cultural center of the nation, while the other is its economic hub. Nanjing is taken as a typical case of Chinese urbanism, with its long history, natural geography, political events, and economic development.
Texts in English by Josep Acebillo, Wowo Ding, Chen Zhao, Hongyan Xiao.
Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing: Three Chinese Venues
edited by
Wowo Ding
16,5 × 19 cm, 136 pp.
151 ill. col., 28 ill. b/w
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english
ISBN 9788887624366
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The book offers an overview of the transformations under way in Johannesburg and its metropolitan area, and a selection of the most interesting architectural and urban projects completed or under way in the last ten years. The common denominator of the best of these projects is twofold: firstly, they implement architectural and planning practices to overcome the social, political and cultural divisions of the past and to respond to the fluidity of the post apartheid landscape; secondly, they contribute to develop South Africa’s enormous economic potential and to make its principal cities international points of reference.
Texts in English by Josep Acebillo, Lindsay Bremner, Pep Subirós, Achille Mbembe and Sarah Nuttall.
Johannesburg: Emerging / Diverging Metropolis
edited by
Lindsay Bremner, Pep Subirós
16,5 × 19 cm, 176 pp.
185 ill. col., 65 ill. b/w
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english
ISBN 9788887624359
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The work of Luciano Rigolini (Tesserete, 1950) is developed in a constant dialogue between photography and painting, an exchange of references through which to explore issues relating to the theory of vision or to clarify the status of photography in contemporary aesthetics. The book opens with an "Exercise in style": 70 snapshots of anonymous subjects, collected by the artist over a period of several years. In their reasoned and sensitive comparison, these images form a sort of visual vocabulary of Rigolini’s oeuvre. They are followed by photographs from the series "Urban landscapes" which, taken between 1990 and 2002, re-examine the urban landscape in a constructivist key.
Luciano Rigolini, The Form of Looking. Photographs '90-'07
edited by
Marco Franciolli
24 x 28 cm, 248 pp.
176 ill. b/w, 9 ill. col.
hardcover
english / italian
ISBN 9788887624335
€ 36 / frs 56.–
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The book presents a contemporary picture of the urban development models devised by the Modern Movement and a reflection on what they mean today. Chandigarh and Brasilia, newly founded cities built ex nihilo in 1950-1960, looked explicitly to the “functionalist” and “rationalist” traditions of modern town planning. Also, like some of the plans inspired by the neoclassical that were prepared in the early decades of the 20th century, especially for the building of government capitals or civic centres, they both sought to fulfil monumental ambitions to represent state institutions. The book examines the contemporary reality of Chandigarh and Brasilia through a grid of catchwords that sum up the distinctively modern terms in which the two projects are stated. Divided into two main categories, Urbanism and Architecture, the catchwords accompany the reader along a photographic sequence that helps to define an “official” idiom whereby architecture was expected to represent the “modernisation” of both countries.
Texts in English by Josep Acebillo, Maristella Casciato, Stanislaus von Moos.
Photographs by: Enrico Cano.
Twilight of the Plan: Chandigarh and Brasilia
edited by
Maristella Casciato,
Stanislaus von Moos
16,5 × 19 cm, 196 pp.
148 ill. col., 77 ill. b/w
paperback
english
ISBN 9788887624342
€ 16 / frs 25.-
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