Uninhabitable Architectures

Testing the limits of when architecture becomes pure art
"Uninhabitable architecture[s]" are projects that do not provide for human presence, and thus function as pure art. Using archival and commissioned photographs, this study of the relationship between living and building includes Gio Ponti's Branca Tower and Carlo Scarpa's Brion tomb.

Summary

Testing the limits of when architecture becomes pure art
“Uninhabitable architecture[s]” are projects that do not provide for human presence, and thus function as pure art. Using archival and commissioned photographs, this study of the relationship between living and building includes Gio Ponti’s Branca Tower and Carlo Scarpa’s Brion tomb.

Product details

• Authors: Chiara Sbarigia
• Assisted by: Gabriele Basilico (Photographs), Silvia Camporesi (Photographs), Dario Dalla Lana (Editor), Chiara Sbarigia (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.08.2024
• EAN: 9791254631867
• ISBN: 979-12-5463-186-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 276 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 1320 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV