Vittorio Gregotti. Architect of the Modern Project

This is not only a book about Vittorio Gregotti's projects and works, but rather a historical-critical analysis of his peculiar figure. Like few others, Gregotti embodied the model of the architect-intellectual that characterised post-war Italian design culture.

List of contents

List of figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Architect's Territory
2. Avant-Garde and Profession
3. The Construction of the Past
4. Critical Internationalism
5. City and Resistance
Conclusion
Selected Writings
Selected Bibliography
Selected Works and Projects
Index

About the author

Lorenzo Ciccarelli is Associate Professor in History of Architecture at the University of Florence. His research focuses on modern and contemporary architecture in a global perspective, with special attention to cultural migrations and labour organisation strategies.

Product details

• Authors: Lorenzo Ciccarelli
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032902746
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3290274-6
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Research in Architecture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, ARCHITECTURE / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation, ARCHITECTURE / General, ARCHITECTURE / History / General, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / Monographs, Italy, Politics & government, History of Architecture, Politics and government, Civil engineering, surveying & building, History and Archaeology, Theory of architecture, Civil engineering, surveying and building