Architectural projects of Marco Frascari : the pleasure of a demonstration / Sam Ridgway, School of Architecture & Built Environment, the University of Adelaide South Australia.

Main entry:

Ridgway, Sam.

Title & Author:

Architectural projects of Marco Frascari : the pleasure of a demonstration / Sam Ridgway, School of Architecture & Built Environment, the University of Adelaide South Australia.

Publication:

Farnham Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2015]

Description:

xxii, 109 pages ; 26 cm.

Series:

Ashgate studies in architecture series

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-103) and index.
Representation : building drawings and drawing buildings -- Demonstration : making the invisible visible -- Anthropomorphism : human and architectural bodies -- Master's apartment for the class of 1925 : demonstrations and monsters -- Stanza Rossa : dream house -- The Villa Rosa : angels and angles.

Summary:

Marco Frascari believed that architects should design thoughtful buildings capable of inspiring their inhabitants to have pleasurable and happy lives. A visionary Italian architect, academic and theorist, Frascari is best-known for his extraordinary texts, which explore the intellectual, theoretical and practical substance of the architectural discipline. As a student in Venice during the late 1960s, Frascari was taught and mentored by Carlo Scarpa. Later he moved to North America with his family, where he became a fulltime academic. Throughout his academic career, he continued to work on nu.

ISBN:

9781472441744 (hardback ; alk. paper)
1472441745 (hardback ; alk. paper)
(ebook)
9781472441751
(epub)
9781472441768

Subject:

Frascari, Marco Criticism and interpretation.
Frascari, Marco.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Added entries:

Ashgate studies in architecture series.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290569
Call No.: BIB 233619
Status: Available

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