Title & Author:

Book of copies / editors, Giovanni Piovene, Pier Paolo Tamburelli, Andrea Zanderigo ; text, Pier Paolo Tamburelli.

Publication:

Milano : San Rocco, [2015]

Description:

5 volumes : facsimiles ; 30 cm

Notes:
"San Rocco first presented Book of copies as a contribution to the Museum of Copies, the exhibition curated by FAT (London, UK) at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2012. The collection of books has then been expanded and presented in London at the Architectural Association in October 2013"--Volume 1, page facing title page
v. 1. The book of isolated trees, pyramids, cemeteries, war memorials, sanctuaries of forgotten religions, sacred territories, spires, labyrinths, castles, fortresses, monasteries, archaic concrete structures, arguably built by aliens, chasms and observatories for UFOs -- v. 2. The book of churches, mosques, parliaments, law courts, stock exchanges, theatres, natural history museums, planetariums, galleries, circular buildings, train stations, hospitals, police stations, prisons, hockey arenas, saunas, buildings shaped like animals and blue buildings -- v. 3. The book of highways, tunnels, gas stations in the desert, billboards, (s)torages, storages to be built along highways, mirror glass boxes, oil refineries, landfills, atomic power plants, anti-nuclear bunkers, airports, lighthouses, tv towers, Formula 1 race tracks, rollercoasters, zoos and american football fields -- v. 4. The book of tents, houses made of bricks, houses with a round courtyard, houses for billionaires, houses on islands, houses in China, fictional houses, villas on a lake, dachas, corridors, stairs, pilotis, entrances to villas where to shoot a porno movie, garages for a single car, gardens, row houses and social housing -- v. 5. The books of Pachinko parlors, fire stations, corner buildings, urban blocks, offices for corporations with more than 1000 employees, shop windows, park gates, fountains, swimming pools, film sets, buildings with a gabled roof, kindergartens for fewer than 20 kids, elderly homes, bars, gentlemen's clubs and brothels.

Summary:

A compilation of "books of copies". Each book of copies is composed of black-and-white photocopies in A4 format. Each book of copies has a title "naming a class of buildings that could be produced by copying the figures contained in the book."

Subject:

Architecture Designs and plans Exhibitions.
Architectural photography Exhibitions.
Architecture Dessins et plans Expositions.
Photographie d'architecture Expositions.
Architectural photography.
Architecture.

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs.

Added entries:

Piovene, Giovanni, editor.
Tamburelli, Pier Paolo, editor.
Zanderigo, Andrea, editor.
Zardini, Mirko.
Borasi, Giovanna, 1971-
San Rocco (Publisher) publisher.
FAT (Architectural firm)
Architectural Association (Great Britain)
International Architectural Exhibition (13th : 2012 : Venice, Italy)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289661
Call No.: BIB 232253
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 289662
Call No.: BIB 232253
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 289663
Call No.: BIB 232253
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main 289664
Call No.: BIB 232253
Copy: v. 4
Status: Available

Location: Library main 289665
Call No.: BIB 232253
Copy: v. 5
Status: Available