Title & Author:

Napoli super modern / edited by LAN, Local Architecture Network, Benoit Jallon, Umberto Napolitano & Le Laboratoire R.A.A.R. ; photographs by Cyrille Weiner ; with the collaboration of Andrea Maglio [and 3 others].

Publication:

Zurich : Park Books, [2020]

Description:

232 pages : illustrations (partly color), plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-229).
Genesis / Umberto Napolitano -- Assimilation Douce / Cyrille Weiner -- Of a "conciliatory" modernity: Naples 1930-1960 / Andrea Maglio -- Altermodern Naples: a vademecum of "city making" / Umberto Napolitano -- Ultramodern archaisms / Manuel Orazi -- Becoming modern / Gianluigi Freda -- A postil on Naples and death / Manuel Orazi -- Building Atlas / Texts by Andrea maglio -- Fish market -- Maritime station -- Post office building -- Istituto Nazionale Assicurazioni Headquarters -- Villa Oro -- Uffici Finanziari e Avvocatura di Stato Headquarters -- Albanian pavilion -- Teatro Mediterraneo -- Fuorigrotta Station on the Cumana railway line -- Cubo d'Oro -- Social housing in the Rione Cesare Battisti -- Clincia Mediterranea -- Mixed-use building in Ponte di Tappia -- Building on the corner of Piazza Municipio -- The Società Cattolica Assicurazioni skyscraper -- Suditalia office building, now the INPS Headquarters -- Residential building at Riviera di Chiaia, 206 -- Palazzo Della Morte -- Bibliography.

Summary:

This richly illustrated book is a monument to modern urban construction in Naples. New photos by French photographer Cyrille Weiner, new sketches of important details and around 100 drawings show significant buildings with a wide range of different characteristics, dating from the years 1930-1960. They reveal how this Southern Italian metropolis developed its own form of Modernism, one that combined Mediterranean culture with local materials and a strong internationalist spirit. The book's line of enquiry and presentation follow the same methodology as with Paris Haussmann: A Model's Relevance (Park Books, 2017), which was produced by the same team, analysing the construction of Paris. This new publication about the legendary harbor city of Naples is just as attractively presented, with plenty of photos, a selection of essays and descriptive texts, along with sketches of important architectonic details, supplemented by plans and sections of all the documented buildings. The result is a lively portrait of a fascinating city that is both famous and infamous, but whose qualities and individuality in terms of architecture and urban development really should be better known.

ISBN:

9783038602187 English edition cloth
3038602183

Subject:

Architecture Italy Naples History 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Italy Naples.
Architecture Italie Naples.
Architecture Italy.
City planning Italy.
Architecture
Buildings
City planning
Naples (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy Naples.

Added entries:

Jallon, Benoit, editor.
Napolitano, Umberto, 1975- editor.
Weiner, Cyrille, 1976- photographer.
Maglio, Andrea, contributor.
LAN Architecture (Firm), editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309275
Call No.: BIB 254544
Status: Available