Pier Luigi Nervi : architecture as challenge / edited by Carlo Olmo and Cristiana Chiorino ; with the contribution of Christophe Pourtois, Marcelle Rabinowicz, Elisabetta Margiotta Nervi.

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Nervi, Pier Luigi.

Title & Author:

Pier Luigi Nervi : architecture as challenge / edited by Carlo Olmo and Cristiana Chiorino ; with the contribution of Christophe Pourtois, Marcelle Rabinowicz, Elisabetta Margiotta Nervi.

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Description:

237 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Palazzo Giustinian Lolin, Venice, Aug. 28-Nov. 14, 2010 and other locations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-227).
The research project for enhanced knowledge of Pier Luigi Nervi's work / Marco Nervi -- From intuition to reality / Margherita Guccione, Christophe Pourtois -- The right way to build / Paolo Buzzetti -- The magic of concrete / Giampiero Pesenti -- Science and beauty: an indissoluble coupling / Davide Croff -- In Pequod's wake / Carlo Olmo -- Pier Luigi Nervi: strength through form, form as structure / Joseph Abram -- Experimentation in the work of Pier Luigi Nervi / Mario Alberto Chiorino -- Into the fold: Nervi, Breuer and a post-war architecture of assembly / Barry Bergdoll -- Pier Luigi Nervi, an Italian builder / Sergio Poretti -- 12 architectural icons : The Cinema-Teatro Augusteo / Claudio Greco ; The Berta Stadium / Roberta Martinis ; Eight aeroplane hangars in reinforced concrete / Mario Sassone, Edoardo Piccoli ; Turin Exhibition Centre / Michela Comba ; UNESCO Headquarters / Christophe Pourtois ; Small sports complex / Tullia Iori -- The Palazzo del Lavoro / Cristiana Chiorino ; The Stock Exchange Tower, Place Victoria / France Vanlaethem ; Ponte del Risorgimento / Mario Sassone ; Papal Audience Hall / Sergio Pace ; Saint Mary's Cathedral / Sergio Pace ; Italian Embassy in Brasilia / Tullia Iori -- Biography / Christophe Pourtois -- Appendix / edited by Luisa De Marinis and Irene Nervi, MAXXI : Chronological list of projects ; Cursus Honorum: the construction of fame ; The Archivio Pier Luigi Nervi in the MAXXI Architettura Collections / Esmeralda Valente ; The Pier Luigi Nervi Archives: living language / Gloria Bianchino ; Exhibiting the work of Pier Luigi Nervi / Alessandro Colombo, Paola Garbuglio ; The twelve models of NerViLab / Francesco Romeo [and others].

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ISBN:

9788836617562
8836617565

Subject:

Nervi, Pier Luigi Exhibitions.
Nervi, Pier Luigi.
Nervi, Pier Luigi 1891-1979
Architecture Italy History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Reinforced concrete construction History 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture Italie Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture 20e siècle Expositions.
Construction en béton armé Histoire 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Reinforced concrete construction.
Architektur.
Beton.
Arkitekter Italien 1900-talet.
Italy.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Olmo, Carlo Maria, 1944-
Chiorino, Cristiana.
Pourtois, Christophe.
Rabinowicz, Marcelle.
Margiotta Nervi, Elisabetta.

Architecture as challenge

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Location: Library main 272259
Call No.: BIB 205510
Status: Available

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